Jochen Lauterbach, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, will represent the United States on a scientific panel focusing on the impact of catalysis on energy and the environment at the G8 Summit, July 7-9, in Toyako, Japan.
Millicent Sullivan was a born engineer. As a youngster, she had a fascination with shapes and loved building things with Tinker Toys. Today, Sullivan, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware and Merck Faculty Fellow, is applying her knowledge and talents to an area critical to human health--she's building new materials for delivering healing drugs and gene therapies to diseased and damaged cells in the human body.
Zhou Wenzhong, the ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, will deliver the keynote opening address of the University of Delaware Forum at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 10, in Mitchell Hall on the Newark campus.
UD study explores how scientists from different fields work together: "Plays well with others." That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some of society's biggest challenges, from a warming planet to cancer. Steve Fifield, associate policy scientist at the University of Delaware, is leading research to uncover how scientists from different disciplines form working relationships. The findings will shed light on scientific collaboration--a process about which little is known, but much is expected.
Jingguang Chen, the Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has won the 2008 Award for Excellence in Catalysis from the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York.
Ian Appelbaum, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, has received a $484,370 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) for a major study on "spintronics."
The first University of Delaware Forum on May 10 will feature an address by the president of Senegal, panel discussions on issues ranging from alternative energy to the future of health care, and a forward-looking address by University President Patrick Harker.
University of Delaware researchers, in collaboration with U.S. and international colleagues, have found a new type of molecule--a kind of "micro-switch"--that can turn off genes in rice, which is the primary source of food for more than half the world's population.
Top undergrads in chemical engineering from across the U.S. will pursue cutting-edge research on alternative energy at the University of Delaware this summer through an internship program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the ongoing quest to develop a diverse, internationally competitive and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
The University of Delaware is accepting nominations until Wednesday, Sept. 3, for the 2009 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The medal, which carries a cash award of $50,000, is bestowed biennially upon an individual who has made significant pioneering contributions to the promotion of solar energy as an alternate source of energy through research, development or economic enterprise, or to an individual who has made extraordinarily valuable and enduring contributions to the field of solar energy in other ways.
The Center for Translational Cancer Research at the University of Delaware involves individuals from the University of Delaware, including the Delaware Biotechnology Institute; A. I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours; and Christiana Care Health System/Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, who share a common vision to improve cancer research and delivery.
University of Delaware scientists are coordinating some of the world's largest telescopes in a three-week-long "international observing run," focusing on a white dwarf known as IU Vir in the constellation Virgo. A white dwarf is a star that is "dying," cooling down in the twilight of its life. It's what the sun will become in about 4 billion years, according to UD researchers.
The University of Delaware's Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) will receive $3.75 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative over the next three years to continue leading-edge research on photovoltaic-based solar cells.
Three of the world's pioneers in small RNA research--Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun and David Baulcombe--will lecture on their recent discoveries at a special half-day symposium at the University of Delaware from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.
A daylong conference titled "Creating a Livable Delaware: Pathways for Enhancing Prosperity and Quality of Life" will be held Tuesday, March 25, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark.
Ian Appelbaum, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his pioneering research in the exciting next evolution of electronics known as spintronics.
Prof. Svilen Bobev will receive $530,000 over the next five years for his research and education project focusing on the synthesis, structural characterization and measurement of the properties of novel compounds formed from the rare earth metals and selected semi-metallic elements, including silicon, germanium and tin.
Seeking an out-of-this-world travel destination? Outer space will rocket into reality as "the" getaway of this century, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of Rome La Sapienza. In fact, the "final frontier" could begin showing up in travel guides by 2010, they predict.
Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a novel technique--that acts like a "spell-checker" for correcting a misspelling in the DNA code--to repair the defective gene that causes spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This hereditary neuromuscular disease is the number-one genetic killer of children under two years old.
Scientific research is a quest for the truth. But sometimes this noble mission can get sidetracked as recent high-profile cases of research misconduct have shown. Through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers from the University of Delaware are developing a novel ethics education project that will involve UD science and engineeering grad students in developing a code of research ethics and integrity.
Did you know that many brand-name blue jeans sold in the United States are made in Guatemala? The Guatemalan market is highlighted in the first issue of FIBER, a new online journal produced by University of Delaware researchers.
Super Bowl commercials are expensive and in high demand. The question advertisers must answer is this--are they value-priced?
The American Geographical Society's Fliers' and Explorers' Globe has been signed by more than 75 of the planet's most-celebrated explorers, and now the historic globe is coming to the University of Delaware for signing, as one of the premier public events in a year-long series highlighting the fourth International Polar Year (IPY).
Research at the University of Delaware indicates that women wait longer to pursue knee-replacement surgery than men do. By postponing surgery until they can no longer stand the pain, these women may also risk putting their mobility, and quality of life, on hold indefinitely, according to Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Distinguished Alumni Professor in UD's Department of Physical Therapy and a certified sports physical therapist and athletic trainer.
University of Delaware researchers have created a system that enables vehicles to not only run on electricity alone, but also to generate revenue by storing and providing electricity for utilities. The technology--known as V2G, for vehicle-to-grid--lets electricity flow from the car's battery to power lines and back.
