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Scientists train nano-"building blocks" to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
New UD tissue-engineering research focuses on vocal cords
Professors Darrin Pochan (MSEG) and Joel Schneider (Chem/Biochem) invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
Prof. Stoleru Wins Grant for Nanostructured Solar Cell Research
Prof. Xinqiao Jia wins NSF career award for biomedical engineering research
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Prof. Joshua Zide receives ONR award to develop new semiconductor materials
Joshua Zide, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive a prestigious Young Investigator award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop new semiconductors and nanocomposites for thermoelectric power generation and other applications. The three-year $510,000 grant is one of just 15 awarded nationwide.
Prof. Xinqiao Jia featured in Chemical & Engineering News
Scientists train nano-’building blocks’ to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
Darrin Pochan, University of Delaware associate professor of materials science and engineering. Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
9:37 a.m., Aug. 3, 2007--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.
(Full UDaily article)
New UD tissue-engineering research focuses on vocal cords
UD scientists Xinqiao Jia and Randall Duncan are shown with the novel bioreactor that Jia designed. The device can simulate the demanding, high-frequency environment in which vocal cord cells live, vibrating back and forth at up to 100 hertz (100 times a second). Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson
1:54 p.m., July 31, 2007--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.
Julie Andrews, who starred in such classics as The Sound of Music, is among the professional singers who have undergone surgery to remove callus-like growths that can form from overuse of these two small, stretchy bands of tissue housed in the larynx, or voice box. Sadly, Andrews may never fully recover her singing voice after surgery on her vocal cords in 1997.
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. It is funded by a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
(Full UDaily article)
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