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    Hearing with Precision

    New work on auditory signal processing could lead to better hearing

    The inner ear is a remarkable sensing apparatus, says Geng-Lin Li, assistant professor of biology. “The temporal precision of the human auditory system is awe-inspiring, even by the standards of... More
  • 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

    Entering the enclosed, temperature-regulated space of UMass Amherst’s Plant Cell Culture Library, you are immediately hit by a scent in the air that is unfamiliar yet redolent of life.
  • Photo: microshot of biophysical characterization equipment.

    Epicenter for Life Sciences

    State-of-the-art facility puts the Institute for Applied Life Sciences on the map

    On October 21, a series of technical talks and building tours gave the general public a first look at the new state-of-the-art facilities at UMass Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS... More
  • Computer-generated image of Dengue Fever.

    Outbreak

    Team develops new data analytics to improve disease epidemic prediction

    Communicable disease epidemics place a huge burden on public health systems around the world, and techniques for predicting outbreaks to date have not adequately addressed public health officials’... More

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