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🦟UMD Alum Ben Burgunder (M.S. ’25, Fritz Lab) loves mosquitoes. He shares why even the peskiest species of mosquitoes are worth learning about. youtu.be/iUcaLgHRXxY?.... 🦟
🙏Thanks Natural History Society of Maryland for making this presentation available for broader audiences!
🙏Thanks Natural History Society of Maryland for making this presentation available for broader audiences!
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🦟UMD Alum Ben Burgunder (M.S. ’25, Fritz Lab) loves mosquitoes. He shares why even the peskiest species of mosquitoes are worth learning about. youtu.be/iUcaLgHRXxY?.... 🦟
🙏Thanks Natural History Society of Maryland for making this presentation available for broader audiences!
🙏Thanks Natural History Society of Maryland for making this presentation available for broader audiences!
📡🌦️ The Maryland Mesonet provides hyperlocal, timely weather updates for Marylanders.
This statewide network of weather monitoring stations is installed and maintained by UMD atmospheric scientists.
Mesonet Manager James Hyde spoke with Outdoors Maryland about how the network operates ⤵️
This statewide network of weather monitoring stations is installed and maintained by UMD atmospheric scientists.
Mesonet Manager James Hyde spoke with Outdoors Maryland about how the network operates ⤵️
Outdoors Maryland | Tracking Local Weather; A Hidden Whale Highway; Maryland Big Tree Program | Season 37 | Episode 2
A network of mini weather stations; acoustic monitoring of whales; the Maryland Big Tree Program.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📡🌦️ The Maryland Mesonet provides hyperlocal, timely weather updates for Marylanders.
This statewide network of weather monitoring stations is installed and maintained by UMD atmospheric scientists.
Mesonet Manager James Hyde spoke with Outdoors Maryland about how the network operates ⤵️
This statewide network of weather monitoring stations is installed and maintained by UMD atmospheric scientists.
Mesonet Manager James Hyde spoke with Outdoors Maryland about how the network operates ⤵️
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Toward autonomous quantum computation. (If you're an experimentalist who'd like to try out any of these proposals, let me know!) arxiv.org/abs/2510.07372 @umdscience.bsky.social
Proposals for experimentally realizing (mostly) quantum-autonomous gates
Autonomous quantum machines (AQMs) execute tasks without requiring time-dependent external control. Motivations for AQMs include the restrictions imposed by classical control on quantum machines' cohe...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Toward autonomous quantum computation. (If you're an experimentalist who'd like to try out any of these proposals, let me know!) arxiv.org/abs/2510.07372 @umdscience.bsky.social
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Error detection and correction at @umdscience.bsky.social has a long history: the guy who invented the barcode is an alum! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
George Laurer - Wikipedia
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November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Error detection and correction at @umdscience.bsky.social has a long history: the guy who invented the barcode is an alum! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...
Federal support of science research has catalyzed economic growth and advanced life-saving cures, diagnostics and therapies.
At Science on Tap next Tuesday (11/18), Biology's Joshua Weitz (@joshuasweitz.bsky.social) will discuss his efforts to confront federal cuts to science ➡️ go.umd.edu/sot1125
At Science on Tap next Tuesday (11/18), Biology's Joshua Weitz (@joshuasweitz.bsky.social) will discuss his efforts to confront federal cuts to science ➡️ go.umd.edu/sot1125
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Federal support of science research has catalyzed economic growth and advanced life-saving cures, diagnostics and therapies.
At Science on Tap next Tuesday (11/18), Biology's Joshua Weitz (@joshuasweitz.bsky.social) will discuss his efforts to confront federal cuts to science ➡️ go.umd.edu/sot1125
At Science on Tap next Tuesday (11/18), Biology's Joshua Weitz (@joshuasweitz.bsky.social) will discuss his efforts to confront federal cuts to science ➡️ go.umd.edu/sot1125
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🦟Turns out St. Leger Lab results are simply irresistible (queue the music🕺), to mosquitoes that is! St. Leger Lab helped develop a floral-scented fungus to attract and kill mosquitoes🦟
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/s...
This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🦟Turns out St. Leger Lab results are simply irresistible (queue the music🕺), to mosquitoes that is! St. Leger Lab helped develop a floral-scented fungus to attract and kill mosquitoes🦟
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/s...
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy explores how machines can sense, interpret and reason by integrating acoustics, wireless signals and embedded AI.
