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Greenhouse gas auction revenues can help cut Md. electric use si...

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Tue, 10/21/2008 - 23:00

(University of Maryland) Maryland officials can reduce electricity use in the state significantly by investing revenues from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade auctions in energy efficiency programs, says a new study from a University of Maryland-led research team.

It adds that neighboring states might benefit as well.


 

Now that's cool

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Wed, 08/06/2008 - 23:00

(University of Maryland) Researchers at the University of Maryland are using meta-materials, which mimic the behavior of ice, but are created out of completely different substances, to and figure out why water ice doesn't completely conform to the Third Law of Thermodynamics.


 

Math could help cure leukemia

EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics  Wed, 06/18/2008 - 23:00

(University of Maryland) In a recent study that combined math and medicine, researchers have shown that patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia may be cured of the disease with an optimally timed cancer vaccine, where the timing is determined based on their own immune response.


 

Loopy photons clarify 'spookiness' of quantum physics

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Mon, 03/17/2008 - 23:00

NIST and University of Maryland researchers have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons, particles of light whose properties are interlinked in a very unusual way dictated by the rules of quantum physics.