University of Massachusetts Amherst
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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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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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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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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Researchers Developing Potentially 'Transformative' Method to Produce Clean, Green Biofuels (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to make valuable chemicals and more affordable “green” fuel from solar power, bacteria and carbon dioxide could be "truly transformative" for our society if it works on a commercial ...
May 25, 2010 |
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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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Physicists Use Underground Lab to Detect Rare Particles, Peek into Earth's Center
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a delicate instrument located under a mountain in central Italy, two University of Massachusetts Amherst physicists are measuring some of the faintest and rarest particles ever detected, geo-neutrinos, ...
Mar 26, 2010 |
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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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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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Chemists Identify New Way to Create Photovoltaic Devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- A promising new polymer-based method for creating photovoltaic devices, which convert sunlight into electricity, has been identified by chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Computer Scientists Help Police Apprehend Internet Child Pornographers
Thanks to powerful new software developed by University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists Brian Levine and Marc Liberatore, state law enforcement officers across the country including the Massachusetts State Police ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Researchers Develop New Geobacter Microbe Strain to Produce More Electricity, Open New Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- In their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, Derek Lovley and colleagues at the ...
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Gone With the Galactic Wind: 10 Years of Chandra X-ray Observations Reveal Galaxy Secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA launched its Chandra X-ray observing telescope into orbit in 1999, astronomers didn’t know much about the galactic winds made of wispy, multi-million-degree gas clouds that stream ...
Mar 08, 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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