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Archives
Archived issues of Research Roundup are organized by date. Select an issue below to view.
March 2020
February 2020
- February 28, 2020: Seismic Measurements, Fungal Invasion, Giant Shark, and More
- February 21, 2020: Gender Roles, Food Security, Micromobility, and More
- February 14, 2020: Radical Resistance, A Cleaner Future, Law of Turbulence, and More
- February 7, 2020: Green Buildings, Neuroscience, Coronavirus Strain, and More
- January 31, 2020: Mellon Grant, Coronavirus, Black Holes and More
- January 24, 2020: Electron Behavior, Physician Fraud, Orbital Asteroids, and More
- January 17, 2020: Coal Power Phaseout, Earth's Magnetic Shield, Human Trafficking, and More
- January 13, 2020: Cosmic Makeover, International Fire Safety, Visual Deprivation, and More
2019 Research Roundup Archives:
December 2019
- November 22, 2019: Biomanufacturing Innovation, Eyewitness to Extinction, Obliterating Ecosystems, and More
- November 15, 2019: AI to Combat Internet Censorship, Viral Misinformation, Code Red, and More
- November 8, 2019: Equity at Birth, Bio Ethics, Social Ties, Sustainable Fishing, and More
- November 1, 2019: Animal Migration, Foster Care, Protest Data, and More
- October 25, 2019: Research Shows Shifting Milestones, Fewer Donors and Volunteers and More
- October 18, 2019: Preventing Infections, Reducing Bias, Green Infrastructure, and More
- October 11, 2019: Global Terrorism, Atmosphere-Ocean Prediction, Feeling Economy and More
- October 4, 2019: Opioid Epidemic, 4D Bioprinting, Poisoned Rainforest and More
- September 27, 2019: Record Research Funding, Sustainable Infrastructure, Galaxy Transitions and More
- September 20, 2019: Cell-based Systems, Robotic Healthcare, Empowered Educators and More
- September 12, 2019: Cell Differences, Foundations of Prejudice, Greener Asphalt and More
- September 6, 2019: Cancer Enzyme, Exercise Habits, Immigrant Influence and More
- August 30, 2019: Quantum Technology Center, Stellar Collision, Amazon Fires and More
- August 22, 2019: Internet Research, Blood Infections, Drug Spending and More
- August 16, 2019: Kidney Peril, DataWorld, Child Nutrition and More
- August 9, 2019: Violent Radicalization, Information Campaigns, AI Weaknesses, and More
- August 1, 2019: Vibrant Kids, First Responder Training, Stormwater Management and More
- June 28, 2019: Catalyst Fund Winners, Far-Right Extremism, Flu Vaccine Discrepancies and More
- June 20, 2019: Twitter Trolls, Quantum Portal, Unemployment Rate, and More
- June 13, 2019: Preschool Curriculum, Student Substance Use, Food Security and More
- June 6, 2019: Earth System Studies, Mosquito Killing Fungus, Active Transportation Use and More
- May 30, 2019: Cooling Wood, Cold Fusion, Post-Harvest Loss and More
- May 23, 2019: Atomic Wave Function, Racial Socialization, Safer Intersections and More
- May 17, 2019: Quaking Moon, Colorful Fish, Safer Batteries and More
- May 9, 2019: Climate Activism, Quantum Partnership, Light Sculpting and More
- May 3, 2019: Improving Memory, Medicaid Expansion, Clean Air and More
April 2019
March 2019
- March 29, 2019: Dinosaur Hearing, Radioactive Material Detection, Stress and Chronic Illness, and More
- March 14, 2019: Invention of the Year Nominees, Quantum Scrambling, LASIK, and More
- March 8, 2019: Worm Regrowth, Psychiatric Hospitalization Follow Up, Quantum Communication, and More
- March 4, 2019: Breast Cancer Treatment, Wearable Devices, Deafblind Education Support, and More
