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Researchers at UMass Amherst Help Identify New Compounds in Flames
Friday, May 13, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – A team of scientists, including chemical engineering professor Phillip R. Westmoreland of the University of Massachusetts Amherst , has detected a class of compounds called enols – never before observed in flames. The discovery could lead to cleaner-burning fuels in the future. The findings were announced on May 12 in an article in Science magazine titled “Enols Are Common Intermediates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation.”

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UMass Amherst Announces $6.25 Million Fund for Endowed Professorship to Study Adoption
Thursday, May 12, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – A gift of $2.5 million from Andrew and Virginia Rudd of California, combined with matching funds, will create a $6.25 million endowed professorship in psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The position will be dedicated to the study of complex issues surrounding adoption.

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Scientific Reasoning Research Institute at UMass Amherst Gets $5 Million from NSF
Tuesday, May 10, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – The Scientific Reasoning Research Institute (SRRI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received two research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling $5 million. SRRI is an interdisciplinary research organization devoted to the study of learning and instruction in the sciences and mathematics.

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Researchers at UMass Amherst Plumb Potential of Biologically Controlled Nanoparticles
Friday, April 29, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – Two University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists are studying the electronic and magnetic properties of nanomaterials made from proteins combined with nanoparticles, research that could lead to the discovery of new materials combining the properties of nanomaterials with those of biological systems.

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UMass Amherst Engineers Working to Make Drinking Water Healthier for 2.2 Million Mass. Residents
Thursday, April 21, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – Teams of researchers and students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are helping keep drinking water from the Quabbin and Wachusett reservoirs clean thanks to continued funding from Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

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New Statistical Methods for AIDS Research to be developed at UMass Amherst with $1.1 Million Grant
Thursday, April 7, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – Andrea S. Foulkes, assistant professor of biostatistics at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop new statistical methods to be used in AIDS research and prevention.

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UMass Amherst Professor Receives $900,000 Grant To Study Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
Monday, April 4, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – Margaret A. Riley, professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , has been awarded a four-year, $900,000 grant from the National Institutes for Health (NIH) to study the development and spread of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The NIH supports research that seeks to acquire knowledge that will help to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.

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Researchers Awarded $1.3 Million to Detect Potential Bio-Warfare Agents, Other Harmful Compounds
Monday, March 14, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – A team of chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a three-year, $1.3 million grant by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop new, more accurate techniques for detecting the presence of harmful agents.

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Research for Teachers Program Offers Summer Opportunities at UMass Amherst
Friday, March 11, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. — The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is soliciting applications from middle and high school teachers for its Research Experiences for Teachers program on polymers for the summer of 2005.

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Students at UMass Amherst Help Design, Build and Manage Their Own Weather-Sensing Radar System
Wednesday, March 9, 2005

AMHERST, Mass. – An all-student team of 15 graduate and undergraduate researchers, including members from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is creating an experimental radar system designed to transform our ability to monitor rainfall. The students, working with the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) in the UMass College of Engineering, are building an array of sensors, called a test bed, that produces very accurate rainfall data to be used to predict flooding, wind fields, and for crop hydrology. Such precise data is very valuable to weather forecasters, agriculturalists and researchers.

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