UMD Astronomers Find X-rays Lingering Years After Landmark Neutron Star Collision
It’s been three years since the landmark detection of a neutron star merger from gravitational waves. And since that day, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland astronomer Eleonora Troja has been continuously monitoring the subsequent radiation emissions to provide the most complete picture of such an event.
Ahead of Election, Two Merrill College Professors Partner with USA Today to Put Post Office to the Test
COLLEGE PARK (10/14/20) — As voters worry whether a slowed-down U.S. Postal Service can handle a surge of mailed ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic, University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism professors and USA Today have forged an investigative partnership to measure mail performance in real time in critical swing states.
Plumbing a Problem
The map on the Baltimore City Department of Public Works website looks sterile, but the problem it illustrates is most definitely not.Colored dots peppered across the graphic show locations of sanitary sewer overflows, the wastewater that spills in homes, streets, or the environment due to a pipe break or blockage, ranging from the small and mop-able to the overwhelming in odor and damage.
University of Maryland leads team awarded $7.2M from Army Research Lab
The University of Maryland is the recipient of a $7.2M research award from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to collaborate and advance transformational Army batteries.
UMD Physicists Contribute to New B Meson Finding
Scientists have known for decades of a massive imbalance between the amount of matter and antimatter in the universe. To resolve the discrepancy, they attempt to recreate the first instant after the Big Bang through fierce collisions of subatomic particles, followed by intense scrutiny of the resulting forces and pieces. A premiere effort is CERN’s LHCb experiment, in which B mesons’ disintegration provides clues that may someday explain why matter has predominated over antimatter.
Margin Call: How Media Outlets Decide to Call Elections
A range of unusual factors makes calling the 2020 presidential election more dicey for broadcasters than normal, a Merrill College of Journalism expert says. (Illustration by Shutterstock)
Social Media's Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This year, the US is experiencing one of the most anticipated and divisive elections in its history. Social media, with some 233 million users in the US and already a major communications platform, is believed to have taken on a heightened role of importance and ability to influence leading up to the election with people relying more on virtual communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.