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  Faculty Researchers Awarded $75K to Help Commercialize New Technologies
  Faculty Researchers Awarded $75K to Help Commercialize New Technologies | Featured Story

  5/18/2017
  The UMass President’s Office recently awarded a total of $75,000 to three teams of UMass Lowell faculty researchers to develop new technologies aimed at detecting cancer, improving the cost and quality of plastic products and creating highly stable battery power supplies.
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  Scientists, Astronauts and Space Experts Set Sights on Mars
  Scientists, Astronauts and Space Experts Set Sights on Mars | Featured Story

  5/8/2017
  NASA is charting a bold course that could have humans exploring the Martian surface by the early 2030s. Experts discussed the prospect at a two-day symposium at UMass Lowell.
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  State Awards $130K to Professors for Clean Energy Research
  State Awards $130K to Two Professors for Innovative Clean Energy Research | Featured Story

  4/26/2017
  Physics Asst. Prof. Wei Guo and mechanical engineering Assoc. Prof. Fuqiang Liu are among seven early-stage researchers recently awarded funding through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Catalyst Program to develop promising products and technologies in the fields of clean energy and clean water.
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  Physics Professor Co-invents New Low-cost Nanofilm Radiation Detector
  Physics Professor Co-invents New Low-cost Nanofilm Radiation Detector | Featured Story

  4/14/2017
  Prof. Erno Sajo, in collaboration with researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has developed a new class of inexpensive nanofilm radiation detectors that can be used in everything from health care to homeland security.