Black holes are considered amongst the most mysterious objects in the universe. Part of their intrigue arises from the fact that they are considered one of the simplest solutions to Einstein’s field…, Burko, , “because the black hole uniqueness theorems are well established, and their extension to extreme black holes. There has to be an assumption of the theorems that are not satisfied, to explain how…, Khanna, . Given the breakthrough nature of this work, it was just published in one of the top peer-reviewed physics journals, Physical Review D as a prestigious Letter. The published version may be found…
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A newly released report by UMass Boston researchers finds that the coronavirus pandemic has affected Bostonian’s health in multiple ways that vary across differences in race and ethnicity,…, Russell Schutt, of UMass Boston. “The likelihood of adverse health effects varied in relation to socioeconomic and family status and in relation to health-related behaviors, as well as by neighborhood. These…, The UMass Boston research team also includes Director of the Center for Survey Research Lee Hargraves; Floyd (Jack) Fowler, , a senior research fellow at the Center for Survey Research; , Anthony Roman, , a senior research fellow at the Center for Survey Research; , Hannah Grabowski, , a research assistant and recent graduate of the Graduate Program in Applied Sociology; and , Nikola Kovacevic, , assistant study director in the Center for Survey Research.
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AMHERST, Mass – A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists may have explained a phenomenon that seems to contradict the laws of physics. For the last decade or so, astronomers have been puzzled by the “weird behavior” of some jet-…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus were detected in colostrum, which is early breastmilk, from 14 of 15 women who had tested positive for COVID-19 before giving birth,…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team of biophysicists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Penn State College of Medicine set out to tackle the long-standing question about the nature of force…
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Understanding, treating and preventing disease has interested Angela Essa, SOM ’23, for years. She was intrigued by human anatomy and physiology classes from high school through her undergraduate…
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Four teams of UMass Medical School students have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Awards to implement community service programs. They will use the $500 awards to expand…, Developing an adult program at the Worcester Refuge Assistance Project, Project description: WRAP is an independent nonprofit that supports refugees from Burma who have resettled in the local community. Over the years, UMass Medical School has partnered with WRAP to…, BRAIN: Building Relationships Among our Intergenerational Neighborhood, Project description: Students will be paired with one of 30 isolated elder residents of the Tapestry Memory Unit at Beaumont Rehabilitation to participate in weekly, in-person, volunteer visits at…, Worcester Stops the Bleed, Project description: Stop the Bleed is a nationwide program to “better prepare the public to save lives by raising awareness of basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding. Though the pandemic…, Establishing interpreter services at the Worcester Asylum Clinic, Project description: Greater Worcester area has long been a resettlement location for asylees and refugees, who often require forensic medical evaluations to support their legal cases seeking asylum…
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A potential therapeutic against hookworms is being developed by scientists from UMass Medical School, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, the USDA Agricultural Research…
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A UMass Medical School researcher is leading a new study to evaluate the use of telehealth to improve suicide-related outcomes. The four-year, $4.4 million National Institute of Mental Health…
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