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The deer mouse sperm above have wide heads which are associated with sperm aggregation and swimming as a group.

Wide Heads Help Sperm Swim Together

Research Stories- 21 Sep 21

Colenso Speer

UMD Biologist Awarded $1.5 Million to Develop Brain Mapping Techniques

Press Releases, Feature Stories- 06 Oct 20

Cave fish

Gene Found that Causes Eyes to Wither in Cavefish

Press Releases, Research Stories- 01 Jun 20

Visual Deprivation Lowers Threshold for Enzymatic Pathway that Rejuvenates Synaptic Plasticity in the Brain

Research Stories- 07 Jan 20

From Evading Online Censorship to Galaxy Transformations: Read Our Top Stories of 2019

Research Stories, Awards- 19 Dec 19

A Week in the Dark Rewires Brain Cell Networks and Changes Hearing in Mice

Research Stories- 03 Dec 19

A surgeon using augmented reality to practice surgery on a mannequin

Driving Research Advances

Research Stories- 29 Apr 19

3D illustration of a terrapin hauling itself up onto the top of a cliff overlooking tropical waters

Fearless Science: A Half-Century of Bold Research

Research Stories- 26 Apr 19

UMD Files Patents on Compounds to Treat and Prevent Gonorrhea

Research Stories- 07 Jan 19

students in the lab

Science Terps’ Microbiology Experiment Returns from International Space Station

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 06 Aug 18

Cavefish

New Research Identifies How Blind Cavefish Lose Their Eyes

Press Releases- 30 May 18

UMD Neuroscientists Identify Source of Early Brain Activity

Research Stories- 06 Nov 17

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