As primary producers at the base of marine food webs, diatoms are key indicators of environmental change, providing critical ...

The practice of freediving is teaching physiologists how humans stretch their physical and mental limits, which in turn may ...

The EPA plans to scrap regulations for certain 'forever chemicals' in drinking water systems among other measures that have ...

Across the United States and around the world, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent, more intense and longer ...

At Duke University, two researchers are studying what happens when heat changes fungi at the most fundamental level and ...

Scientists warn that microplastics accumulating in the liver may worsen liver disease and pose a growing global health threat ...

Kaveh Madani, Ph.D. ’09, noted the irony of the day he found out he had won the 2026 Stockholm Water Prize, the world’s ...

Scientists in Germany have found that microscopic plastic particles make up a measurable share of urban air pollution, with ...

Go out and inspire the next generation of thinkers, leaders and doers — and know that you’ll always have a home in UMass ...

Ed Simmer, who received criticism for his support of COVID-19 vaccines, is no longer leading the state’s public health agency ...

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The first ever Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club was held in 1934. Since its inception, there has only ever been three individuals to win the Masters tournament in consecutive years.