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A new light-controlled hydrogel developed at 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 mimics the movement and flexibility of real tissue, giving scientists a more realistic way to study cells and disease.
Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD Student Bruce Kirkpatrick was honored with the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award. His hydrogel research supports technologies that enable 3D cell culture for tissue engineering and disease modeling, as well as acellular biomaterials for applications like controlled release of drugs or vaccines.
Engineers at 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 have designed a new, rubber-like film that can leap high into the air like a grasshopper鈥攁ll on its own and without needing outside intervention. Just heat it up and watch it jump! The researchers describe their achievement Jan. 18 in the journal Science Advances. They say that similar materials could one day help embody 鈥渟oft robots鈥 (those that don鈥檛 need gears or other hard components to move) to leap or lift.
Hayden Fowler, a graduate student in Gallogly Professor Timothy White鈥檚 Responsive and Programmable Materials Group, is the first author on a research paper published in Advanced Materials concerning the temperature-independent electrical actuation of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), which are soft, stimuli-responsive materials with potential applications in soft robotics, artificial muscles and more.
Professors Michael McGehee and Timothy White.The department is pleased to welcome two new professors to the faculty: Michael D. McGehee and Timothy J. White.McGehee joins the department from Stanford University, where he has served on the materials