University of Massachusetts Amherst
Track Atlantic bluefin tuna to learn migration, habitat secrets
New fish-tagging studies of young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are offering the first fishery-independent, year-round data on dispersal ...
May 22, 2012 |
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Physicists unveil a theory for a new kind of superconductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- In this 100th anniversary year of the discovery of superconductivity, physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology have published a ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Chemical engineers find high-yield method of making xylene from biomass
A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Biologists capture cell's elusive 'motor' on videotape, solving the mystery of its deployment
(PhysOrg.com) -- In basic research with far-reaching impact, cell biologists Wei-Lih Lee and Steven Markus report in an article released today in Developmental Cell, with videos, that they have solved one of the fundamental questi ...
May 18, 2011 |
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Researchers Discover How to Move Protons, Improve Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a breakthrough that should help to solve one of the biggest problems holding back development of affordable fuel cells, a team of University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists has discovered ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Chemists design 'tunable,' cloaked, toxin delivery system to kill tumors from within
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers led by University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Vincent Rotello have demonstrated that they can deliver a dormant toxin into a specific site such as a tumor for anti-cancer ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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New Biofuel Technique Could Have Huge Impact on Chemical Industry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method of converting biomass feedstock into sustainable fuel developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Minnesota has the potential to have a profound effect ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Polymer science team designs new nanotech technique for lower-cost materials repair
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists and engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make nano-scale repairs to a damaged ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Chemists Discover How Cells Create Stability During Critical DNA-to-RNA Information Transfers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists believe they have for the first time explained how the main players in transcription -- RNA polymerase, RNA (red in illustration) and ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Scientists who use microwave heating in experiments can control it better now
(PhysOrg.com) -- For at least 20 years, organic chemists and materials scientists have used microwaves as an alternative energy source to activate materials and break chemical bonds. However, though microwaves ...
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a special camera known as AzTEC developed by a research team led by Grant Wilson, astronomy professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an international research group has ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Geoscientists improve modeling of San Andreas fault
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the aftermath of recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan, people who follow world news have been learning just how little scientists know about even the major fault systems and tectonic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2011 |
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New model changes view of climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new, high-resolution global ocean circulation models, University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist Alan Condron, with Peter Winsor at the University of Alaska, report this week that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Black, white and stinky: Explaining coloration in skunks and other boldly colored animals
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first-of-its-kind analysis of the evolution of warning coloration in carnivores published this week by University of Massachusetts Amherst evolutionary biologist Ted Stankowich and colleagues, ...
May 30, 2011 |
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Key to how cells, including cancer, migrate and invade the body discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers has identified unexpected and powerful cell-regulating functions in a protease known as ADAM 13, a discovery that holds promise for ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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