Feature Stories

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Computing for the Common Good

UMass computer scientists create technology to do good in the world

Mapping the Brain

UMass Amherst scientists use revolutionary approaches to illuminate human behavior

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Floating Turbines

A new way to develop offshore wind

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Supermassive Honor

UMass Amherst astronomers honored for first-ever black hole image

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Data to Knowledge

Research advances improve data capture from wearable tech

UMass Amherst PhD student Julie Bliss Mullen stands with a large group of Guatemalan children.

Clean. Safe. Water.

UMass startup brings revolutionary water technology to market

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Sustainable Nanowires

UMass researchers report major advance in electrially conducting nanowires

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Finding the Sweet Spot

Research shows climate will impact decline of U.S. maple syrup production

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Beyond Batteries

UMass Amherst lays the groundwork for a revolution in wireless wearables

Future Fibers

How UMass Amherst is reimagining wearable tech

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Prize-Winning Science

Chemist Jeanne Hardy untangles the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease

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Better than Metal

UMass scientist engineers polymer films that conduct heat better than ceramics and steel

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