- February 22, 2019: Prenatal Substance Abuse, Agricultural Productivity, EZ Access Keypad, and More
- February 18, 2019: Smart Fabric, Burning Rate Emulator, Brain Function, and More
- February 7, 2019: Gravity on Mars, HIV Care, Crop Burning, and More
- February 4, 2019: Arctic Data Desert, Exercise and Cognition, Loosening of America, and More
January 2019
- January 25, 2019: Solid-State Batteries, Redistricting Conference, Urban Redevelopment, and More
- January 17, 2019: Biomedical Devices, Bee Parasites, Children's Brain Development, and More
- January 11, 2019: Light Echoes, Reducing HIV, Climate Model Evaluation, and More
- January 3, 2019: National Quantum Initiative, Liquid Crystals, Play for Learning, and More
2018 Research Roundup Archives:
December 2018
November 2018
- November 30, 2018: Climate Change Risk, Saltwater Intrusion, Health Communications, and More
- November 21, 2018: Thin Film Experiment, HIV-1 Immunotherapy, Accessibility Challenges, and More
- November 16, 2018: Merging Galaxies, Insulin Signaling, Native Forests, and More
- November 9, 2018: Machine Learning, Antietam Blush, Artificial Intelligence, and More
- November 6, 2018: Wildland Firefighters, Astrophysical Dynamos, LightScape, and More
- October 26, 2018: Neutron Star, SAFE Center, American Dream, and More
- October 19, 2018: GEDI Launch, Gravitational Wave Kin, Ebola Vaccines, and More
- October 11, 2018: External Funding, Health App, Gubernatorial Election, and More
- October 4, 2018: Tropical Frogs, Neural Tube Defects, Enzybiotics. and More
- September 27, 2018: Mental Health, HPV Images, Divorce Rate, and More
- September 20, 2018: Forest Loss, Exoplanets, Crime Research, and More
- September 14, 2018: Sahara Rainfall, Quantum Simulation, Flavored E-Cigarette Use, and More
- September 6, 2018: Thermal Switch, STEWARDS Program, Cichlid Fish, and More
- August 31, 2018: HIV Prevention, Cholera Response, Russian Trolls, and More
- August 23, 2018: Wheat Genome, Housing Assistance, Complex Street Drugs and More
- August 16, 2018: Emergency Dental Clinics, Data Journalism, Land Surface Transformation, and More
- August 9, 2018: Small Quantum Computers, Investigative Journalism, Neighborhood Health, and More
- August 2, 2018: Tick-borne Illness, Global Terrorism Database, GapFlyt, and More
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
- May 31, 2018: All-Sky Cameras, Engineered Tissues, Energy Subsidies, and More
- May 24, 2018: Global Freshwater, Hop Renaissance, Divergent Perspectives, and More
- May 17, 2018: Mate Separation, Nanoparticles, Machines That Feel, and More
- May 10, 2018: Plant Communication, GEDI, Scholarship & Research, and More
- May 3, 2018: Jumping Robots, Germ Cells, Literacy Achievement, and More
- April 27, 2018: Cosmic Symphony, Futuristic Aircraft, Forensic Tech, and More
- April 19, 2018: Invention of the Year Winners, Transportation Big Data Archive, Zinc Battery, and More
- April 13, 2018: Facial Verification, Stock Market, Presidential Pool Reports Archive, and More
- April 5, 2018: Terror Attack Database, Origins of Life, Transportation Institute, and More
March 2018
- March 30, 2018: Detecting UTIs, Good Intentions, Service Failures, and More
- March 22, 2018: Mechanical Properties of Cells, Tech for Disabled Travelers, Electric Car Chargers, and More
- March 16, 2018: Targeting HIV, Oxidative Stress Diagnostics, Trade War Threats, and More
- March 8, 2018: Logo Recognition, Invention of the Year Nominees, Time-Use Data, and More
