Feature Stories

UMass professor Felipe Salles sits on stairs with his saxiphone.

New Direction for Jazz

Professor Felipe Salles receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Picture of man taking water sample from a river.

What's Old is New

UMass researchers revive '70s framework for water resources management
Picture of a plant growing in soil.

Unraveling Plant Mysteries

Researchers investigate how plants thwart efforts to boost iron uptake
Picture of lawnmower resting in a field of dandylions

Lazy Lawnmowers Help Environment

Less-frequent mowing may help suburban bees
Chalk sketch of human stomach and intestines and the microbes live there.

Do Food Preservatives Effect Us?

UMass food scientists find transient effects on gut microbiome
Close up of colorful Christmas tree lights.

Paving the Way for Non-Electric Batteries

"Christmas light" polymer chain provides new way to store energy
Picture of energy in space.

"Big Bang" Baby

Astronomers detect galaxy that could have been first to form
Close up of toothbrush head

Chemical Store

Researchers find chemicals accumulate in toothbrushes
Picture of off shore wind turbines.

New England for Off Shore?

Public support for wind farms is stronger than perceived
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Soft Materials for Life Sciences

Program offers new model for graduate education
UMass student lexander Bienvenue holds a bunch of grapes at Cold Spring Orchard.

Summer Scholars

UMass students test their research chops on farms, food and fields
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

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