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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imagine a cell phone charger that recharges your phone remotely without even knowing where it is; a device that targets and destroys tumors,...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The newly discovered comet ISON, which late this year could give sky watchers one of the brightest shows ever, shines in a new movie made by a...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humans survive by constantly recycling iron, a metal that is an essential component of red blood cells, but which is toxic outside of those cells....

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors (COP/C) announced unanimous approval today for the University of Maryland to join the Big Ten...

ADELPHI, Md., Oct. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A research team from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) have been awarded a new $2 million...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a single cave in Ecuador, a species of cavefish has evolved to do something perhaps unique to them, navigate with their teeth. The sensory...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Maryland plans to offer four popular courses free this spring via Coursera - the international platform that hosts "MOOCs,"...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Effectively reducing the likelihood and intensity of attacks by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the perpetrators of the...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Israeli policies that reward Palestinian efforts to contain violence are more effective than violent crackdowns that punish terrorists and civilians...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 1, 2007, without warning, the roadway suddenly disappeared beneath drivers on Minneapolis' I-35W Bridge. The collapse sent more than 100...