Submit your questions now for Nirupam's #RedditAMA on his research and the future of secure machine hearing: redd.it/1otq9qr
Submit your questions now for Nirupam's #RedditAMA on his research and the future of secure machine hearing: redd.it/1otq9qr
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy explores how machines can sense, interpret and reason by integrating acoustics, wireless signals and embedded AI.
Submit your questions now for Nirupam's #RedditAMA on his research and the future of secure machine hearing: redd.it/1otq9qr
Submit your questions now for Nirupam's #RedditAMA on his research and the future of secure machine hearing: redd.it/1otq9qr
#UMD astronomer Megan Weiner Mansfield co-led the creation of the first 3D temperature map for a distant exoplanet.
Published in Nature Astronomy, the team's technique lays the groundwork for more detailed future explorations of faraway planets. 🔭
Published in Nature Astronomy, the team's technique lays the groundwork for more detailed future explorations of faraway planets. 🔭
UMD Astronomer Co-Leads Creation of First 3D Temperature Map of Distant Exoplanet | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
This new technique lays the groundwork for more detailed future explorations of faraway planets.Ast
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November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#UMD astronomer Megan Weiner Mansfield co-led the creation of the first 3D temperature map for a distant exoplanet.
Published in Nature Astronomy, the team's technique lays the groundwork for more detailed future explorations of faraway planets. 🔭
Published in Nature Astronomy, the team's technique lays the groundwork for more detailed future explorations of faraway planets. 🔭
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"I'm sad, play something to cheer me up," 🎵
Music Flamingo, a new AI model by @umdscience.bsky.social and NVIDIA, can actually feel music and suggest tunes like a human would.
Learn more about the innovative tech at Maryland Today
go.umd.edu/2489
Music Flamingo, a new AI model by @umdscience.bsky.social and NVIDIA, can actually feel music and suggest tunes like a human would.
Learn more about the innovative tech at Maryland Today
go.umd.edu/2489
UMD Model Joins ‘Arms Race’ to Develop AI-Powered… | Maryland Today
Nvidia-Backed Platform Breaks Down Songs Based on Personal Taste, Emotion and Mood
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October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"I'm sad, play something to cheer me up," 🎵
Music Flamingo, a new AI model by @umdscience.bsky.social and NVIDIA, can actually feel music and suggest tunes like a human would.
Learn more about the innovative tech at Maryland Today
go.umd.edu/2489
Music Flamingo, a new AI model by @umdscience.bsky.social and NVIDIA, can actually feel music and suggest tunes like a human would.
Learn more about the innovative tech at Maryland Today
go.umd.edu/2489
Theoretical chemist Pratyush Tiwary blends theoretical and computational methods, including #AI, to advance drug discovery and materials science.
Ask Pratyush about the role of AI in chemistry in today's #RedditAMA: redd.it/1ois95t #AIMaryland
Ask Pratyush about the role of AI in chemistry in today's #RedditAMA: redd.it/1ois95t #AIMaryland
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Theoretical chemist Pratyush Tiwary blends theoretical and computational methods, including #AI, to advance drug discovery and materials science.
Ask Pratyush about the role of AI in chemistry in today's #RedditAMA: redd.it/1ois95t #AIMaryland
Ask Pratyush about the role of AI in chemistry in today's #RedditAMA: redd.it/1ois95t #AIMaryland
Every time we make a call, our voices reveal personal information that #AI can extract and exploit.
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy and his team developed a system that defends our data from automated surveillance while keeping conversations clear ⤵️
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy and his team developed a system that defends our data from automated surveillance while keeping conversations clear ⤵️
New AI Tool Fights Back Against Speech Eavesdropping | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
University of Maryland computer scientists developed an AI-enhanced system that protects personal voice data fro
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October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every time we make a call, our voices reveal personal information that #AI can extract and exploit.
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy and his team developed a system that defends our data from automated surveillance while keeping conversations clear ⤵️
Computer Science Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy and his team developed a system that defends our data from automated surveillance while keeping conversations clear ⤵️
Now that mosquitoes are evolving resistance against chemical pesticides, scientists are looking to nature in the fight against deadly insect-borne diseases.
@umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger helped develop a new way to trap mosquitoes: a fungus that smells like flowers ⤵️ #BugSky
@umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger helped develop a new way to trap mosquitoes: a fungus that smells like flowers ⤵️ #BugSky
Scientists Develop Floral-Scented Fungus That Lures Mosquitoes to Their Doom | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
This new strain of fungus mimics flowers to attract and kill mosquitoes, offering a new weapon in the fight agai
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October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Now that mosquitoes are evolving resistance against chemical pesticides, scientists are looking to nature in the fight against deadly insect-borne diseases.
@umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger helped develop a new way to trap mosquitoes: a fungus that smells like flowers ⤵️ #BugSky
@umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger helped develop a new way to trap mosquitoes: a fungus that smells like flowers ⤵️ #BugSky
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I'll be at the @sacnas.bsky.social #NDiSTEM meeting next week, attending sessions and at the the tri-soc @systbiol.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social, and the @umdscience.bsky.social booths! Get in touch if you want to chat/meet! 👩🏼🔬👩🏼💻🌻🐝🧬💪🏼
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'll be at the @sacnas.bsky.social #NDiSTEM meeting next week, attending sessions and at the the tri-soc @systbiol.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social, and the @umdscience.bsky.social booths! Get in touch if you want to chat/meet! 👩🏼🔬👩🏼💻🌻🐝🧬💪🏼
As #ArtificialIntelligence scientists for Google Translate, #ScienceTerps Sweta Agrawal and Eleftheria Briakou help millions of people make real-time connections in 200+ different languages.
Their research in natural language processing and machine translation at #UMD started it all ⤵️ #AIMaryland
Their research in natural language processing and machine translation at #UMD started it all ⤵️ #AIMaryland
Translating the Power of Artificial Intelligence | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
At Google, Sweta Agrawal (M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’23, computer science) and Eleftheria Briakou (M.S.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As #ArtificialIntelligence scientists for Google Translate, #ScienceTerps Sweta Agrawal and Eleftheria Briakou help millions of people make real-time connections in 200+ different languages.
Their research in natural language processing and machine translation at #UMD started it all ⤵️ #AIMaryland
Their research in natural language processing and machine translation at #UMD started it all ⤵️ #AIMaryland
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🌳🐝Interested in creating habitat for beneficial insects but just don't know where to start? Plant native! Ento Alums Lisa Kuder & Maddie Potter identify plants native to the region & explain how these plants support insect species with resources to thrive. go.umd.edu/23up 🐝🌳
MD Native Plant Guide Piedmont Region.pdf | Powered by Box
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October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🌳🐝Interested in creating habitat for beneficial insects but just don't know where to start? Plant native! Ento Alums Lisa Kuder & Maddie Potter identify plants native to the region & explain how these plants support insect species with resources to thrive. go.umd.edu/23up 🐝🌳
Sophomore biological sciences major Priya Tyagi is pursuing a career in #ComputationalBiology to demystify disease: go.umd.edu/tyagi
In UMD's Spatial Biology Lab, Priya is evaluating #ArtificialIntelligence segmentation tools and developing computational methods for tissue analysis.
In UMD's Spatial Biology Lab, Priya is evaluating #ArtificialIntelligence segmentation tools and developing computational methods for tissue analysis.
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Sophomore biological sciences major Priya Tyagi is pursuing a career in #ComputationalBiology to demystify disease: go.umd.edu/tyagi
In UMD's Spatial Biology Lab, Priya is evaluating #ArtificialIntelligence segmentation tools and developing computational methods for tissue analysis.
In UMD's Spatial Biology Lab, Priya is evaluating #ArtificialIntelligence segmentation tools and developing computational methods for tissue analysis.
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🎧 ‘To squish or not to squish?’ Michael Raupp, Professor Emeritus at University of Maryland shares current management strategies for spotted lanternflies.
🙏WAMU885 for reporting on insects and their impacts in the DMV!
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
🙏WAMU885 for reporting on insects and their impacts in the DMV!
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
'To squish or not to squish?': an insect expert's guide to spotted lanternflies
Michael Raupp at the University of Maryland, College Park and author of the "Bug of the Week" blog, gives all you need to know about spotted lanternflies.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🎧 ‘To squish or not to squish?’ Michael Raupp, Professor Emeritus at University of Maryland shares current management strategies for spotted lanternflies.
🙏WAMU885 for reporting on insects and their impacts in the DMV!
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
🙏WAMU885 for reporting on insects and their impacts in the DMV!
wamu.org/story/25/10/...
🎓 Congratulations to our college's August 2025 graduates!
We're excited to celebrate their accomplishments at commencement next May. See the full list of #ScienceTerp graduates: go.umd.edu/grads-0825
We're excited to celebrate their accomplishments at commencement next May. See the full list of #ScienceTerp graduates: go.umd.edu/grads-0825
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎓 Congratulations to our college's August 2025 graduates!
