Why Are Fish Getting Smaller as Waters Warm?
A team of scientists led by the UMass Amherst recently found that there is no physiological evidence supporting a leading theory as to why fish are shrinking.
Will U.S. Coastal Salt Marshes Survive Rising Seas? UMass Amherst’s Erin Peck Says the Answer Won’t Be Found in River Sediment
UMass Amherst postdoctoral researcher Erin Peck recently co-authored work on building up coastal U.S. wetlands in the journal Science.
Team Led by UMass Amherst Discovers How to Sabotage Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’
A consortium led by UMass researchers has successfully learned how to sabotage a key piece of machinery that pathogens use to infect their host cells.
The College of Natural Sciences Remembers Dr. Peter Veneman (1947-2023)
The Stockbridge School's Director and Distinguished Professor Baoshan Xing expressed his gratitude for Dr. Veneman’s unwavering support to the School.
UMass’s Jon Woodruff Chosen for Massachusetts’s ResilientCoasts Initiative Task Force
The task force is being assembled to oversee progress on Massachusetts's state and local coastal resilience policy and action.
Mathematics and Statistics' Panos Kevrekidis Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts for Work on Nonlinear Waves
UMass Amherst’s Panos Kevrekidis, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
College of Natural Sciences Researchers Develop Grassroots Framework for Managing Environmental Commons
This new framework can help respond to ecological threats that are widely dispersed across a varied landscape and whose solutions are not immediately obvious.
Study Finds Plant Nurseries are Exacerbating the Climate-Driven Spread of 80% of Invasive Species
New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first to precisely map role of horticulture in spreading of Invasive Species
UMass Amherst Researchers Crack the Cellular Code on Serpin Protein Folding, Opening New Therapeutic Avenues for Many Diseases
The research is the first to investigate the folding of proteins know as serpins, implicated in a number of diseases.
Ezra Markowitz and Co-Authors Help U.S. Government Understand How Climate Change Will Affect American Society
UMass Amherst’s Ezra Markowitz participated in the development of the federal government's fifth annual National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
New UMass Research Describes Porous Carbon Networks’ Potential Use in Energy Storage, Wound Healing, and Other Applications
A new technique that the research team refers to as “freeze-burn” could advance the frontiers of functional porous material synthesis for various uses.