UD research shows that submerged vegetation helps to offset Chesapeake Bay acidification For many years, the world’s oceans have suffered from absorbing human-made carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which has led to the decreasing pH of saltwater, known as ocean...
Professor named Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering LaShanda Korley’s lab at the University of Delaware has an unofficial motto: The Korley Lab — where unicorns are real. The fanciful motto represents an undeniable truth. By creating...
UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more Lignin is a major waste product of the pulp and paper industry that can be converted into chemical building blocks to create other materials. It comes from trees, grasses and other...
New polymer units created by UD, Penn researchers could enable materials breakthroughs From tires to clothes to shampoo, many ubiquitous products are made with polymers, large chain-like molecules made of smaller subunits called monomers, bonded together. Now, a team...
Engineering professor April Kloxin receives grant to accelerate the study of lung fibrosis University of Delaware Professor April Kloxin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk,...
Engineering’s Kristi Kiick receives Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, Fulbright Award to study in the UK For nearly two decades, Kristi Kiick, the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has earned...
