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Polar night

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2014Environmentacoustic technologies, algae, archipelago svalbard, arctic excursion, autonomous underwater vehicles, auvs, biological wasteland, ceoe, continuous darkness, jonathan cohen, kaytee pokrzywinski, light, mainland norway, marine biology, marine organisms, mark moline, north pole, photosynthesis, polar night, rov, sea life, sonar, unis, university of delaware, winter darkness

Arctic excursion explores how sea life copes with continuous winter darkness

When the North Pole tilts away from the sun during the winter, the Arctic region plunges into weeks of continuous darkness. The sun never peeks above the horizon, casting only a twinge of blue twilight at midday, and the moon dimly illuminates the landscape at night if conditions are clear.

People living in this “polar night” have adapted to the darkness using artificial light, but how ocean inhabitants cope remains to be seen. (more…)

Moving mountains

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2014Environment, Science3d modeling, andes mountains, Argentina, chilean border, claudio berti, debris, environmental impacts, erika schreiber, geologic consulting company, geological feature, google earth, icy landscape, lehigh university, metals, michael o neal, mining companies, moving mountains, renato kane, rock glacier, rock glacier dynamics, san juan province, university of delaware

Research in the Andes examines rock glacier dynamics for mining industry

When it comes to mining for copper and gold, prospectors will move mountains to make it happen. As in, physically dig up the rock, extract the precious metals and move the debris elsewhere.

In the chilly high altitudes of the Andes Mountains, however, what may look like part of a mountain can in fact be a huge, frozen block of rock fragments and ice. When some of that ice melts in the spring, these so-called “rock glaciers” become a valuable source of water for local populations. (more…)

Smart hydrogels

By Guest PostJanuary 18, 2014Scienceacs, americans, anti inflammatory activity, arthritis foundation, biomacromolecules, chandran sabanayagam, Chicago, darrin pochan, DNA, drug molecules, gel is biocompatible, high tension, hip joint, hyaluronic acid, knee, ligament tears, longxi xiao, mechanical force, osteoarthritis, ph, researchers, rush university, smart hydrogels, stimulate tissue regeneration, temperature, treatment efficacy, university of delaware, xinqiao jia, yingchao chen, zhixiang tong

UD-developed smart gels deliver medicine on demand

Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a “smart” hydrogel that can deliver medicine on demand, in response to mechanical force.

Over the past few decades, smart hydrogels have been created that respond to pH, temperature, DNA, light and other stimuli. (more…)

A Norwegian defense

By Guest PostJanuary 10, 2014Education, Science19th century, atlantic, brain cancer, characterization, christopher columbus, deni galileo, egil johnson, finland, glioblastoma cells, glioblastoma multiforme, iver langmoen, joel glover, juha jaaskelainen, kuopio university, mrinal joel, newark, norway, norwegian capital, norwegian defense, norwegians discovered america, oslo, ph d defense, small viking ships, stem cell, university of delaware, viking ship museum, xenotypic tissue environments

Brain cancer researcher travels to Oslo for dissertation defense

As winter weather hit Newark, Del., on Sunday, Dec. 8, a University of Delaware brain cancer researcher escaped the storm by traveling to Oslo, Norway, of all places.

The Norwegian capital also received its first snow of the season that day, but it only accumulated to about three inches, according to Deni Galileo, associate professor of biological sciences at UD. He traveled to Oslo to take part in the Ph.D. defense of Mrinal Joel, a University of Oslo doctoral student who, like Galileo, is working on the most lethal type of brain cancer, Glioblastoma multiforme. (more…)

Osher presentation

By Guest PostDecember 31, 2013Culturealexandra styron, american authors, cowboys, hunter college, indians, lifelong learning program, literature class, new york city, osher presentation, reading my father, sanford robbins, skype, tappan wilder, university of delaware, william styron

Skype session with author Alexandra Styron illuminates father’s work

A literature class at the University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning program in Lewes recently participated in an unexpected one-on-one conversation with Alexandra Styron about the life and work of her father, celebrated author William Styron, famous for novels like The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice.

A novelist in her own right, Alexandra Styron recounts her experiences growing up in a household often full of drama and turmoil in her memoir Reading My Father. (more…)

Big data and how to use it

By Guest PostDecember 28, 2013Economy, Technologybank of america, big data, bintong chen, bruce weber, charles riordan, chitra dorai, consumer analytics, courtney smith goodrich, data analytics, david schweidel, emory university, era, hannah montana, ifsa, industry applications, information systems, jason van hulse, jpmorgan chase, magic, nate silver, pratap manyam, raj venkatesan, Science, sequencing, skyrocketed, Technology, university of delaware

UD Consumer Analytics and Industry Applications conference discusses big data

In the era of big data come big questions about how to use it. These questions and more were the backdrop of the recent Consumer Analytics and Industry Applications conference, put on by the University of Delaware’s Institute for Financial Services Analytics (IFSA).

“We are living in a big data world,” said IFSA director and professor of business administration, Bintong Chen. The institute is a collaboration between UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, the College of Engineering and JPMorgan Chase. (more…)

The future of research universities

By Guest PostDecember 24, 2013Education, Science21st century, maryland, merit based system, moocs, patrick harker, problem based learning, research universities, time to innovation, united states, university of delaware, university system, usm, william kirwan

Maryland chancellor shares ideas to enhance effectiveness of America’s research universities

For research universities to produce the ideas and talent the United States needs in order to lead in the 21st century, they “must make a steady and persistent movement to adapt to the times,” according to William (Brit) Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland (USM).

Kirwan spoke on the future of research universities on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the University of Delaware. The talk, presented to a group of UD faculty and administrators, was designed to help set the scene and percolate new ideas as UD considers the next phase of its Path to Prominencestrategic plan, a process that will begin in the new year. (more…)

Blue carbon

By Guest PostDecember 19, 2013Environmentatmosphere, blue carbon, blue carbon ecosystems, carbon dioxide, caroline rogers, davis, deforesting the mangroves, Environment, global mangrove, greenhouse gases, james sanchirico, juha siikamaki, mangroves, natural solution, rff, subtropical coastlines, sunny jardine, tropical, u.s economy, united states, university of california, university of delaware, virgin islands

World’s mangroves, salt marshes hold potential for reducing carbon emissions

Mangroves, the dense forests found along tropical and subtropical coastlines, have some specialized trees that can take in air through their roots at low tide and excrete salt right out of their leaves. The unusual ecosystems can also absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, making them a natural solution for controlling greenhouse gases.

Disrupt them, however, and they’ll put that carbon right back into the atmosphere. (more…)

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