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Plants Play Leading Role in Cycling Toxic Mercury through the Environment, Researchers Say

This story looks at research led by Prof. Daniel Obrist that determined a vast amount of mercury gas in the atmosphere is absorbed by plants, leading it to deposit into soils.

New Project Explores Healthy Aging in the Lowell Community

Sabrina Noel, Principal Investigator, is a member of the CGRP, and Andrew Hostetler and Karen Devereaux Melillo, CGRP members, are co-investigators on this Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant, 2020-2023.

UMass Lowell Nursing Students Administering COVID Vaccines

The partnership with Lowell General Hospital began last month and pairs healthcare workers from the hospital with nursing students from the university's College of Health Sciences.

'Troubled Kid' Becomes Elite Police Officer

Local Researchers Part Of Mission To Explore Mars

Kennedy College of Sciences Dean Noureddine Melikechi is among the experts interviewed about NASA’s successful mission to Mars.