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.
D. Julian McClements Speaks with PBS’s NewsHour on the Promise of Lab-grown Meat
McClements argues that this technology “has potential to create a more healthy, sustainable, and ethical food supply.”
Robert M. DeConto Co-authors Perspective Commentary on Ice Sheet Study Using Octopus DNA
The study used octopus DNA to identify when the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet last collapsed.
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.
Myrias Optics, Founded by UMass’s James Watkins, Secures $3 Million Seed Investment Round to Deploy New Class of Optics
Myrias is an emerging developer of all-inorganic printed meta-optics built on research developed by the Watkins Group.
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.
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.
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.
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