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The University of Delaware has been awarded $3.3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a program that will serve as a national model for diversifying and strengthening the academic workforce.

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In a landmark paper -- "Designed Synthesis of Large-Pore Crystalline Polyimide Covalent Organic Frameworks” -- published in the July 23 edition of the international scientific journal Nature Communications, University of Delaware researcher Yushan Yan describes a new approach to creating organic zeolites.

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University of Delaware researchers have identified a protein, hiding in plain sight, that acts like a bodyguard to help protect and stabilize another key protein, that when unstable, is involved in Crohn’s disease. The fundamental research points to a possible pathway for developing novel therapies for the inflammatory bowel disease.

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The University of Delaware invites nominations for the 2015 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, which recognizes a pioneering contributor to solar, wind or other forms of renewable energy, and includes a $60,000 cash prize. Nominations must be received by Sept. 17, 2014.

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The pursuit of extreme wealth by top managers can lead to lower performance and loss of shareholder value, a new study finds. But, a powerful board or long CEO tenure can moderate the impact.

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A naturally occurring microbe in soil that inhibits the rice blast fungus has been identified by a team of researcher from the University of Delaware and the University of California at Davis.

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Electric school buses that feed the power grid could save school districts millions of dollars — and reduce children’s exposure to diesel fumes — based on recent research by the University of Delaware.

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Research in the University of Delaware Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has shown that routine processing can affect the size of nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery. The research is reported in Nature Communications.

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The new University of Delaware Cybersecurity Initiative (UDCSI), with a special emphasis on issues facing corporate America, has named a leading national expert as the founding director.

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Lithium-ion batteries power a vast array of modern devices, from cell phones, laptops, and laser pointers to thermometers, hearing aids, and pacemakers. A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a “sticky” conductive material that may improve them while eliminating the need for toxic solvents.

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A forthcoming article by University of Delaware associate professor Meryl Gardner finds that there’s more to stress eating than simply emotion; in fact, thinking about the future may help people make better food choices.

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From his decades of skating research, Jim Richards, Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware, knows that proper air position is critical to successful jumps. A computer simulation developed by Richards’ team at UD in collaboration with Maryland-based C-Motion Inc. enables skaters and their coaches to observe an athlete’s actual movements on a computer screen and then see how those movements can be manipulated to improve jumping technique.

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University of Delaware professor Debra Hess Norris can’t resist quoting a few lyrics from her favorite band of all time — the Beatles — in her lectures on photograph preservation. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the “British Invasion” in America, UD's UDaily news service talks with Norris, Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts at UD, about her love for the Beatles and how to care for your treasured collections.

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A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — to carbon monoxide with 92 percent efficiency. The carbon monoxide then can be used to develop useful chemicals. The researchers recently reported their findings in Nature Communications.

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Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a “smart” hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to mechanical force, in laboratory studies. Such gels hold promise in helping people with wear-and-tear injuries including osteoarthritis, torn ligaments and others.

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Decade-long study reported by an international team that includes University of Delaware researchers shows that stem-cell memory T-cells (Tscm) play an increasingly significant role in sustaining HIV infection in patients that have remained on therapy.

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The IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory, an international scientific collaboration that includes researchers from the University of Delaware, has been awarded the 2013 Breakthrough of the Year by the British magazine Physics World.

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The University of Delaware's Richard Wool is turning materials like chicken feathers, vegetable oil, and plant fiber into such green innovations as eco-leather and bio-based circuit boards.

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Carbon dioxide pumped into the air since the Industrial Revolution appears to have changed the way the coastal ocean functions, according to a new analysis published this week in Nature. A comprehensive review of research on carbon cycling in rivers, estuaries and continental shelves suggests that collectively this coastal zone now takes in more carbon dioxide than it releases. The shift could impact global models of carbon’s flow through the environment and future predictions related to climate change.

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Neutrinos can zip right through your body, the walls of your house, entire planets, even emerging from near the surface of fascinating and frightening black holes. And now, an international scientific collaboration that includes researchers from the University of Delaware has taken an 'astronomical' step forward in unmasking the origins of some of these high-energy particles, the so-called “messengers of the universe.”

