Feature Stories

Large Millimeter Telescope with picture of black hole horizon in the background

Supermassive Honor

UMass Amherst astronomers honored for first-ever black hole image

A researcher wears a pair of prototype eyeglass sensors.

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

picture of green Geobacter microbe with trail of decorated wires

Sustainable Nanowires

UMass researchers report major advance in electrially conducting nanowires

Close up of a maple leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup situated on a rock with fall foliage in the background.

Finding the Sweet Spot

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

UMass Amherst professor Ivan Lee stand in his lab flanked by two graduate students

Beyond Batteries

UMass Amherst lays the groundwork for a revolution in wireless wearables

Future Fibers

How UMass Amherst is reimagining wearable tech

Jeanne Hardy stands in front of a black wall with equations on it.

Prize-Winning Science

Chemist Jeanne Hardy untangles the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease

Research image of both tangled and aligned polymer strands.

Better than Metal

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

Offshore wind turbines with hurricane heat model in the background

Building a Better Turbine

Offshore wind development must assess hurricane risks

Close up of a Blackpoll warbler's back with a tiny device strapped on to it.

Tiny Birds, Immense Stamina

Geolocating ‘backpacks’ help researchers identify blackpoll warbler migration routes

A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle rests on a beach.

Stunned by Climate Change?

Researchers investigate ‘alarming rate’ of sea turtles stranded off Cape

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