Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore is the first in the mid-Atlantic to use Stryker's Blueprint Mixed Reality for shoulder surgeries, improving precision and customization for patient-specific orthopedic procedures.

Baltimore County offers a "STEM into Action" summer program for middle school students, exposing them to hands-on STEM experiences with partners like BGE.

Maryland surpassed $1 billion in cannabis sales in its first year of legal recreational use, with significant contributions to the state's economy and social equity efforts.

University of Maryland, College Park agrees to pay $500,000 to settle allegations of failing to disclose foreign financial support in federal grant proposals.

A Microsoft outage has disrupted Maryland’s healthcare and judicial systems, causing non-urgent medical procedures to be cancelled and courts to close, with emergency systems remaining operational.

A major IT outage by CrowdStrike impacted Howard County, affecting operations. By coordinating with DTCS, the county restored critical systems, with minimal disruption, while monitoring for new threats.

Carroll County Government received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from Esri for its innovative use of mapping and analytics, as reported by the county's news releases.

Morgan State University received a $20.9 million NIH grant to enhance research on health disparities in urban minorities, focusing on diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Dr. Kate Evans received the Maryland Zoo's Dr. Mike Cranfield Conservation Award for her African elephant research and efforts to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is set to speak at the It-Sa Expo&Congress in Germany, highlighting the region's cybersecurity expertise. He will also lead a trade mission in Europe to foster international business collaborations.

Howard County has launched a Vulnerability Disclosure Program in partnership with HackerOne to identify and address cyber threats, being the first in the state to do so, enhancing protection across various critical systems.

Baltimore's Joseph H. Brown Funeral Home offers water cremation as an eco-friendlier option than traditional cremation but at a higher cost, amidst legislative efforts to find greener death care alternatives.

Johns Hopkins researchers found coal dust in Baltimore's Curtis Bay area, validating local concerns over health risks from a nearby CSX coal terminal. CSX asserts compliance with environmental standards, as debate over their permit renewal continues.

IronCircle relocates its global headquarters to Maryland, creating 200 jobs and strengthening the state's status as a cyber/AI hub, boosted by an already substantial local cybersecurity industry.

The University of Maryland's Discovery District is set to host a new quantum research center created by Microsoft, in a partnership with the State and the University Enterprise Corporation, enhancing Maryland as a hub for quantum technologies.

Calvin Ball highlighted Howard County's quantum tech advancements at the Quantum World Congress, noting the region's strategic location and initiatives in cybersecurity and education.

Tom Golisano donated $50 million to the University of Maryland Medical System, aimed at enhancing the children's hospital, including gene therapy and care facilities, marking the system's largest gift.

Baltimore spinout CraniUS raised $20M to push NeuroPASS, a skull‑embedded implant that delivers drugs directly into the brain, from large‑animal studies toward clinical planning. The round includes state support and aims to fund manufacturing and regulatory work.

A 1,323-pound NASA probe managed out of Maryland is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday night. Officials say the chance of debris hitting a person is extremely small.

A Ravens-backed nonprofit has opened a 35,000‑sq‑ft Blackbird BioHub at City Garage, bringing wet labs, a vivarium and shared resources for early‑stage biotech startups.

New reports show AI exposure for 240,000 Richmond jobs and steep drops in entry-level tech postings that could squeeze young workers.

Johns Hopkins used patient-specific "digital twins" of diseased hearts to plan VT ablations; early results kept eight of ten patients free of arrhythmia after more than a year.

Carnegie Science will vacate its Baltimore lab at Johns Hopkins and consolidate life‑science research in Pasadena through a partnership with Caltech. The shift could reshape local labs and outreach.

A Laurel STEM university is expanding flight training and new aviation degrees after a 44% enrollment surge. The push uses FAA pathways and regional airports to grow enrollment.

A SeoProfy analysis shows Maryland ranks third in the nation for AI job density, with 103 active listings and 36.4 jobs per million working‑age residents. The finding highlights the state's federal research and defense corridors as hiring magnets.

An LLM‑backed analysis finds D.C. and Maryland among the most exposed to AI‑driven task changes, and regional training programs are racing to respond.

Morgan State landed $8.9M to build a molecular biology lab and expand microelectronics equipment, a direct boost to the university’s research and training capacity.

Baltimore’s Maryland Science Center marked its 50th with a ceremonial groundbreaking for a greener Harbor Plaza and the close of a $15.2M anniversary campaign. Throwback admission and new access programs accompanied the celebration.