Oct 31, 2019
New UD study looks to improve forecasts for when beachgoers face greatest risk From 2010 through 2017, more than 2,000 surf zone injury events, including 196 spinal injuries and six fatalities, were recorded at Delaware’s five most frequented beaches: Cape Henlopen...
Oct 28, 2019
Article by Karen B. Roberts |Photo by Evan Krape UD-invented technology selectively filters perchlorate from water Click here to watch video. In June, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a request for public comment on a proposed rule for regulating...
Jun 4, 2019
15 UD students, alumni earn support for future work The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recently awarded fellowships to a University of Delaware graduate student, six members of UD’s just-graduated class of 2019 and eight...
May 6, 2019
Engineering professor studies effectiveness of retrofits to strengthen concrete structures The most recent major earthquake to hit the United States shook the ground around Anchorage, Alaska on Nov. 30, 2018. Jovan Tatar, an assistant professor of civil and...
Feb 25, 2019
Researchers find pond bacteria grows faster during the day, suggest a genetic explanation Some of the bacteria that live in ponds, lakes and other freshwater environments grow faster during the day, even though they don’t take in sunlight as an energy source,...
Oct 3, 2018
UD engineers partner with Delaware Solid Waste Authority to reduce food waste in landfills You probably throw out more food than you realize. Food waste makes up 21.6 percent of municipal waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “This is not a good use...
