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Better battery membranes

Better battery membranes

UD researchers develop safer electrolytes and use novel technique to assess them 11:54 a.m., April 2, 2015--Most of us have seen dramatic photographs of laptops and even cars that have burst into flames due to failures in lithium-ion batteries. On a much larger scale,...

Ebola diagnostics

Ebola diagnostics

Company co-founded by UD alumnus gets FDA authorization for rapid Ebola testing 10:39 a.m., March 27, 2015--Cepheid, a leading molecular diagnostics company, announced earlier this week it has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug...

Self-assembled materials, InSPACE

Self-assembled materials, InSPACE

UD's Eric Furst, colleagues imagine the next generation of smart materials 11:35 a.m., March 24, 2015--The great thing about science, says University of Delaware engineer Eric Furst, is that “every question you ask, you start to answer, and end up with 10 more...

Hydrogen fuel

Hydrogen fuel

Inexpensive, efficient bi-metallic electrocatalysts may open floodgates for hydrogen fuel 12:49 p.m., March 16, 2015--University of Delaware researchers have discovered a cheap and efficient catalyst for converting water to hydrogen fuel (known as hydrogen evolution),...

Leader in Green Chemistry

Leader in Green Chemistry

University's Richard Wool elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 8:08 a.m., Jan. 27, 2015--Richard Wool, professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the United...

Tracking cell function

Tracking cell function

Antoniewicz receives journal's prestigious Daniel I.C. Wang Award 11:40 a.m., Jan. 15, 2015--By giving fellow scientists a window into the inner workings of the cell, Maciek R. Antoniewicz, DuPont Young Professor in the University of Delaware Department of Chemical...

Emissions-free cars

Emissions-free cars

Paper characterizes essential reaction for renewable energy fuel cells 10:48 a.m., Jan. 8, 2015--A University of Delaware research team is considering the important question of what it will take to create an affordable emissions-free car. The question, an issue of...

NAI Fellow

NAI Fellow

Dean Ogunnaike named 2014 fellow of National Academy of Inventors 1:11 p.m., Dec. 17, 2014--Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering, is among 170 distinguished innovators who have been named 2014 fellows by the National...

AAAS Fellow

AAAS Fellow

UD engineering professor Wagner recognized for work in advancing science 12:35 p.m., Nov. 24, 2014--The University of Delaware’s Norman J. Wagner has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general...

Chemical engineering turns 100

Chemical engineering turns 100

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering celebrates centennial 9:18 a.m., Oct. 7, 2014--The University of Delaware Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering celebrated 100 years on campus with a centennial reunion Sept. 19-21. Current and former...

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