Research
EGCS Part of International Team Warning of Risks of Polar Geoengineering to Slow Climate Change
This team assesses five of the most developed geoengineering ideas currently being considered for deployment in Antarctica and the Arctic.
Forrest J. Bowlick and Team Launch MassView, a Service Strengthening MA’s Geospatial Resources
MassView will have a primary focus on expanding and strengthening offerings in remote-sensing data, science, and applications.
Baoshan Xing and International Team Consider How Bad Micro- and Nanoplastics Are for Our Health
A new study points to a series of best practices that could get us one step closer to determining MNPs' real threat to human health.
Physics Students Explain Why Six Feet of Social Distancing May Not Be Enough
The duo has modeled how aerosol plumes spread when people are waiting and walking in a line.
CNS Microbiologist James Holden Looks to Sea for Answers to the Potential Existence of Alien Life
Holden lends his lifetime of experience with rare microbes to NASA's efforts to find life on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
UMass's ‘Electronic Nose’ Included in 'Listverse' Compilation of 'Confounding New Inventions'
This living device can identify disease markers in sweat or breath, offering a noninvasive way to monitor various conditions.
Mohammad Atari Co-authors Study on How AI Can Measure Our Cultural History
Atari and colleagues are using “cognitive fossils” to explore how people in earlier societies may have thought and felt.
Rob DeConto and Team Suggest that Sea Levels Could Rise Even More Steeply
These findings highlight the urgent need to refine climate models and prepare for regionally variable sea level impacts.
CNS Ecologists Release Dataset of Climate-smart Plants
If native plants are going to survive rising temperatures associated with climate change, they need human intervention.
CNS Researchers Find That a Donkey Skin Secretion Naturally Repels Deer Ticks
In their experiments, the researchers determined that the compound is as effective as DEET.
CNS Physicists are Looking to Muons to Explain What the Standard Model Can’t
This long-awaited result is a tremendous achievement of precision and is currently the world’s most precise measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly.
Linda Tropp Calls for 'Psychological Generosity' in 'The Conversation'
Tropp suggests intentionally redirecting some of your attention toward the other people around you.