Seismologists use sensors to build images of the interior of the earth. Making the invisible, visible.
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Recent research shows that US rivers are becoming saltier and more alkaline. Salt pollution threatens drinking water supplies and freshwater ecosystems, but there is no broad system for regulating it.
As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar of virtual reality warns there's an even bigger crisis of trust on the horizon.
Facebook harvests individual users' data and sells it to advertisers, who narrowly target specific messages to particular people not just for profit, but for partisan political gain.
The word disruption describes an upheaval of institutionalized ways of doing things. Disruptors draw few distinctions between the valuable and less-valuable features of institutions.
Victims everywhere have lost their patience and their fear and are finding willing listeners. A question worth asking is: Why now?
Surveys of Iranian public opinion from the University of Maryland suggests that Trump's strategy on the nuclear deal – no matter how you interpret it – is based on wishful thinking.
Digital textbooks might be less cumbersome. But a new series of studies finds that reading from screens can hamper our ability to process and retain information.
Recent federal changes to password-strength guidelines echo the findings of research we've been doing. It's time to think differently about what makes a password secure.
As companies make quantum computers available through their cloud services, take a look at what it means for computing to move beyond classical mechanics and into quantum physics.
A synthesis centre in Africa would massively improve the ability of researchers to understand complex scientific problems.
Even Donald Trump has paid his respects to Lincoln as an emblem of unity.
The number of new HIV-positive cases has sharply declined – in most parts of the country. Nonurban areas, particularly in the South, are showing sharp increases. Why?
Who are those people out there marching on Washington, DC? Researchers at the University of Maryland did a survey to find out.
Anti-terrorism policy is too often adopted based on very small sets of data – and fear.
United Airlines' recent stumbles suggest its culture is too 'tight' and constrained by rules, leaving employees little room to make judgement calls.
People don't want to endure the interruptions and inconveniences of keeping their computer software up to date. Research tells us why, and how we might fix the problem – and protect ourselves.
There remain many mysteries that are beyond science. Does that mean that a God truly exists? A scholar gives reasons for this possibility.
Large livestock farms, known as CAFOs, have polluted air and water in many communities. A recent court decision will force CAFOs to report their air emissions from manure and other sources.
A new survey of French voters reveals a divide that predicts support for Le Pen. This same characteristic also explains Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.
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Editorial Director, Feminist Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies, University of Maryland
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland
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Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Director, Maryland Cybersecurity Center; Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Professor of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland
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Professor of African American studies, University of Maryland
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Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology, University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Director at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, University of Maryland
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Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Shawn Parry-Giles is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Communication, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Geology, University of Maryland
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland
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Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Seismology, University of Maryland
