New Drug Reverses Obesity Without Side Effects in Preliminary Tests
An innovative nanogel delivery system created at the University of Massachusetts Amherst enabled mice with obesity to revert to a normal weight while maintaining a…
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Rapid Disease Diagnosis: Bioengineering Breakthrough Boosts DNA Detection Sensitivity by 100x
Scientists discover that letting small amounts of DNA ‘dance’ can speed disease detection. UMass Amherst researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one…
Turbocharged Python: AI Accelerates Computing Speed by Thousands of Times
Their development Scalene, an open-source tool for dramatically speeding up the programming language Python, circumvents hardware issues limiting computer processing speeds. A team of computer…
Climate Inequality: New Study Exposes the Wealthy’s Disproportionate Carbon Footprint
Recent research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst establishes the first connection between U.S. household income and emissions, highlighting investment as a major driver behind…
Saving Our Soil: How to Preserve U.S. Breadbasket Fertility for Centuries
New research from UMass Amherst shows that the rapid and unsustainable rate of topsoil erosion can be drastically reduced with no-till agricultural methods already in…
Quantum Frustration Leads to Fundamental Physics Discovery: A New Phase of Matter
For Experimental Physicists, Quantum Frustration Leads to Fundamental Discovery “Chiral bose-liquid state” is a new phase of matter, according to UMass Amherst professor. A team…
Clean Energy 24/7: Engineers Use Nanotechnology To Harvest Electricity “From Thin Air”
Engineers describe the “generic Air-gen effect”—nearly any material can be engineered with nanopores to harvest, cost-effective, scalable, interruption-free electricity. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts…
Scientists Discover Source of Jet Lag’s Harmful Health Consequences
A recent study investigated the impact of disrupting the circadian rhythm on adult neurogenesis. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have zeroed in on…
New Polar Bear-Inspired Fabric Is 30% Lighter Than Cotton and Far Warmer
A group of engineers from UMass Amherst has created a bilayered fabric that is 30% lighter than cotton yet provides greater warmth. Three engineers from…
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…
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…