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Turning plastic waste into fuel
Article by Hillary Hoffman | September 22, 2025
UD researchers and collaborators develop new catalyst to accelerate upcycling of plastics
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Mapping out the heliosphere, Earth’s protective bubble
Article by Beth Miller | September 18, 2025
UD’s Matthaeus helps shape NASA’s IMAP mission, launching this month
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Informing landscape decisions
Article by Katie Peikes | September 18, 2025
UD student helps launch new landscape maintenance tool

Research & Innovation

Turning discovery into meaningful impact
Revolutionary thinking—it’s part of our DNA at UD. Our first students in 1743 helped found this nation.
Today, we’re marshaling that daring spirit and our expertise in science, engineering, the social sciences, arts and humanities to address new challenges.
We’re innovating clean cars and clean fuels, giving mobility to youngsters with disabilities, conserving the precious artifacts of our collective global heritage, and creating life-changing inventions right at your fingertips—did you know our touchpad technology made your smartphone possible? Explore the exciting research we’re leading and the entrepreneurial ecosystem we’re building.

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Looking into the body’s essential couriers
Article by Beth Miller | September 10, 2025
UD undergraduate student explores proteins that may help to shape red blood cells
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Student research yields fresh ideas for historic Wilmington burial ground
Article and photo by Beth Miller | September 12, 2025
UD’s Whitcomb lays groundwork for Riverview Cemetery five-year plan
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Do you really need to read to learn?
Article by Stephanie N. Del Tufo | Originally published in The Conversation | September 11, 2025
What neuroscience says about reading versus listening


