University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact--opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue.
A torn anterior cruciate ligament is among an athlete's most-dreaded injuries, often requiring surgery and months of rehab. Curiously, most athletes aren't injured in a tackle or collision, they actually "do themselves in"--they end up injuring themselves landing off-balance during a jump or run. But why?
The University of Delaware has been awarded $11 million from the National Institutes of Health for leading-edge, "translational" research on osteoarthritis that includes a unique mentoring program to foster the development of women biomedical researchers at UD.
Cancer casts a shadow of fear over many families. The disease will take the lives of a half-million Americans this year, according to the American Cancer Society. The University of Delaware, in partnership with Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, is providing its undergraduates with unique opportunities to explore careers in cancer genetics while helping local families who have a history of cancer.
"How Innovation Drives Our Economy," the next topic in the Cutting-Edge Seminar Series, will be presented Tues., June 5, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at UD's Delaware Biotechnology Institute in the Delaware Technology Park, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, Delaware.
Delaware high-school students will learn firsthand about China this summer through the first international program of the Governor's School for Excellence, sponsored by the Office of the Governor, in cooperation with the Delaware Department of Education and the University of Delaware. The program is funded by a $217,205 grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The University of Delaware is helping to build a huge "IceCube" at the South Pole, and it has nothing to do with cooling beverages. "IceCube" is a gigantic scientific instrument--a telescope for detecting illusive particles called neutrinos that can travel millions of miles through space, passing right through planets. UD is building the telescope's surface array of detectors, aptly named "IceTop."
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded scientists at the University of Delaware and Delaware State University nearly $1 million for research on blast-resistant materials and wall-penetrating radar. Delaware is one of nine states, out of 23 eligible states and territories, that are sharing $7 million in grant awards from the Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).
Electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech have demonstrated for the first time how the spin properties of electrons in silicon--the world's most dominant semiconductor, used in electronics ranging from computers to cell phones--can be measured and controlled.
Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of the 2007 Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE).
Tom Apple, dean of UD's College of Arts and Sciences, sought funding from the Unidel Foundation for UD's first-ever "Transformation Grants," aimed at catalyzing "life-changing," educational experiences for students. On May 3, the faculty and students involved in the grants set the Trabant University Center ablaze with heartfelt testimonials and exciting, new approaches to research and teaching as they shared the results of their projects.
The University of Delaware has been awarded $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the new Center for Spintronics and Biodetection. Spintronics, an emerging science that focuses on harnessing the "spin" or magnetic properties of electrons to encode and process data, is fostering the development of much smaller, faster, energy-saving devices.
OrphageniX Inc., a new biotechnology company founded by University of Delaware researchers, has been established in Wilmington to develop and commercialize UD-patented technologies for repairing genes that cause rare, hereditary diseases such as sickle cell anemia and spinal muscular atrophy.
Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, which is highly competitive, is bestowed on those scientists deemed most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.
Xinqiao Jia, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award. The highly competitive award is bestowed on those scientists deemed most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Over the next five years, the $500,000 award will support Jia's research to develop strong, yet soft and flexible biomaterials that can be used to engineer damaged tissues, particularly the vocal folds. This basic research is essential to advancing the highly interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering, in which scientists someday hope to provide synthetic tissues for repairing or replacing damaged human organs.
William P. Kupper Jr., president and chief executive officer of BusinessWeek group, a leading global business and media organization, will speak at the University of Delaware's 158th Commencement, scheduled at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 26, in Delaware Stadium on the Newark campus.
Michael Shay, a physicist at the University of Delaware, has received the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award for research on magnetic reconnection, a process that can allow high-energy particles from the solar wind to enter the Earth's magnetic field, endangering astronauts and satellites in space and electrical systems on Earth.
Have your neurons been shouting at your muscles again? As we grow older, neurons--the nerve cells that deliver commands from our brains--have to "speak" more loudly to get the attention of our muscles to move, according to University of Delaware researcher Christopher Knight, an assistant professor in UD's College of Health Sciences.
Equipped with high-speed computers and the laws of physics, scientists from the University of Delaware and Radboud University in the Netherlands have developed a new method to "flush out" the hidden properties of water. The research is reported in Science.
"A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War," by University of Delaware political science professor Kenneth J. Campbell, considers the similarities between the two struggles and the difficulties of the current situation in Iraq, where America finds itself unable to secure a peace and also unable to leave.
University of Delaware researchers have developed an inexpensive, nonchlorine-based technology that can remove harmful microorganisms, including viruses, from drinking water.
Researchers at the University of Delaware have received a $960,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to identify low-cost, nano-sized catalysts"”tiny amounts of metal compounds"”that can spur the chemical conversion of liquid fuels into hydrogen for powering cars to heating homes.
The wind resource off the Mid-Atlantic coast could supply the energy needs of nine states from Massachusetts to North Carolina, plus the District of Columbia--with enough left over to support a 50 percent increase in future energy demand--according to a study by researchers at the University of Delaware and Stanford University.
Corporations are betting big bucks -- up to $2.6 million for a 30-second spot -- that their advertising will be a hit with the large television audience that will tune in for Super Bowl XLI on Sunday, Feb. 4.
