New Findings Shed Light on the Mystery of How Cells Handle Stress
A specific enzyme may play dual roles in cell health according to a recent study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A team of researchers…
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First 3D-Printed High-Performance Nanostructured Alloy That’s Both Ultrastrong and Ductile
Components could have aerospace, medical, energy, and automotive applications. A team of scientists have 3D printed a dual-phase, nanostructured high-entropy alloy that exceeds the strength…
Scientists Identify 117 Genes That Cause Type 2 Diabetes
A large-scale study of diverse populations increases our understanding of type 2 diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 37.3 million…
Million-Year-Old Arctic Sedimentary Record Sheds Light on Climate Mystery That Has Puzzled Scientists
Oldest continuous arctic record is a step toward understanding dramatic shift in glacial cycles. New research is the first to provide a continuous look at…
What Brain-Eating Amoebae Can Tell Us About Life on Earth and Evolutionary History
By providing new insight into how Naegleria divides, an international team of researchers, led by UMass Amherst, adds to fundamental knowledge of life. An international…
Ending the Debate: New Research Solves Longstanding Antarctic Climate Change Mystery
Discrepancy between terrestrial and marine data resolved; shows that ice sheets vulnerable to small CO2 fluctuations. New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
Surprising New Material Invented That Can Absorb and Release Massive Amounts of Energy
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they had engineered…
Research Shows Vaccinated Women Pass COVID-19 Antibodies to Breastfeeding Babies
UMass Amherst research first to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in infant stool. Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their…
Winter Is Coming Paradox: Researchers Uncover the Surprising Cause of the Little Ice Age
Cold era, lasting from early 15th to mid-19th centuries, triggered by unusually warm conditions. New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a novel…
Drinking Our Way to Sustainability – One Cup of Coffee at a Time
UMass Amherst researchers win NSF award to help re-envision the growing, selling and buying of coffee. Coffee, that savior of the underslept, comes with enormous…
New Understanding of the Arctic’s Carbon Cycle – How Carbon Is Transferred Between Land, Ocean, and Atmosphere
New research from UMass Amherst shines light on poorly understood processes of how carbon dissolved in Arctic rivers affects our world. In a pair of…
Running on Empty: Astronomers Solve 12-Billion-Year-Old Mystery of Stalled Galaxies
Unprecedent measurements confirm galaxies idle when they run out of cold gas. New research, published in Nature and led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has just answered…
The Future of Medicine: New Invention Yields More, Purer RNA at Fraction of the Cost
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently unveiled their discovery of a new process for making RNA. The resulting RNA is purer, more copious…
New Modelling of Ancient Antarctic Ice Sheets Helps Us See the Future of Global Warming
New research from University of Massachusetts Amherst gives clearer picture of mid-Miocene Antarctic ice sheet. Last month saw the average concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide…
Self-Sustaining, Intelligent, Electronic Microsystems Created – Operate Much Like Self-Autonomous Living Organisms
A research team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy…
Stunning New Image of the Center of Our Galaxy Hints at Previously Unknown Interstellar Energy Source
Astronomer Reveals Never-Before-Seen Detail of the Center of Our Galaxy New image made using NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory hints at previously unknown interstellar energy source…
More Than One-Third of Corn Belt Farmland Has Completely Lost Its Carbon-Rich Topsoil
UMass Amherst researchers used remote sensing to quantify the previously underestimated erosion. More than one-third of the Corn Belt in the Midwest – nearly 30…
“Evolutionary Rosetta Stone” – New Insight Into the Biology of a Deadly Fungus
Bd’s actin structures likely play roles in causing skin disease threatening amphibians worldwide. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have gained new insight into…
