Neuroscience and behavior Ph.D. student Mélise Edwards and her advisor, Professor Agn è s Lacreuse , are among the 50 winners of this year’s Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study for dissertation…
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Cogongrass AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new study by ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Baker-Polito administration and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center recently announced that a team led by Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts…
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"Warning Tick Habitat" sign hangs on a tree post Lyme disease has become an insidious epidemic in the United States. Caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, it can lead…, A vaccine’s cautionary tale, In 1998, the FDA approved a Lyme vaccine composed of protein antigens from the surface of the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi . A vaccine works by introducing proteins from the disease-causing…, A different approach, Unlike a vaccine, Lyme PrEP uses a single human antibody, or blood protein, to kill the bacteria in the tick’s gut while the tick drinks its victim’s blood, before the bacteria can get into the human…
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colorized, highly magnified view of a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 particles A team of researchers from UMass Lowell and Northeastern University is creating and testing a low-cost, automated wireless sensor…, Innovative Sensors and AI-Driven Data Analytics, The DiSenDa system relies on two sensing technologies: an acoustic sensor for wastewater detection and an electronic “nose” sensor for air detection. “Both sensors are patented and have shown high…
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Camden Hedrick, left, and Jayla Josey Maddie Emond, an incoming Computer-science landing page computer science major from Dracut, Massachusetts, signed up for the First to Launch Summer Program…, Grants Help RHSA Expand, First to Launch is just one way that the RHSA is expanding its services to first-generation college students, thanks to two $100,000 grants it has received in the past year from the Cummings…, Peer-to-peer Support , Peer leaders are a key part of the RHSA and First to Launch. On Tuesdays, the students in First to Launch meet one-on-one with their peer leaders. On Fridays, the peer leaders come up with an…
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Symphonic Band Camp students play under a tent outside Durgin Hall on South Campus, where the camp returned this year after a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic. Ask Margaret Wall, 20, what she…
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On the final day of the College Exploration Seminar, students gather at Lydon Library on North Campus to work on self-assessment exercises with seminar leader Anne Apigian. Despite some persistent…
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DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Credit: ttsz/Getty Images AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently unveiled their discovery of a new process for making RNA.…
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Four elite athletes with ties to UMass Amherst represented their nations in Tokyo during the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. Heather MacLean UMass track & field alumna Heather MacLean ‘17, ‘19G …
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