- March 1, 2018: Midwifery, Missing Jobs, New Military Technology, and More
February 2018
- February 23, 2018: Women Teachers, Cooperation in Congress, Maryland's Purple Line, and More
- February 15, 2018: Quantum Light, Cancer Drug Resistance, Intelligence-Academia Engagement, and More
- February 8, 2018: National Identity, Neuron Interactions, Super Wood, and More
- February 1, 2018: Tiny Particles, Dual Language Learners, Biofuel Crop, and More
- January 25, 2018: Spreading the Flu, Strategic Partnership, Strawberry Production, and More
- January 18, 2018: ACES, Quantum Dance, Spinning Comet, and More
- January 11, 2018: Maternal Deaths, Self-fertilizing Worms, Saltier Waters, and More
- January 4, 2018: Preventable Hospitalizations, Packbot, High-Tech Learning, and More
2017 Research Roundup Archives:
December 2017
- December 14, 2017: Global Food Security, TigerSharks, T-cells, and More
- December 11, 2017: Quantum Simulator, Home Sick, Partisan Divide, and More
- December 1, 2017: Burning Question, Machine Learning, Excess Anti-matter, and More
November 2017
October 2017
- October 30, 2017: Women Leaders, CIBER, High-Opportunity Neighborhoods, and More
- October 20, 2017: Neutron Stars, reACT, Tracking Dissent, and More
- October 12, 2017: MPowering the State, Controlling Cells, Combating Hearing Loss, and More
- October 5, 2017: Building Together, Methane Mystery, Quantum Cats, and More
September 2017
- September 28, 2017: MAVRIC, Brain Synchronization, Nature's Current, and More
- September 21, 2017: Big Data Ethics, Online Shopping, reACT, and More
- September 14, 2017: Poly Drug Use, Blood Pressure, Antimicrobial Agents, and More
- September 7, 2017: Food Insecurity, Tier 1 Awards, Lyme Disease, and More
- August 31, 2017: Disease Diagnostics, Finding 'Fido,' Storm Preparedness, and More
- August 24, 2017: Venusian Mystery, Increasing Diversity, Opera Composition, and More
- August 17, 2017: Lazy Eye, Vaccine Attitudes, Infant Stress, and More
- August 10, 2017: Energy Drinks, Smart Machines, Hacking the Planet, and More
- August 4, 2017: Staging a Revolution, Cyberbullying, Glowing Water Atmosphere, and More
- June 29, 2017: Exotic Superconductivity, 3-D Printed Evaporator, Teen Social Media Use, and More
- June 22, 2017: Tobacco Mosaic Virus, HandSight, American Dream, and More
- June 15, 2017: Hep C Vaccine, Quantum Entanglement, Mosquito-killing Fungi, and More
- June 9, 2017: Bloodless Worms, Regulating Algorithms, Gut-Nav, and More
- June 1, 2017: V-Art, Bee Colonies, Gut Pathogens, and More
- May 25, 2017: Dakota Access Pipeline, New Startup Initiative, WannaCry Legacy, and More
- May 18, 2017: Locascio Named VPR, Growing Shade, Warm Neptune, and More
- May 11, 2017: Alzheimer’s & Exercise, Cryogenic Currents, BBI Seed Grants, and More
- May 4, 2017: Theoretical Time Machine, Road Oracle, SNAP Study, and More
April 2017
March 2017
- March 30, 2017: Ammonia Hotspots, E. coli Outbreaks, Nanoscale Sunbeams, and More
- March 16, 2017: Early Earth, Time Crystals, Solar Decathlon, and More
- March 9, 2017: Cosmic Rays, GI Health, Wireless Power Delivery, and More
- March 2, 2017: Black Hole Burps, Distracted Driving, Space Lasers, and More
February 2017
- February 23, 2017: Invention Nominees, Quantum Computer Faceoff, Stormwater Management, and More
- February 16, 2017: Schizophrenia Diagnosis, Stacked Nanocrystals, Heart DNA Structure, and More
- February 9, 2017: Discovery District, Everglades Restoration, Women's March Data, and More
- February 2, 2017: SpaceX Hyperloop, Coastal Wetlands, Dark Matter, and More
