Research

A team at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture seeks to find out why some stands of Eastern hemlock are able to resist the invasion of hemlock woolly adelgid.

The study aims to gather data on how often recreational anglers experience sharks, seals, birds, or other gamefish snatching their catch

CNS is part of a team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab running LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector.

The Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences and MassGIS have announced a collaboration to establish a Regional GIS Hub at UMass Amherst.

The team has devised a durable chalk-based fabric coating that cools the air underneath the treated fabric by up to eight degrees Fahrenheit.

The research opens the door to treatments and strategies that can slow, if not control, the as-of-yet unchecked spread of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc)

This is a major leap forward in our understanding of how the quality-control system that identifies misfolded proteins works.

The survey aimed to understand the motivation behind consumers’ packaging choices, while also weighing price, lifestyle, and other attitudes.

The article mentions research that UMass Extension is conducting around crop tolerance.

This research suggests that the way we cultivate rice also unintentionally selects for weedy behavior.

This work points to a new approach toward efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively synthesizing novel strands of specialty “long RNA."

This research suggests that plants and animals need to be shifting their ranges by 3.25 kilometers per year to keep up with increasing temperatures.