Researchers from the University of Delaware and the University of California at Riverside have thawed ice estimated to be at least a million years old from above Lake Vostok, an ancient lake that lies hidden more than two miles beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica. The scientists will now examine the eons-old water for microorganisms, and then through novel genomic techniques, try to figure out how these tiny, living "time capsules" survived the ages in total darkness, in freezing cold and without food and energy from the sun.
Chemists from the University of Delaware, in collaboration with a colleague at the University of Wisconsin, have set a new world record for the shortest chemical bond ever recorded between two metals, in this case, two atoms of chromium.
The University of Delaware's new laser-scanning confocal microscope is helping researchers explore a diversity of intriguing subjects, from plants that can decontaminate soils of toxic metal pollutants, to carbon nano-bombs for destroying cancer cells. UD is among a handful of universities that own one of the million-dollar instruments.
Ten million people in the U.S. are estimated to already have bone diseases, and almost 34 million more are estimated to have low bone mass, putting them at increased risk for osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. UD scientists are now leading research that will shed light on how osteocytes sense external stimuli and communicate with cells on the surface, signaling them to either build more bone or remove existing bone.
University of Delaware and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) scientists estimate that shipping-related particulate matter emissions are responsible for approximately 60,000 cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths annually, with impacts concentrated in coastal regions along major trade routes.
University of Delaware researchers have outfitted kid-size robots to provide mobility to children who are unable to fully explore the world on their own.
In a rapid follow-up to their achievement as the first to demonstrate how an electron's spin can be electrically injected, controlled and detected in silicon, electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech now show that this quantum property can be transported a marathon distance in the world of microelectronics--through an entire silicon wafer.
The University of Delaware will host a conference on knowledge-based partnerships among higher education, government and industry on Nov. 2. Speakers will be Chad Holliday, chairman and CEO of DuPont, and noted market analyst Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs. There will be panels on corporate governance, alternative energy options, life sciences, environmental and agricultural partnerships and advanced materials.
From absorbable sutures to gel-like cold-and-flu capsules, polymers have been used for years in the human body to help heal what ails us. Today, scientists are pioneering the development of new "polymer drugs" with potential benefits in the more precise targeting of cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatments, to the sequestering and removal of toxins in the body.
The University of Delaware has been named a regional research participant in the National Children's Study--the largest long-term study of children's health ever conducted in the United States.
Scientists at the University of Delaware have uncovered a hidden weapon that one of the most invasive wetland plants in the United States uses to silently and efficiently "bump off" its neighbors.
Chad Holliday, chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont, and Abby Joseph Cohen, partner and chief U.S. investment strategist with Goldman Sachs & Co., will be featured speakers at a University of Delaware conference, "Creating Knowledge-Based Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities," to be held Friday, Nov. 2, in Clayton Hall, on the Laird Campus in Newark, Del.
The University of Delaware has won a competitive award of more than $7 million over a five-year period from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and will use it to develop the next generation of neutron scattering instrumentation through the creation of the UD Center for Neutron Science.
The University of Delaware has launched a new Web site at http://www.udel.edu/research to showcase the world-class research under way at the institution. Among the site's special features are "Research News," the "Technology Marketplace" featuring patented UD inventions available for licensing, "Cool Clips" highlighting research videos and podcasts, and a "Kids' Corner" offering fun and educational children's activities.
Distinguished speakers from across the United States and abroad will present at "Environment, Energy, and Ethics: Science and Responsibility for the 21st Century," an interdisciplinary conference, Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23, at the University of Delaware's Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark, Del.
Using a novel "deep sequencing" technology that can in one fell swoop decode 50 million sequences representing well over a billion bases of DNA, a research team led by University of Delaware scientists is working to unmask where, why and how certain genes are switched on or off in rice--a crop vital to the world's food supply.
Using a novel underwater robot, University of Delaware marine scientists will help reveal the mysteries of the Black Sea's geology and maritime history, including ages-old shipwrecks, during an international expedition that is now underway.
Researchers from the University of Delaware and Washington University in St. Louis have figured out how to train synthetic polymer molecules to behave--to literally "self-assemble" --and form into long, multicompartment cylinders 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, with potential uses in radiology, signal communication and the delivery of therapeutic drugs in the human body.
Millions of chickens in Delaware--one of the nation's top poultry producers--have been on a diet to reduce their impact on the environment and improve the health of the state's waterways, and it appears to be working. University of Delaware, has confirmed that Delaware chickens now digest more of the phosphorus, an essential nutrient, in their feed, thanks to the addition of phytase, a natural enzyme. As a result, about 23 percent less phosphorus is output in chicken manure.
Damaged or diseased vocal cords can forever change and even silence the voices we love, from a family member's to a famous personality's. Engineering pliable, new vocal cord tissue to replace scarred, rigid tissue in these petite, yet powerful organs is the goal of a new University of Delaware research project funded by a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
One of every seven adult Delawareans has at least one disability, and the general health of these residents with disabilities is only "fair" to "poor," according to a landmark study conducted by University of Delaware researchers.
A University of Delaware-led consortium has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions, and will team with DuPont in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project to transition the lab-scale work to an engineering and manufacturing prototype model.
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.
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