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Mark O. Robbins
Awards
Three recognized with awards honoring legacy of physicist Mark O. Robbins
Published June 9, 2021
The Mark O. Robbins Prize in High Performance Computing and the Robbins Future Faculty Award will be awarded annually to doctoral candidates and postdocs
A person holds a basket of garden produce
Center for a Livable Future
Safe levels of metals found in Baltimore farms and gardens
Published June 8, 2021 Video
Urban-grown produce was found to have levels of metals comparable to samples from grocery chains and farmers markets, suggesting they are as safe to consume as store- and market-bought produce
Wind turbines
New model more accurately predicts the power of wind farms
Published June 4, 2021
The model could aid in the development of new wind farms or help optimize those already in use
A man adjusts a piece of sensitive lab equipment
Quantum materials
Researchers find a semimetal that clings to a quantum precipice
Published May 27, 2021
The semimetal—one part cerium, four parts ruthenium, and six parts tin—seems to be naturally quantum critical, meaning it sits at the edge of multiple phases of matter
Lauren Gardner addresses a crowd of students
Class of 2021
New graduates join Order of the Engineer
Published May 26, 2021
The ceremony officially welcomed nearly 150 members of the graduating Class of 2021 to the engineering profession
Nurse and patient in ICU
Q+A
COVID-19 has slowed surgical innovations, study shows
Published May 21, 2021
Pandemic-related shutdowns and remote work have changed how health care workers interact and slowed the pipeline of innovation and discovery
U.S. map reflect vaccination rates
Coronavirus Resource Center
Pandemic Data Initiative will address COVID-19 data problems
Published May 17, 2021
The latest resource from the Coronavirus Resource Center will explore state and national data discrepancies revealed by the pandemic
Detail from Leonardo da Vinci's "Vetruvian Man"
A perfect symmetry of science and the humanities
Published May 17, 2021
Since launching in 2015, the major in medicine, science, and the humanities has allowed students the freedom to design meaningful, challenging courses of study
Cicada
Environment
Bug appétit: Why eating cicadas is good for the environment
Published May 14, 2021
Jessica Fanzo, an expert in food policy and ethics, discusses the environmental and health benefits of eating insects, including cicadas
Meat processing plant
Food safety
Organic meat less likely to be contaminated with multidrug-resistant bacteria, study suggests
Published May 13, 2021
Analysis also uncovers meats from processors that handle both organic and conventional retail meat may be less likely to be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria