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Written by Manil Suri, professor of mathematics and statistics, UMBC March 14 is celebrated as Pi Day because the date, when written as 3/14, matches the start of the decimal expansion...

Mammals are “all-in” on sexual reproduction, explains Mercedes Burns, assistant professor of biological sciences at UMBC. They even have “mechanisms that reinforce the maintenance of sex and make...

A new paper in Nature Communications illuminates how a previously poorly understood enzyme works in the cell. Many diseases are tied to chronic cellular stress, and UMBC’s Aaron T. Smith and...

Remembering E. Michael Richards It is with sorrow that we share the passing of E. Michael Richards, professor emeritus of music. One of the world’s leading interpreters of contemporary music...

The biotech industry—or technology-based business that harnesses the power of biology—is booming in Maryland. And with more than 3,000 biotech companies currently operating in the state (with more...