The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from improved energy efficiency, warns new research led by academics at the University of Sussex Business School and the University of Leeds.
The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from improved energy efficiency, warns new research by an international team including UMass Amherst economist Gregor Semieniuk.
Staphylococcus epidermidis, the most prevalent bacterium on human hands.
AMHERST, Mass. – Skin microbiome researcher Kelly Haas, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s biology department, recently began a research partnership with Akron, Ohio-based GOJO Industries to study the structure, stability and resilience of the hand microbiome.
The collaboration focuses on understanding fundamental aspects of the hand’s microbiome: what microbes are supposed to be growing on a hand in the first place, and where do they come from? The microbiome works in synergy with the skin itself to provide a barrier against infection. Haas says, “Think of a healthy skin microbiome as a defense for your first line of defense: your skin.” A healthy skin microbiome maintains an acidic pH and provides colonization resistance against the harmful microbes you encounter but which should not be taking up residence on your body. However, the hands are a main intermediary for germs and must be freq
My Turn: Minute (clock) or minute (little) men?
The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus COURTESY PHOTO
Published: 3/3/2021 8:46:01 AM
How do you pronounce the name that Massachusetts Patriots gave to themselves and that is now retained as the mascot for the University of Massachusetts Amherst teams? Is it Minutemen as in men who were ready at a minute’s notice to answer the call to defend their independence or is it ‘Mainutemen,’ or little guys who were taking on the mighty British empire?
American students and colleagues always giggle and roll their eyes when I pronounce it as mainute or little guys and occasionally they offer to correct my strange foreign accent. I smile and use it as a teaching moment to explain my different understanding of the name.