AMHERST, Mass. – Current climate models do not match the level of polar warmth before the greenhouse-to-icehouse transition took place 34 million years ago, according to new findings by climate researchers Robert DeConto and R. Mark Leckie of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at Yale and elsewhere. This suggests that models we now use to predict climate change might be underestimating future polar warming.

AMHERST, Mass. - Green stands alone as the dominant color in today’s economic and political discourse. Green energy, green buildings, green jobs. Want to find a model of green commitment? Exhibit A is UMass Amherst, which has emerged as a national leader in clean energy research and defining the shape of the green economy, all while transforming its campus into a showcase of environmentally progressive initiatives.

AMHERST, Mass. – To salute more than 100 local volunteers from 18 to 80 years who have participated in muscle function studies, the Muscle Physiology Lab in the kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will hold an Open House on Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 22 of the Totman Building. The public is invited to the event on Eastman Lane and refreshments will be served.

AMHERST, Mass. – For researchers on the cutting edge of chemistry and materials science, learning how to manipulate particles hundreds of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair and how to direct their self-assembly in a predictable way has been a formidable but exciting challenge.