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UMass Amherst Professor Lisa Chasan-Taber and images of pregnant women

Improving Women’s Health

International expert sheds light on physical activity and pregnancy

Until recently, expectant mothers had little information about how physical activity could affect their health and the health of their unborn children. Research by epidemiologist... Read

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CASA 2.0

Next-generation radar system is ready for prime time

When tornadoes, land falling hurricanes, and other hazards strike, National Weather Service forecasters, storm spotters, and emergency managers now have a better tool to predict,... Read

View of offshore wind turbine, Kentish Flats, photo credit: Phil Hollman

Winds of Change

IGERT charts a path for next generation wind energy experts

Wind energy leads the renewable energy movement; the Global Wind Energy Council reports a 20 percent growth worldwide within the burgeoning industry in 2011 and job creation at a... Read

The Muon g-2 storage ring, in its current location at Brookhaven National Lab.

Lords of the Muon Ring

Nuclear physicist helps track huge magnetic ring across country

Nuclear physicist David Kawall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is among scientists from 26 institutions worldwide who are waiting patiently for an electromagnet 50 feet... Read

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Sticking to Science

Geckskin™ revolutionizes the field of adhesion

Just as geckos scale trees with non-stick ease, UMass researchers have innovated Geckskin™—a small, re-usable and mess-free adhesive pad that can hold more than 700 pounds. The... Read

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On Target

Polymeric nanogels aid in more efficient drug delivery

Many therapeutic drugs can cause collateral damage to healthy cells—a high price to pay for medical treatments—which is why scientists across the globe are working on drug... Read

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In Pictures

Bodymapping activity and resulting drawing created by students.

Culture Map: Creating a Public-Engaged Ethnography

The image above shows a detail created during a bodymapping activity conducted with Latino/a students focused on gender, sexual and...

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Graduate Students in the Isenberg School's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management Release MAAC Championship's Ecomonic Impact Report

Vote by Thursday for UMass Student's Entry in the National Science Foundation IGERT Video Presentation Contest

Mathematician Andrea Nahmod Awarded Simons Foundation Fellow for Work in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

UMass Amherst Licenses Fungus-Fighting Bacterium to LidoChem, Inc. as Eco-management Approach to Plant Disease Protection

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UMass Amherst Licenses Microorganism to Boost Corn and Soybean Plant Health

UMass Amherst Nuclear Physicist, with Hundreds Worldwide, Tracks Huge Magnetic Ring across Country for Muon Experiments

Ice-Free Arctic May be in Our Future, Say UMass Amherst, International Researchers

UMass Amherst Gaming Researchers Get $3.64 Million from State Gaming Commission to Study Gambling Impacts

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