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<title><![CDATA[Neighborhood Features Impact Mental Health for Better and Worse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<span>UMD-led study finds that risks for depression, other physical maledies connected to one's built environment.</span>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:09:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Nap-time Theory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Research Suggests Children&amp;rsquo;s Need for Daytime Sleep Depends on Brain&amp;rsquo;s Ability to File Away Memories, Learning]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:11:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Training Can Improve Older Adults&rsquo; Ability to Discriminate Rapid Changes in Sound]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Findings support subsequent studies on hearing loss-reversing interventions]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:06:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using a Computational Approach to Improve Therapeutic Drug Treatments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<span>An multicampus team will analyze the synthetic process that goes into manufacturing small pieces of DNA or RNA that can bind to specific molecules of RNA.</span>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:07:55 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Do Suddenly Self-Centered Brain Cells Promote Disease?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NSF Award Funds UMD Alzheimer&amp;rsquo;s Research Into Brain Glucose Metabolism]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:42:11 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How Do Infants Learn Sounds in Their Native Language?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<span>UMD-affiliated computational linguists published groundbreaking research that examines how infants learn what the sounds of their native language are.</span>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:34:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Power of Peers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Next Phase of $3.5M Project to Study Peers&amp;rsquo; Impact on Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:21:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$7.9 Million in NIH Awards Propel UMD Aging Research]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New multidisciplinary collaborations take on challenges like Alzheimer&amp;rsquo;s disease prevention.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:52:08 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New robust and scalable computational methodology developed by UMD researchers helps identify directed connectivity within the brain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[&amp;lsquo;NLGC&amp;rsquo; can be used with magnetoencephalography to better understand the neural mechanisms behind sensory processing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:26:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brain Study Ventures Into Fear of the Unknown]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[<span>UMD-Led Team Awarded $3.9M to Understand How Risk and Ambiguity Influence Anxiety</span>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:16:52 EDT</pubDate>
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