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Researcher Receives NIH Funding for Novel Single Vaccine Approach Against a Wide Range of Enteroviruses
Research will leverage the conserved replication machinery across all enteroviruses to try to confer broad-spectrum protection against diseases from polio to the common cold
Going Beyond the Anti-Laser May Enable Long-Range Wireless Power Transfer
Ever since Nikola Tesla spewed electricity out in all directions with his coil back in 1891, scientists have been thinking up ways to send electrical power through the air. The dream is to charge your phone or laptop, or maybe even a healthcare device such as a pacemaker, without the need for wires and plugs. The tricky bit is getting the electricity to find its intended target, and getting that target to absorb the electricity instead of just reflect it back into the air—all preferably without endangering anyone along the way.
Princeton Review Ranks UMD in Top 10 for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Maryland (UMD) has attained a top 10 ranking in The Princeton Review’s annual survey of the Top Schools for Entrepreneurship. In the 2021 rankings released this week and featured in the December issue of Entrepreneur magazine, UMD ranked No.