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Great balls of evolution: UMass microbiologists evolve microorganisms to cooperate in new way
— 3 Dec 2010 17:41 | BiologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologists Derek Lovley, Zarath Summers and colleagues report in the Dec. 2 issue of Science that they have discovered a new cooperative behaviour…
A high-yield biomass alternative to petroleum for industrial chemicals
— 26 Nov 2010 19:49 | ChemistryA team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in today's issue of Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including…
Potentially 'transformative' method to make biofuels
— 25 May 2010 16:33 | TechnologyA new way to make valuable chemicals and more affordable 'green' fuel from solar power, bacteria and carbon dioxide could be 'truly transformative' for our society if it works on a…
Mapping a grass's genome to advance biofuels research
— 13 Feb 2010 20:46 | BiologyBiologist Samuel Hazen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of more than 100 researchers who collaborated to publish this week in Nature, the entire genome of the model…
A new key to fight rare childhood disease
— 3 Feb 2010 11:28 | HealthA research team led by biochemist Scott Garman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has for the first time determined the mechanism of one of the cell's 'recycling' enzymes, human…
Pollen tube growth on camera illuminates fertilisation
— 28 Jan 2010 09:40 | BiologyStudying pollen tubes, University of Massachusetts Amherst plant cell biologist Peter Hepler and colleagues have captured some of the fastest growing tissues known, on camera for the…
US Southwest expected to dry further as climate warms
— 24 Jan 2010 19:34 | EnvironmentBased on a study of seasonal rainfall variations in the desert Southwest between 56,000 and 11,000 years ago as recorded in cave stalagmites, geoscientist Stephen Burns of the University…
Past Atlantic hurricanes linked to climate change
— 13 Aug 2009 11:59 | EnvironmentIn the today's issue of the journal Nature, climate researchers including Jonathan Woodruff of the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that the frequency of intense hurricanes…
Deadly malaria jumped to humans from wild chimps
— 5 Aug 2009 07:57 | BiologyAn international research team led by evolutionary geneticist Stephen M. Rich of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which…
New microbe strain makes more electricity, faster
— 29 Jul 2009 17:16 | BiologyIn their most recent experiments with Geobacter, the sediment-loving microbe whose hairlike filaments help it to produce electric current from mud and wastewater, Derek Lovley and colleagues…
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