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The recent national political conventions did little to sway the party faithful, but may be the reason behind the surge in support among Independents for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, according to new University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll results released today.

Mitigation procedures put in place in response to COVID-19 have severely impacted the ability of agricultural agencies to perform routine data collection on the condition and productivity of crops, an unfortunate consequence that could negatively impact the stability of economic markets that rely upon this data.

University of Maryland physicists help identify merging black holes that may redefine size limits for collapsed stars Scientists observed what appears to be a bulked-up black hole tangling with a more ordinary one. The research team, which includes physicists from the University of Maryland, detected two black holes merging, but one of the black holes was 1 1/2 times more massive than any ever observed in a black hole collision. The researchers believe the heavier black hole in the pair may be the result of a previous merger between two black holes.