We're excited to celebrate their accomplishments at commencement next May. See the full list of #ScienceTerp graduates: go.umd.edu/grads-0825
We're excited to celebrate their accomplishments at commencement next May. See the full list of #ScienceTerp graduates: go.umd.edu/grads-0825
Tomorrow (10/21), computer science and finance junior Alma Hagstrom is taking over our Instagram story: instagram.com/umdscience
Alma will start her day in her #ArtificialIntelligence and financial markets classes, followed by an e-board meeting and a shift with CS Advising.
Alma will start her day in her #ArtificialIntelligence and financial markets classes, followed by an e-board meeting and a shift with CS Advising.
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Tomorrow (10/21), computer science and finance junior Alma Hagstrom is taking over our Instagram story: instagram.com/umdscience
Alma will start her day in her #ArtificialIntelligence and financial markets classes, followed by an e-board meeting and a shift with CS Advising.
Alma will start her day in her #ArtificialIntelligence and financial markets classes, followed by an e-board meeting and a shift with CS Advising.
Using #JWST 's Mid-Infrared Instrument, Astronomy Research Scientist Marta Sewilo led the discovery of complex organic molecules frozen in ice near a forming star in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
This is the first time these building blocks of life have been detected in ice beyond our galaxy 🔭
This is the first time these building blocks of life have been detected in ice beyond our galaxy 🔭
Scientists Discover Building Blocks of Life in Ice Around a Forming Star in Neighboring Galaxy | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
A team led by a University of Maryland astronomer detected large complex organic molecules in ices outside of th
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October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Using #JWST 's Mid-Infrared Instrument, Astronomy Research Scientist Marta Sewilo led the discovery of complex organic molecules frozen in ice near a forming star in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
This is the first time these building blocks of life have been detected in ice beyond our galaxy 🔭
This is the first time these building blocks of life have been detected in ice beyond our galaxy 🔭
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So excited for our latest paper! Here’s to the start of some amazing lunar civil engineering exploration!
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Case scenarios for structural health monitoring for future lunar architectures - Space and Planetary Resources
Assumptions about future lunar base architectures and operations will likely drive the creation of foundational requirements and design specifications. The lunar environment poses significant technica...
link.springer.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
So excited for our latest paper! Here’s to the start of some amazing lunar civil engineering exploration!
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Biology Assistant Professor Nikolas Francis combines #DataAnalysis with neuroimaging methods to examine the neurophysiology of listening.
He hopes to help identify therapeutic targets for treating hearing disorders and advance our understanding of how we listen to sound. #ResearchWithImpact
He hopes to help identify therapeutic targets for treating hearing disorders and advance our understanding of how we listen to sound. #ResearchWithImpact
How Does Sound Work? The Neurophysiology of Listening
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October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Biology Assistant Professor Nikolas Francis combines #DataAnalysis with neuroimaging methods to examine the neurophysiology of listening.
He hopes to help identify therapeutic targets for treating hearing disorders and advance our understanding of how we listen to sound. #ResearchWithImpact
He hopes to help identify therapeutic targets for treating hearing disorders and advance our understanding of how we listen to sound. #ResearchWithImpact
Nearly half of geostationary satellite signals have been left vulnerable to eavesdropping, according to research co-led by Computer Science Associate Professor Dave Levin.
Dave spoke with @wired.com's @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social about their findings 📡
Dave spoke with @wired.com's @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social about their findings 📡
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nearly half of geostationary satellite signals have been left vulnerable to eavesdropping, according to research co-led by Computer Science Associate Professor Dave Levin.
Dave spoke with @wired.com's @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social about their findings 📡
Dave spoke with @wired.com's @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social about their findings 📡
New York health officials recently confirmed the state's first locally acquired case of the chikungunya virus.
See how @umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger is fighting chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases with fungi 🦟
See how @umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger is fighting chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases with fungi 🦟
Fighting Mosquitoes with Fungi
YouTube video by UMD Science
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October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New York health officials recently confirmed the state's first locally acquired case of the chikungunya virus.
See how @umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger is fighting chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases with fungi 🦟
See how @umdentomology.bsky.social's Raymond St. Leger is fighting chikungunya and other mosquito-borne diseases with fungi 🦟
Maryland State Entomologist Max Ferlauto (Ph.D. '24, @umdentomology.bsky.social) spoke with @nytimes.com's @margaretroach.bsky.social about the role of fallen leaves in your yard's ecosystem 🍂 🪲🪳
Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard
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October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Maryland State Entomologist Max Ferlauto (Ph.D. '24, @umdentomology.bsky.social) spoke with @nytimes.com's @margaretroach.bsky.social about the role of fallen leaves in your yard's ecosystem 🍂 🪲🪳