University of Massachusetts Amherst
Stalagmites in Northeast Brazilian Caves Confirm 9,000-Year Model of Diminishing Rainfall
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, researchers studying climate history in Brazil’s dry Nordeste region expected it to have wet and dry periods similar to the rest of South America. But over the past 9,000 years, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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How a Cell's Mitotic Motors Direct Key Life Processes
University of Massachusetts Amherst biologists have discovered a secret of how cells organize chromosomes to prepare for dividing. Their unexpected finding is reported in this week’s issue of the journal, Current Biology.
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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New Synthetic Compound Message to Drug-Resistant Bacteria: 'Resistance is Futile'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Illinois have developed a smart new synthetic compound that not only targets some drug-resistant bacteria and kills them, but the ...
Jan 21, 2009 |
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How Bed Bugs Outsmart the Chemicals Designed to Control Them
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain ...
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Do Deep-Sea Microbes Offer A Glimpse Of What Alien Life Could Be Like On A Jupiter Moon?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hovering in a tiny submarine 1.4 miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, a University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist felt as if he were in a time machine, witnessing the ancient past, or a scientist’s fantasy ...
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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Under a Frozen Lake in Siberia, Geoscientist Drills For Secrets of Earth’s Ancient Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the next few days, a convoy of bulldozers and trucks will set out from a remote airport in Siberia, heading for a frozen lake 62 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but the trip isn’t a holiday visit to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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New Research on Darwin's Finches Offers Rare Glimpse Into How Species Diverge
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the latest research on Darwin’s finches of the Galapagos Islands shows an unexpected pattern of natural selection that is allowing researchers “a rare glimpse into what the early stages ...
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Nov 10, 2008 |
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Study Pushes Appearance of Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheets Back By 22 Million Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climatologist Robert DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues at four institutions are reporting in the Oct. 2 issue of the journal Nature that their latest climate model of the Northern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Boston Hurricane Frequency Over Last Millennium Linked To Ocean Surface Temperatures
(PhysOrg.com) -- The frequency of hurricanes striking the Boston area has varied widely over the last millennium, with periods of lowest activity corresponding to cooler surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2008 |
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All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Complications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to managing Type 2 diabetes, all sweeteners ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 14, 2008 |
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