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New open access publication to highlight microbiome research in humans and the environment.

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A University of Delaware research team, led by Chandra Kambhamettu, professor of computer and information sciences, has developed a novel camera system to map the surface topography of Arctic sea ice to assess walrus habitat. The National Science Foundation project involves scientists at UD, the University of Virginia and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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University of Delaware study finds wind, solar power paired with storage could be cost-effective way to power grid.

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A change as small as moving the logo in an ad makes you more likely to buy, a study by a University of Delaware marketing professor found.

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With millions of gallons of raw sewage dumping into New Jersey waterways following Hurricane Sandy, University of Delaware scientists are using satellites to help predict the sludge’s track into the ocean.

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Advice and resources from conservators on saving victims' photo memories.

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A computer animation produced by University of Delaware researchers shows the explosive development of Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm and its unusual track.

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University of Delaware joins research team teaching robots to respond in disaster emergencies, funded by U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. UD's group will teach a robot to get into a vehicle and drive it.

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Study finds media messages describing paranormal investigators as "scientific" makes people more likely to "believe."

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The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI), a collaboration among the Arab Image Foundation, the University of Delaware, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute that launched last year, is building a network of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving the region’s rich photographic heritage, and their efforts show it — in projects now under way from Iraq to Morocco.

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University of Delaware researchers are using an underwater robot to find and follow sand tiger sharks that they previously tagged with transmitters. The innovative project is part of a multi-year partnership with Delaware State University to better understand the behavior and migration patterns of the sharks in real time.

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It’s a battleground down there — in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell. Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being attacked by pathogens, there’s a "dark side" to the relationship between the plant and its white knight, according to University of Delaware research reported in Plant Physiology.

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In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The collapse was attributed to a design deficiency that resulted in a gusset plate failing during ongoing construction work. Now, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Delaware is developing a novel structural health monitoring system that could avert such disasters in the future.

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Imagine a computer chip that can assemble itself. According to Eric M. Furst, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, engineers and scientists are closer to making this and other scalable forms of nanotechnology a reality as a result of new milestones in using nanoparticles as building blocks in functional materials.

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Arctic crustaceans use currents, deep-water migration to survive Arctic sea ice melts.

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Wind turbines could power half the world’s future energy demands with minimal environmental impact, according to new research published by University of Delaware and Stanford University scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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A University of Delaware marine scientist can confirm firsthand some of the ice loss reported by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center. In a short video he filmed this month, Andreas Muenchow, aboard an icebreaker ship, shows the ice-free sea off Petermann Fjord.

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Pathogens can slip through leaf pores and begin infecting a plant. However, University of Delaware research shows that this invasion is halted when a beneficial bacterium is present in the soil where the plant is rooted.

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Funded by a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a research team from Rice University, University of Delaware and Christiana Care Health System takes aim at Xerostomia, or dry mouth, an inevitable consequence of radiation treatment for head and neck cancers.

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study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople and when they are used, advertisers often waste their potential.

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A new poll by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication reveals support for voter identification laws is strongest among Americans who harbor negative sentiments toward African Americans.

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An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service. This marks the second massive break in two years.

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Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space. Now, researchers from the U.S. and South Korea have developed a warning system capable of forecasting the radiation from these violent solar storms nearly three hours (166 minutes) in advance, giving astronauts, as well as air crews flying over Earth’s polar regions, time to take protective action.

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New national poll shows women favor mandate more than men.

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A new research apiary at the University of Delaware, operated in collaboration with a new apiary at Penn State, focuses on non-chemical ways to control parasites in small honeybee colonies.

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University of Delaware astronomer Judi Provencal has won research time on the Hubble Space Telescope to learn more about the internal composition and structure of six dying stars.

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Cork, known for such low-tech applications as wine bottle stoppers and bulletin boards, now shows promise, in University of Delaware research, as the core material in composites used in high-tech automotive, aircraft and energy applications.

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Studies show Olympics commentary differs based on gender, race and nationality.

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The bronze medal and $50,000 cash prize, funded by the Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Trust, will be awarded to an individual who has made significant pioneering contributions to the promotion of solar energy as an alternate source of energy.

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Salil Lachke, a University of Delaware biologist whose research is yielding new discoveries about the world’s leading causes of blindness, has been named a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are born.

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Wearing sneakers and rain boots, University of Delaware freshmen got their feet wet as marine biologists recently while counting horseshoe crabs along the Delaware Bay. The students participated in a monitoring effort to gain firsthand experience in field research.

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Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated a more accurate method for predicting the interaction energy of large molecules, such as biomolecules used to develop new drugs.

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The University of Delaware's Janine Sherrier is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation to study the legume Medicago truncatula and the protein-to-protein interactions essential for the development of its symbiotic relationships with beneficial microbes.

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Deb Jaisi, an assistant professor of plant and soil sciences at the University of Delaware, will be working to 'fingerprint' the phosphorus in Chesapeake Bay.

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Previously, scientists thought the blood protein Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAM-A) stimulated platelets to form clots. Now UD researchers have shown that JAM-A actually inhibits the formation of clots--the direct cause of heart attacks and strokes.

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In the most comprehensive study to date to examine the effects of soy on menopause, researchers have found that two daily servings of soy can reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes by up to 26 percent.

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Maria Telkes, a University of Delaware scientist known as the “Sun Queen” for her pioneering solar energy research, will be posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame this May.

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A University of Delaware researcher found small quantities of radioactive iodine in the Delaware River, a major waterway. It is providing a new way to track where and how substances travel to the ocean. The iodine, I-131, is waste from thyroid cancer treatments.

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A national University of Delaware survey reveals Fox News Channel viewers know less about the Occupy Wall Street protests than consumers of other media sources, hold particularly negative views about the protests and almost one third believe the group should not be allowed to protest in public.

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A national survey, conducted by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication reveals one third of Americans know little or nothing about the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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University of Delaware professor works to design faster robots, modeling their movement on animals.

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Scientists work to assist fishermen in ways to avoid accidentally hauling in butterfish, a species protected by fishing limits. The researchers develop models to predict where the fish will be.

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Daily Show viewers are deep. That might be a shallow analysis of the research, but “there is a segment of the political satire audience that is motivated by a deeper level of processing,” says Dannagal Young, University of Delaware assistant professor of communication and lead researcher on a study that examined how college students watch and process different types of programming.

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Researchers at the University of Delaware are examining tiny worms that inhabit the frigid sea off Antarctica to learn not only how these organisms adapt to the severe cold, but how they will survive as ocean temperatures increase.

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The painting "Le Bonheur de vivre," by Henri Matisse, is revered as one of two masterpieces that changed the course of painting in the early 20th century. University of Delaware Prof. Robert L. Opila is collaborating with conservation experts at the Barnes, and at Winterthur, to study the paint’s material microstructure and attempt to determine why the cadmium sulfide is changing color.

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A professor who specializes in fair trade issues says what Bloomberg News uncovered in Victoria's Secret's African supply chain is a symptom of a larger problem.

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Like an international relay team with telescopes, astronomers worldwide are working together to continuously watch several cooling stars for clues that may help reveal one of our galaxy’s deepest secrets: its age.