University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst was founded in 1863 in Amherst, Massachusetts, about 90-miles from Boston. UMASS Amherst is ranked as one of the top 200 universities in the world. It is a public institution with arrangements with a variety of Pioneer Valley universities for sharing resources. UMASS has approximately 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in over 95 undergraduate programs and 65 graduate level fields.
Amherst, MA 01003
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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Channeling corporate cash and asset reserves into job creation
U.S. commercial banks and large nonfinancial corporations have been carrying huge cash hoards and other liquid assets, totaling $1.4 trillion. At the same time, small businesses have been locked out of credit markets, preventing ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Researchers test a drug-exercise program designed to prevent type 2 diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- Kinesiology researcher Barry Braun of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues recently reported unexpected results of a study suggesting that exercise and one of the most commonly prescribed ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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New analysis of government data shows that military spending is a weak job engine compared to other investments
Given the recent focus on the federal defense budget, Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have revisited their assessment of the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Online communication boosts lying and E-mail is the medium that contains the most lies: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers finds that communication using computers for instant messaging and e-mail increases lying compared to face-to-face conversations, and that e-mail ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Sleep does not benefit learning in older adults as it does for young people: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists have long known that memory, sleep quality and sleep duration deteriorate with age, yet sleep enhances two major types of learning in young people. To date, few investigations have looked ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2011 |
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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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Long before Halloween became popular, ancient Greeks and Romans enjoyed good scary stories
Centuries before movie and television audiences thrilled to tales of werewolves, vampires and wizards and Halloween became the second biggest celebration of the year, the ancient Greeks and Romans were spinning ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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To avoid health problems, dry flooded homes as quickly as possible, says air quality expert
As Northeast residents begin to clean up after recent torrential rains, a University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist is urging people to throw open their windows and doors and remove wet household ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Study suggests people with neurotic personality traits do not enjoy growing older as much as peers, may need extra help
While most adult Americans report feeling more cheerful, content and other positive emotions as they reach their middle and later years, a subset who have more neurotic personality traits do not share in that trend toward ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Vitamin D in foods may reduce risk of depression in older women
Results of a large study among older women suggest that those who ate more of the "sunshine vitamin" were less likely to experience depression symptoms than women who consumed less of the vitamin, according to findings published ...
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Neuroscientists discover new estrogen activity in the brain
Research by University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientist Luke Remage-Healey and colleagues has for the first time provided direct evidence that estrogens are produced in the brain’s nerve cell terminals on demand, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Polymer scientist is laying groundwork for next-generation flexible photovoltaics
University of Massachusetts Amherst polymer scientist Ryan Hayward recently received a five-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve understanding of the fundamentals for the next generation of lightweight ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Chemist develops biosensor that changes color when bacteria are present in water samples
A team of chemists led by Vincent M. Rotello of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a fast, simple and low-cost field test for detecting bacteria in low concentrations in drinking water using a biosensor ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Researchers develop new tool in fight against apoptosis-related disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Though apoptosis is hardly a household word, it’s been estimated that more than half of all diseases for which we have no suitable treatment are related to malfunctions in apoptosis, ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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