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When it comes to health officials and experts evaluating environmental health risks among populations, what has been the norm isn’t enough, and a shift is needed to better protect children and other vulnerable groups, according to Devon Payne-Sturges, an assistant professor of Applied Environmental Health in the University of Maryland School of Public Health.

Diana Obanda (below), assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, is studying whether the nettle plant, which often grows as a weed, can improve digestive bacteria in a way that can help fight obesity and related health problems.(Nettle photo courtesy of Wikipedia; garden photo courtesy of Diana Obanda)

IonQ, a University of Maryland spinoff company vying to usher in the age of quantum computing, announced today it would enter a merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. III to become the first publicly traded company dedicated to quantum computer hardware and software.