Delawareans are strongly in favor of offshore wind power as a future source of energy for the state, according to a survey conducted by University of Delaware researchers.
For years, polymer chemistry textbooks have stated that a whole class of little molecules called 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes could not be transformed into polymers--the stuff of which plastics and other materials are made. However, the UD scientists were determined to prove the textbooks wrong. However, the UD scientists were determined to prove the textbooks wrong. As a result of their persistence, the researchers have discovered a new class of ultra-thin polymer films with potential applications ranging from coating tiny microelectronic devices to plastic solar cells.
A University of Delaware economics professor has uncovered evidence from archival audiotapes that expose various presidential shenanigans to affect national economic policy for short-term political gain during the administration of President Richard M. Nixon.
As if creaking joints and hardening of the arteries weren't bad enough, a research team from the University of Delaware and the Christiana Care Health System in Newark has now confirmed that even our veins stiffen as we age. "When you are young, your veins are nice and elastic--like rubber bands," William Farquhar, a cardiovascular physiologist in UD's College of Health Sciences, said. "But as you grow older, we've found that your veins become more like lead pipes." And that physiological change may be an important factor in the development of high blood pressure, or hypertension, which currently affects an estimated 65 million Americans, most of them older adults, according to Farquhar. The study, which was conducted over the past two years, was led by Farquhar and Colin Young from the University of Delaware and Michael Stillabower and Angela Disabatino at Christiana Care Health System. The results are published in the November issue of the Journal of Ap
The new Center for Critical Zone Research at the University of Delaware will conduct basic research concerning the Earth's life-sustaining, near-surface environment. The critical zone encompasses the outermost surface of the planet, from the vegetation canopy to groundwater, and is exceptionally vulnerable to human activity.
Two University of Delaware researchers have discovered a means to detect and identify damage within advanced composite materials by using a network of tiny carbon nanotubes, which act in much the same manner as human nerves.
Manganese, in trace amounts, is essential to human health. Now a research team from the University of Delaware, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Hawaii and Oregon Health and Science University has discovered that a dissolved form of the mineral also is important in waterways such as the Black Sea and Chesapeake Bay, where it can keep toxic hydrogen sulfide zones in check.
The University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has announced the formation of a new Avian Biosciences Center, which will bring together resources from an array of disciplines to conduct research and communicate information in areas vital to the poultry industry.
Prize-winning author, essayist and commentator Ron Chernow, whose recent biography Alexander Hamilton was hailed as one of the best books of 2004, will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Delaware's 157th Commencement to be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 27, in Delaware Stadium.
The University of Delaware commissioned the Research Vessel Hugh R. Sharp, the newest and most advanced coastal research ship in the nation, during ceremonies Sunday afternoon, May 7, at the College of Marine Studies campus in Lewes.
Using sensor data from several U.S. and European satellites, researchers have developed a method to detect super-salty, submerged eddies called "Meddies" that occur in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain and Portugal at depths of more than a half mile.
The Super Bowl, which was once simply a championship football game, has grown into something much bigger than that as America's largest entertainment extravaganza.
A consortium led by the University of Delaware is working to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next 50 months.
University of Delaware researchers are opening a new front in the war on cancer, bringing to bear new nanotechnologies for cancer detection and treatment and introducing a unique nanobomb that can literally blow up breast cancer tumors.
University of Delaware research teams have made a significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids, discovering 10 times more small RNAs in the plant Arabidopsis than previously had been identified.
The University of Delaware has teamed with leading sommerlier and wine educator Marnie Old to offer a new online wine course.
Do dads parent differently than moms? Absolutely, Rob Palkovitz, University of Delaware professor of individual and family studies, says.
Adults, as well as children, benefit from a strong and reliable bond with their fathers, according to Michael Ferrari, University of Delaware associate professor of individual and family studies.
Effective communication is a major characteristic of strong families. Each member of a family needs to learn how to successfully communicate in order to build healthy relationships.
The upheaval of divorce can hurt the closest father-child relationships. A University of Delaware Cooperative Extension expert provides tips on how fathers can stay close to their kids after a divorce.
Fathers play an important role in children's success in school, according to a University of Delaware researcher who studies fathers and families.
Youth sports can bring out the worst behavior in dads. A University of Delaware Cooperative Extension expert provides tips on being a good parent on the sidelines.
Researchers have examined reaction to a proposed offshore wind farm in Cape Cod and have uncovered some of the key reasons for deep divides in public opinion, namely deeply held values and beliefs about the ocean that will continue to fuel the debate as coastal states consider the pros and cons of installing windmills in the sea.
The University of Delaware will host a symposium titled "Marine and Terrestrial Molecular Bioscience: New Frontiers" to honor retiring professor John S. Boyer, E.I. du Pont Professor of Marine Biochemistry and Biophysics, on June 7 at the John M. Clayton Conference Center on the UD campus in Newark, Del.
The ability to produce molecular wires at precise positions and to control the length of the wires through confinement inside of molecule corrals could break down the brick wall of miniaturization and revolutionize modern electronics, a research team reports.
A University of Delaware research team has discovered a novel formulation to operate pollution-dampening catalytic converters without the need for expensive noble metals, a finding that provides an important boost to automobile emissions control technology.
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