UMass Amherst Launches Historic, Transformational $120 Million Future of Food Initiative
This initiative will establish new research facilities, champion world-class faculty, and accelerate interdisciplinary solutions.
$4.3M NIH Grant Awarded to Study, Co-led by Alissa Rothchild, Aimed at Battling Tuberculosis-infected Cells
CNS has assembled one of New England’s premiere teams to help figure out how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades the immune system.
UMass Amherst Researchers Integrating Electronics with Human Cells
This study provides a potential solution to one of the most difficult problems in the wearable and implantable electronics effort: how to get rid of batteries.
Craig Martin is Revolutionizing mRNA Production to Power Personalized Medicine
UMass Amherst start-up Waterfall Scientific was awarded up to $54.5M to lead a consortium in transforming how medical-grade mRNA is made.
‘Cell’ Publishes Research on Newly Discovered ‘Fire Amoeba’ Co-authored by PhD Candidate Godwin Ani and Laura Katz
This research advances understanding of the evolutionary strategies that enable eukaryotic organisms to persist in extreme environments.
Isaac Larsen Serves as Lead Author on UN Soil Resources Report
The report argues that, despite some unknowns, there is abundant science available to guide efforts to better protect, conserve, and manage the world's soils.
CNS Biologists May Have Discovered Two of the World’s Loudest Birds
An unprecedented study of 123 birds’ volume is yielding clues into how some can get so loud, and leaves tantalizing questions about why.
JWST UNCOVER Collaboration Including CNS Astronomers and Alumni to Receive Berkeley Prize
The prize recognizes the collaboration’s groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the early universe.
Saving the Herd, One Print at a Time: A 3D-printed Elephant and Its Potential for Conservation Efforts
These intricate scans are largely designed to be educational tools, but this evolving technology has scientific implications beyond printing.
CNS Astronomer Alexandra Pope is Science Team Lead for New NASA Space Telescope
NASA’s PRIMA space telescope will reveal parts of the universe that are currently unknown.
CNS Researchers Help Reveal the 'Eat, Prey, Love' in the Mysterious Life of Sharks
While scientists may know how sharks mate, where they mate is largely a mystery, and so it is extremely difficult to protect their mating grounds.