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Jovan Tatar, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and an affiliated faculty in the Center for Composite Materials, has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to create new durable adhesive joints for concrete structures by mimicking mussel adhesion—how the shellfish stick to things. Developing such a resilient adhesive could help pave the way for the next generation of affordable housing and infrastructure.

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A high-performance composite material invented at the University of Delaware has earned $20M in federal funding in the last year to explore applications such as flying taxis and using robots to repair natural gas pipelines.

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The University of Delaware has joined the Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance — a hub for quantum technology research, development, innovation and education that seeks to advance U.S. and regional leadership in the coming quantum revolution.

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The University of Delaware's Stephanie Law is being recognized as a leading expert in molecular beam epitaxy, a technique used to make promising, novel materials precisely designed for use in many applications, such as ultra-sensitive gas sensing or new qubits for quantum computing. Law received the Young Investigator Award from the 21st International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy 2020.

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Thomas H. Epps, III, the Allan and Myra Ferguson Distinguished Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The AIMBE College of Fellows consists of the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in the United States.

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Lauren Covington, assistant professor in the University of Delaware School of Nursing, found that children with inconsistent sleep schedules have higher body mass index (BMI) percentiles. Her research also found that children from households with greater poverty had more overall inconsistent sleep onset times. For families living in poverty, consistent sleep scheduling may not be so easily done, especially if a caregiver is the only parent, juggling multiple jobs, parenting multiple children or dealing with a tenuous housing situation.

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In nature, there are examples of animals helping one another and living in mutually beneficial relationships that have helped shape the world’s landscapes and biodiversity. New research from the University of Delaware has found one of these domesticator-domesticate relationships undersea, in the waters off Belize, where damselfish provide multigenerational support/protection to mysid shrimp in exchange for a resource or service that benefits both species.

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Frank G. Schroeder, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, has received the Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to researchers in the U.S. and Canada early in their careers. Schroeder will use the two-year, $75,000 fellowship to continue his research to uncover the origins of cosmic rays.

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A new study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy, birthing and postpartum experiences in the U.S. The most common issues included managing work/occupation obligations, separation from significant others during the birthing process and reduced access to lactation support.

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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were once thought to be waste material discarded by cells. But they have been found to play a critical role in communication between cells, carrying “cargos” of proteins, nucleic acids and other materials. Jessica Tannis of the University of Delaware has been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant to research them.

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As glacial ice melts, what happens to the freshwater and how it is affecting coastal systems in Antarctica becomes an important question. The University of Delaware’s Carlos Moffat has been awarded a five-year, $787,528 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Faculty Career Development Award.

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Researchers from the University of Delaware are part of a team studying the impact climate change and resulting sea level rise is having on the soil underneath coastal military bases. The study is funded by a $3.79 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.

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A new study shows “ethical leadership” might not be needed for an organization’s success but is essential to surviving a crisis. Unethical leaders have difficulty holding teams together after failure; ethical leaders build resilience through a slow, continuous, perhaps unexciting daily commitment.

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The University of Delaware’s Kyle Davis led a collaborative effort to research how to protect food chains from environmental shocks—everything from floods, droughts, and extreme heat to other phenomena like natural hazards, pests, disease, algal blooms, and coral bleaching.

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University of Delaware researchers have thrown a spotlight on the critical plants needed to sustain food webs across the United States, illuminating a plan for how to restore ecosystems anywhere in the country.

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A pair of new studies found that large amounts of methane can be found in tidal salt marshes, a discovery that will be critical in the fight to battle climate change.

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While offshore wind projects provide clean and renewable energy, a new study from the University of Delaware shows that they can also have unintended effects on local weather in the form of minimal, though statistically significant, impacts when it comes to wind speed and reduced precipitation at nearby onshore locations.

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The University of Delaware’s Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene Du Pont Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. It is the highest professional distinction accorded only to academic inventors.

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the National Institutes of Health has renewed a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant at the University of Delaware. The COBRE research team is focused on discovery of new molecules that can be used to study and treat diseases such as breast cancer, renal cancer, Crohn’s disease, tuberculosis and Legionnaires disease.

