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Yiping Qi Leads New FFAR Grant to Speed Development of Enhanced Crops
While gene editing technology has improved crop breeding and adaptation, the process of regrowing a plant from edited cells is costly, lengthy, and unpredictable. Many popular crops are difficult to regenerate with existing methods.
IonQ, UMD to Establish First-of-its-Kind Facility to Provide Quantum Computing Access
The new National Quantum Lab (Q-Lab), to be located adjacent to IonQ in UMD's discovery district, will give UMD-affiliated students, faculty, researchers, staff and partners access to IonQ’s industry-leading trapped-ion quantum computer hardware as well as IonQ scientists and engineers. Photo courtesy of Joint Quantum Institute
AquaLith Advanced Materials Receives Investment from Maryland Momentum Fund to Create More Efficient, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Lithium Ion Battery Materials
Baltimore, Md. (September 8, 2021) – AquaLith Advanced Materials, a Maryland company developing revolutionary lithium ion battery materials, has completed its first outside investment, raising $750,000 from the Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF) and a consortium of private investors.
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$2.3M in State Grants Awarded to UMD-Affiliated Innovation Projects
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Groundbreaking Plasma Innovation Shines as Top Invention of the Year
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