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Researchers at the University of Delaware found staggering and spacing out turbines in an offshore wind farm can improve performance by as much as 33 percent.

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E.T. International (ETI), a University of Delaware spin-off company, is highlighted in a Science Coalition report showcasing companies that trace their roots to federally funded university research.

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University of Delaware sociologist Joel Best became skeptical about Halloween sadism when he was a graduate student. Now with over 50 years of data, he still hasn't found a documented case of a child who was seriously harmed by a contaminated Halloween treat.

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Women who are the most invested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) are also the ones who are most likely to leave them. Part of it may have to do with a well-studied phenomenon called stereotype threat. But the University of Delaware’s Chad Forbes is trying to help change that.

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University of Delaware researcher Ulhas Naik has been awarded more than $1.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association to explore the biological players in clot formation and develop new thrombotic therapies.

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In a study to publish in the journal Computers and Human Behavior, UD researchers in communications and political science explore how people perceive their own political behaviors online.

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Simple toys like blocks feed into kids' spatial skill and offer a foundation for learning subjects like math and science, according to a study by researchers at the University of Delaware and Temple University.

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The University of Delaware has been awarded a three-year grant totaling more than $3 million from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to use an engineered microorganism to produce butanol, a useful transportation fuel, from methanol and carbon dioxide.

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Lauren Hackworth Petersen, an associate professor of art history at the University of Delaware, is exploring new approaches, drawing on literature, law, art and other material evidence, to bring the lives of Pompeii’s slaves out of the shadows.

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Researchers and policy makers have long relied on a static model to map hurricanes and chart evacuation zones, particularly when it comes to timing and decision-making. With NSF support, two University of Delaware faculty members are creating a fundamentally new approach to modeling hurricanes.

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A University of Delaware study indicates that consumers are willing to pay more for local and U.S. honey, compared to international honey.

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The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of exactly how and where they are produced.

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Marine scientists in the U.S. and abroad learned how to handle 'big data' recently through an intensive course at the University of Delaware. The international class was supported through the National Science Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the European BIOTRIANGLE project and the EU-U.S. Task Force on Biotechnology Research to assist young researchers in handling huge amounts of data in marine genomics.

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A hardy algae species is showing promise in both reducing power plant pollution and making biofuel, based on new research at the University of Delaware.

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University of Delaware chemist Joel Rosenthal and doctoral student John DiMeglio have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic fuels.

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Genetic research published June 12 in Nature by scientists from the University of Delaware and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals active bacteria, fungi and other microbes living in 5 million-year-old ocean sediment.

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Like a CSI unit, a team of astronomers at observatories worldwide has been digging around in the innards of dead stars, collecting evidence on how they died. The Whole Earth Telescope, coordinated by the University of Delaware, is shedding new light on the inner workings of stars.

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Injuries to people swimming at the beach are more common and severe than previously documented, according to a recent study by the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del.

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University of Delaware researcher John Xiao and his team report a fundamental finding in the journal Nature Communications that will help advance the development of next-generation electronics called "spintronics."

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A new mathematical modeling technique reveals HIV virus may be replicating in body even when undetectable in the blood.

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Armed with a shovel, Doug Tallamy, chair of the University of Delaware Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, is leading a new American revolution, and he wants you to join him. All you need to do is plant one native tree or shrub in your yard — perhaps an oak or willow tree, a blueberry or cranberry bush.

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Researchers at the University of Delaware and Delaware State University are using satellites, acoustic transmitters, an underwater robot and historical records to pinpoint the ocean conditions that the fish prefer during migrations — and potentially help fishermen avoid spots where they might unintentionally catch this endangered species.

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Harsh Bais and Janine Sherrier of the University of Delaware’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023 because it was first characterized at the University, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic uptake.

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A decade ago in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, a curator sat holding his head in despair amid shattered exhibit cases and statues broken by looters. Out of such loss, the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage (IICAH) has emerged to help protect Iraq's heritage.

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Ulhas Naik, director of the Delaware Cardiovascular Research Center based at the University of Delaware, is working to synthesize a new compound to block a stress enzyme critical to clot formation.

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Researchers in the University of Delaware's Department of Biological Sciences are investigating a new drug that has shown positive results in early tests of its ability to fight a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer.