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Huntington’s Disease

By Guest PostApril 8, 2012Healthalzheimer's disease, amyloid fiber, amyloid seeding assay, asa, brain tissue, david w colby, fluorescent detector, hd, huntingtin, huntingtons disease, monomeric polyglutamine peptide, neurological disease, novel technology, prion disease, protein, sharad gupta, shyann jie, thioflavin t, university of delaware

UD researchers develop novel technique for early detection of misfolded protein

University of Delaware assistant professor David W. Colby is co-author of a paper in the March 23 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry that suggests protein misfolding may occur early in the pathogenesis, or development, of Huntington’s disease.

Huntington’s disease (HD) is one of several neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease or prion disease, associated with proteins that fold into abnormal structures. HD is characterized by progressive motor impairment, cognitive decline and behavioral abnormalities, and ultimately death. (more…)

Saluting YouTube

By Guest PostMarch 27, 2012Entertainment, Technologydame edna, dana herbert, delaware salutes youtube, james j weber, joyce hill stoner, musicals, plays, ron whittington, scott mason, showmanship, university of delaware, wilmington, YouTube

Professor creates mini-musical celebrating video website

Joyce Hill Stoner, the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture in the University of Delaware’s Department of Art Conservation, is an internationally respected scholar and paintings conservator who has a flair for showmanship as well.

Her latest entertainment production, an eight-minute musical in which the state of Delaware salutes YouTube, now is posted on that site for the world to see. Live for just a couple of days, the video already has attracted thousands of viewers. (more…)

Graphene and DNA

By Guest PostMarch 24, 2012Scienceatom, branislav nikolic, carbon atom, cees dekker, device concept, dna detection, dna sequencing, electron beam, electronic current, genetic sequencing, grapheme, graphite, honeycomb pattern, jene golovchenko, kamal saha, marija drndic, nanodevice, nanopores, nanoribbon, nobel prize, quantum, university of delaware, university of pennsylvania, wonder material

‘Wonder material’ may hold key to fast, inexpensive genetic sequencing

Look at the tip of that old pencil in your desk drawer, and what you’ll see are layers of graphite that are thousands of atoms thick. Use the pencil to draw a line on a piece of paper, and the mark you’ll see on the page is made up of hundreds of one-atom layers.

But when scientists found a way—using, essentially, a piece of ordinary sticky tape—to peel off a layer of graphite that was just a single atom thick, they called the two-dimensional material graphene and, in 2010, won the Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery. (more…)

Wind Energy

By Guest PostMarch 22, 2012Environmentalison bates, ccp, coast, delaware, environmental impact, human activity, jeremy firestone, kateryna samoteskul, marine ecosystem, marine mammal, maryland, nature conservation, new jersey, ocean, offshore wind farms, sea turtle migrations, spatial planning, teresa messmore, university of delaware

UD study assesses ocean use off Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey coasts

The Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration (CCPI) at the University of Delaware has issued a new report about ocean use off the coast of Delaware and parts of Maryland and New Jersey. The study addresses viable places to locate offshore wind farms, taking into account biological, ecological and other considerations. The report includes feedback from interested groups who attended a November 2011 workshop, as well as input from experts.

“This report demonstrates that the ocean is already active with ecological and human activity,” lead-author Alison Bates said. “It shows what government regulators ought to consider in planning for offshore wind development and the beginning of a way forward for offshore wind developers and existing users to accommodate one another.” (more…)

History of Sexuality

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2012Cultureamerica, clinical treatment, gay man, happiness, heterosexual marriage, homosexuality, liberal protestant, mid twentieth century, norman vincent peale, prayer, psychiatry, rebecca davis, religious history, same sex, sexuality, university of delaware

UD prof honored for research on sexuality, religion in American history

Rebecca Davis, assistant professor of history at the University of Delaware, has received a Religious History Award from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network for her essay titled “‘My Homosexuality Is Getting Worse Every Day’: Norman Vincent Peale, Psychiatry, and the Liberal Protestant Response to Same-Sex Desires in Mid-Twentieth-Century America.”

Norman Vincent Peale, to whom the title refers, was famous for his self-help book The Power of Positive Thinking. As a renowned Protestant minister, he encouraged people to heal themselves through prayer and believed heterosexual marriage was essential to personal happiness. (more…)

Black Politics

By Guest PostFebruary 20, 2012Politicsartika rangan casini, black community, black middle class, black politics, black politics today, blacks, civil rights legislation, era of black politics, horizon, political community, public policy, socioeconomic divisions, theodore davis, turmoil, university of delaware

*UD professor’s book examines ‘Black Politics Today’*

The civil rights legislation of the 1960s, which sought to empower and strengthen the black community, now indirectly poses a threat to the group’s collective social, political and economic development, according to Theodore Davis, University of Delaware associate professor.

His new book, Black Politics Today, suggests that the rise of a new black middle class—one that is wealthier, better educated and not faced with the same limitations and restraints of their pre-civil rights predecessors—has created a rift in shared aspirations, social bonds and values within the black community. (more…)

Economic Forecast

By Guest PostFebruary 19, 2012Economy2012, americans, bruce weber, ceee, charles i plosser, clayton hall, david lyons, economic forecast, economic growth, Economy, evan krape, fiscal policy, government treasuries, jay fishman, jim o neill, joan woodward, john f kennedy, jon hilsenrath, kathryn meier, lyons companies, media experts, michael k farr, monetary policy, overdraft, philadelphia federal reserve, president bill clinton, public policy, the arrogance cycle, travelers insurancy company, unemployment, university of delaware, us debt, Wall Street Journal, Washington

*No silver bullet but hope for economy remains, experts tell audience at UD*

Analogies abounded at the 2012 Economic Forecast, where speakers compared monetary policy to turnpike driving, fiscal policy to an empty toolbox and investing to “finding the least worst house on an unstable block.”

Charles I. Plosser, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, was one of three featured speakers at the annual event, which was sponsored by Lyons Companies and the University of Delaware’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE) and held Tuesday, Feb. 14, at UD’s Clayton Hall. (more…)

‘Daughter of the Struggle’

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2012Culture, Entertainmentactivist, american, american family, ayanna gregory, black american studies, black history month, Chicago, civil rights, civil rights movement, daughter of the struggle, dick gregory, fear, god, gore recital hall, human rights, jerry rhodes, john wayne, king, lillian, martin luther king, new england, plymouth, racial bigotry, roselle center, soul singer, university of delaware, Washington

*Ayanna Gregory celebrates heroes of civil rights movement*

Wearing a mauve-colored dress with flared sleeves that flowed with each dance step, soul singer, educator and activist Ayanna Gregory celebrated the history of the American civil rights movement with an evening of song and spoken word before an enthusiastic audience on Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, in the Gore Recital Hall of the University of Delaware’s Roselle Center for the Arts.

During her performance, “Daughter of the Struggle,” Gregory recalled what it was like growing up as one of 10 children of Lillian and Dick Gregory, the standup comedian who used his comic skills to tell Americans that segregation and racial bigotry were no laughing matter. (more…)

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