Research
Baoshan Xing and Team Study How To Grow More Nutritious Rice With Less Fertilizer
The team found that nano-scale selenium reduced the negative environmental impacts of nitrogen fertilization in rice by 41%.
Chemistry and Computer Science Collaboration Wins NSF Grant
This work could improve how scientists from various areas identify unknown molecules through spectroscopic analysis.
Brian Yellen Teams Up with USGS and Others to Shed Light on the Location of Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite weakens concrete over time, posing a costly hazard to homeowners and communities.
Daniel Corkran, David Boutt, and Team Find that Water’s Density is Key to Sustainable Lithium Mining
This work uncovers the previously unknown physical mechanisms that govern sustainable water usage.
VASCI Researchers Find Pathogen-fighting Cells that Demonstrate ‘Immunological Memory’
This research on T-cells may open the door to next-generation cancer vaccines.
Study Co-authored by Richard W. Harper Examines Pros and Cons of Replacing Forests with Solar
This study weighs the trade-offs of replacing forests with photovoltaic panels.
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.
CNS Physicists Estimate That We Could See an Exploding Black Hole in the Next Ten Years
Such an explosion would be strong evidence of a theorized but never observed kind of black hole, called a “primordial black hole.”
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.