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Two experts in the field of teacher education and technology have shared new and accessible publications about online teaching. One offers success stories, bringing together teacher educators, researchers and practitioners to address online best practices, collaboration, field experience, equity issues and digital tools. The other guides educators in developing collaborative and interactive online experiences for teacher candidates across content areas.

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In April 2020, as remote work and social distancing policies were in place in Delaware and a number of other states, there was a sense the skies were clearer and less polluted with fewer people on the road. But new research from a team led by University of Delaware, Penn State and Columbia University researchers found a murkier picture.

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A new study found suicide rates increase during disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes. A team of researchers examined the impact of 281 natural disasters on suicide rates during a 12-year span and found overall suicide rates increased by 23% when compared to rates before and after the disaster.

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University of Delaware researchers, led by biomedical engineer Jason Gleghorn, have devised a system for decontaminating N95 masks using off-the-shelf materials that can be purchased at a hardware store for about $50, combined with ultraviolet type C (UV-C) lights found in academic research and industrial facilities.

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Two new studies suggest that the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 will make it harder for communities to bring the pandemic under control. The first found that stereotypes and fears of stigma may be barriers to COVID testing. The other found that believing in COVID conspiracies makes people less likely to support public health policies to reduce the spread of the virus.

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During birth, hormones in the body surge in both mother and baby, sent along by the nervous system. These stress hormones are there to spur delivery and to help a baby adapt to living outside the womb. A new study finds how one is born can have an effect on the amount of stress hormones released at the time of delivery. For example, vaginal delivery had the highest presence of birth signaling hormones.

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Let’s not sugarcoat it: the coronavirus (COVID-19) is hurting our holidays, even if it is, possibly, helping our teeth. A new University of Delaware study shows 42% of American households plan to consume less candy this year, and trick-or-treating could be down 41%.

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As the world grapples with COVID-19, the Ebola virus is again raging. A research team at University of Delaware is using supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of Ebola (as well as COVID-19), looking at how molecules move, atom by atom, to carry out their functions. Now, they have revealed structural features of the Ebola virus’s protein shell to provide therapeutic targets to destabilize the virus and knock it out with an antiviral treatment.

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Artificial intelligence isn't perfect. In fact, it's only as good as the methods and data built into it. Researchers at the University of Delaware have detailed a new approach to artificial intelligence that builds uncertainty, error, physical laws, expert knowledge and missing data into its calculations and leads ultimately to much more trustworthy models.

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A new study examines how trees respond to different urban intensities by comparing tree size and age, foliage nitrogen signature, nutrient and heavy metal content and other factors in forests in Newark, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa. Not only were the trees acclimated to urban conditions in the higher density Philadelphia forests, but the red maples there were actually healthier and more productive compared to those surrounded by less urbanization in Newark.

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Researchers have developed a new metric called the stopover-to-passage ratio that can help determine if a majority of birds are flying over a particular site or stopping at the site to refuel or rest. This can have important implications for what is done on the ground to help migratory birds.

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A University of Delaware research team has devised tiny cargo-carrying systems many times smaller than a human hair, made from molecules called peptides that help provide structure for cells and tissues. The team has reported advances in the nanoparticle design that allow them to control the shape of the nanoparticles to allow them to better bind to tissue in the body and stay in a particular location.

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Democratic candidates in the 2020 election are enjoying big leads in their races, according to a poll by the University of Delaware's Center for Political Communication. Support among women voters has been a key factor.

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A new study found some hackers aren’t in it for the money; they want to expose firms that engage in phony philanthropy. These hackers — which include everyone from disgruntled employees to hacktivist groups — can “sniff out” actions that only give the appearance of corporate social responsibility.

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Feng Jiao is a leader in the field of carbon capture and utilization, working on ways to subtract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by capturing the greenhouse gas and transforming it into another substance altogether. And now he's received two major Department of Energy grants, totaling $3.5 million, to advance those efforts.

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The Virtual Island Summit, held earlier this month and attended by 350 representatives of government, civil society, business and academics from more 60 different countries, addressed the urgency of identifying and implementing technology-based solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Like presidential candidate Joe Biden, researcher Evan Usler has used his personal experience to help those with speech disorders. Usler studies motor speech and fluency disorders, including stuttering.