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- Adeja Crearer Adeja Crearer didn’t know who she could be until she scaled the walls she built around herself. The double River Hawk and associate producer for CNN in Atlanta told the incoming first-…Type: News
- On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 7 p.m., the UMass Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement is hosting a virtual Food Security Summit. The longstanding issue around access to food has been…Type: News
- Associate Professor of Management and acclaimed climate change strategist Nardia Haigh was awarded the 2020 Book Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy…Type: News
- The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) this week announced an award of $2 million in capital grants to be shared by four of the campus’s Core Facilities managed by the Institute for Applied…Type: News
- Associate Professor of Management and acclaimed climate change strategist Nardia Haigh was awarded the 2020 Book Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy…Type: News
- Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Massachusetts…Type: News
- Education Asst. Prof. Tigert-Johanna Johanna Tigert has experienced the challenges of learning and teaching multiple languages firsthand. She grew up in Finland studying several languages, earned a…Type: News
- Computer science major Brennan Macaig has spent a lot of time on campus the past few months. Some days, he roams around University Crossing or Fox Hall and chats with fellow students. Other days, he…Type: News
- On July 30, NASA successfully launched its heaviest and most sophisticated Mars rover, named “Perseverance,” from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas V rocket. Among the thousands of people who…, Q. Perseverance will use a remote-sensing technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS, to study the chemical composition of the Martian surface. How does it work?, A., The rover’s SuperCam will analyze the surface composition by firing intense pulses of laser at distant rocks, boulders or sediments. The laser will vaporize a small portion of the target material,…, Q. You are also involved with the LIBS experiment onboard Curiosity, the predecessor to Perseverance. What do you expect to accomplish with Perseverance that you have not been able to do with…, A., The two rovers have different, but complementary, scientific goals. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover Curiosity , which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, is still operational. In line with its goals,…, Q. LIBS has also been used in a wide range of applications on Earth, including cancer research. Can you give some examples?, A., My research group has successfully demonstrated the use of LIBS in detecting biomarkers for both Noureddine Melikechi's ovarian cancer research ovarian cancer and melanoma through a single drop of…, Q. What does the Mars 2020 mission mean for the exploration of the red planet by human astronauts, currently planned by the 2030s?, A., One of the goals of Perseverance is to help prepare for human exploration of Mars by characterizing the part of the planet – Jezero Crater – where Perseverance will be operating and by investigating…Type: News
- What is like when scientists go out to sea to conduct research and discover ways to help protect our ocean ecosystems and marine life? The National Geographic’s “A Gathering Storm,” which began…Type: News