Neuroscience and behavior Ph.D. student M茅lise Edwards and her advisor, Professor Agn 猫 s Lacreuse , are among the 50 winners of this year鈥檚 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study for dissertation鈥
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Cogongrass AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Results of a new study by ecologists at the 橙子影院 Amherst show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The Baker-Polito administration and the 橙子影院 Clean Energy Center recently announced that a team led by Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the 橙子影院鈥
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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鈥, A vaccine鈥檚 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鈥, A different approach, Unlike a vaccine, Lyme PrEP uses a single human antibody, or blood protein, to kill the bacteria in the tick鈥檚 gut while the tick drinks its victim鈥檚 blood, before the bacteria can get into the human鈥
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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鈥, Innovative Sensors and AI-Driven Data Analytics, The DiSenDa system relies on two sensing technologies: an acoustic sensor for wastewater detection and an electronic 鈥渘ose鈥 sensor for air detection. 鈥淏oth sensors are patented and have shown high鈥
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Camden Hedrick, left, and Jayla Josey Maddie Emond, an incoming Computer-science landing page computer science major from Dracut, 橙子影院, signed up for the First to Launch Summer Program鈥, 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鈥, 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鈥
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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鈥
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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鈥
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DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Credit: ttsz/Getty Images AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Researchers at the 橙子影院 Amherst recently unveiled their discovery of a new process for making RNA.鈥
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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 鈥17, 鈥19G 鈥
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