Feature Stories

Simulation of Sagittarius A’s (Sgr A) event horizon, the point past which nothing escapes a black hole’s devouring pull.

It Takes A Planet

Astronomers train “Earth-sized” telescope on our galactic center
Close up picture of brown rot fungi.

Fueled by Fungus

Brown rot fungus shows promise for biomass conversion
Female jogger standing in field with hands on hips

Light Me Up!

Technology for off-the-shelf power generating clothes is here

Authentica habita

Chancellor speaks out about academic freedom
close up of ear with graph overlay

Hearing with Precision

New work on auditory signal processing could lead to better hearing
UMass Amherst undergraduate student researchers John Solitro and Paul Travers hold plant cultures while standing in the plant cell culture library.

Plant Medicine

UMass Amherst students find scientific pathways to botanical therapeutics
View of a new graphical processing unit at the Mass Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, MA.

Deep Learning Boost

Campus poised to attract top talent with new GPU cluster
UMass Amherst iCons students smiling standing in front of their poster.

iCons at Work

UMass Amherst program is a world leader in science education
Image of taxi signs on top of vehicles lined up in traffic.

Nanoparticle Taxicabs

New materials can identify, collect and transport debris on cell surfaces
Picture of Gekko on the Beastcam array.

Digital Life

Creating 3D models of all living creatures
Salt flats in the Atacama Desert, Chile.

Water, Desert, and Salt

UMass Amherst researchers tackle an Atacama Salar mystery
UMass student Elisabeth Yang stands in front of a Dr. Seuss mural

SEUSSEUM!

Students foster literacy (and fun) in Springfield

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