January 2017
- January 26, 2017: Purple Line Impact, World's Deadliest Animal, Opioid Risk, and More
- January 19, 2017: Sample (Re)Size, Final Wilderness Frontiers, Electrogenetics, and More
- January 12, 2017: Corn Pests, Weather Satellites, Alumna Astronaut, and More
- January 5, 2017: Fish Vision, Cropland Loss, Instruments of Change, and More
2016 Research Roundup Archives:
December 2016
- December 22, 2016: Digital Storytelling, PALS, Cancer Survivorship, and More
- December 15, 2016: Evolving Networks, Healthcare Divide, Cyber Safety, and More
- December 8, 2016: Ice Balloons, AI & Comic Books, Short-Circuiting Racism, and More
- December 1, 2016: 3 Million Bottles, Cracking Deadly Virus Code, Quantum Puzzles, and More
November 2016
- November 23, 2016: Hoppy Harvest, Mining the Moon, Accountable Algorithms, and More
- November 17, 2016: Fingertip Cameras, Heat and Hay Fever, Wheat Scab Elimination, and More
- November 10, 2016: Ezekiel's Wheel, The People's Garden, A Loop of Cold Atoms, and More
- November 3, 2016: Solar Heat Islands, the Moon's Weird Orbit, Voter Concerns, and More
October 2016
- October 27, 2016: Trading Lasers for Neutrons, Building Better Brains, Leading Green Power Use, and More
- October 20, 2016: Infant Observers, Gene-Silencing RNA, SESYNC Renewal, and More
- October 13, 2016: Coffee Rust, Debate Body Language, Cultural Heritage, Time Crystals, and More
- October 6, 2016: Varshney Named Interim VPR, IRRoC Video, New SPH Dean, and More
September 2016
- September 29, 2016: Do Good Campus, Smartphone Cybercrime, Multimodal Travel Trends, and More
- September 22, 2016: Cracking the Auxin Code, the Brothel Next Door, Fighting MS, and More
- September 15, 2016: Laser Light Smoke Rings, Lilead Project, Calculating Earth's Fuel, and More
- September 8, 2016: Lifeline Across the Bay, Detecting Radioactive Materials, Pet Projects, and More
- September 1, 2016: Living in the Matrix, Stone Age Population Collapse, Prosthetic Fingers, and More
August 2016
- August 25, 2016: Ethical Hacking, Newspaper Digitization, Nanocrystal Manufacturing, and More
- August 18, 2016: Cooler Wood Windows, UMD Dairy Honored, Alumnae in Rio Olympics, and More
- August 11, 2016: Ocean Bacteria, Blue Whirl Fire Tornado, Veteran Health, and More
- August 4, 2016: Super and Quantum Computing, Irrigation Efficiency, a Connected World, and More
July 2016
- July 28, 2016: Reducing HIV Transmission, Saving Ugly Produce, Identical Animal Cells, and More
- July 21, 2016: Violent Stellar Merger, Nuclear Deal Poll, Homelessness Connections, and More
- July 14, 2016: Jet Lag, Trailing Photons, Survey on American Public Attitudes, and More
- July 7, 2016: American Cancer Society Awards, RoCo the Robot, Project TENDR, and More
June 2016
- June 30, 2016: Virtual Reality, VentureStorm, Brillouin Microscopy, and More
- June 23, 2016: Falling Fish, Forest Mapping, Saving Hidden Treasures, and More
- June 16, 2016: O'Shea Appointed UCC President, SafeTrack, Black Holes, and More
- June 9, 2016: Tiny Diamonds, Toxic Pollution, Artificial Intelligence, and More
- June 2, 2016: Kids' Active Play, Imagination to Innovation, Study of Asian Americans, and More
May 2016
- May 26, 2016: A Greater College Park, Innovation Partners, 3D Models for Preeclampsia, and More
- May 19, 2016: Transparent Wood, Culling Wolves, Echoverse, and More
- May 12, 2016: Bee Colonies, Royal Society, Better Batteries, and More
- May 5, 2016: Climate Action, National Academy of Sciences, Cyber Risk, and More
