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04/24/2008
TechCast at UMass: More than 80 percent of the world's population depends on rice as a staple food, but production is dropping in the rice paddies of Bangladesh, parts of India and South and East Asia due to toxic levels of arsenic in the topsoil. Om Parkash of the University of Massachusetts...
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03/04/2008
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are developing interactive computerized tutors that sense a student's emotional and motivational state of mind at the same time it presents information designed to appeal to a person's intellectual curiosity. Special sensors are used to h...
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02/27/2008
TechCast at UMass: What happens when you cross the talents of premier life scientists and engineers at a major university with the clinical expertise of doctors who practice at a top-rated hospital? In western Massachusetts, you'd get the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute. The key idea i...
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01/22/2008
TechCast at UMass: The first episode of TechCast at UMass discusses an exciting new venture that could revolutionize the fuel we use to power our cars. Host Francesca Rheannon talks with UMass Amherst Professor Susan Leschine, SunEthanol CEO Jef Sharpe and venture capitalist Tripp Peake about...
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