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Two University of Delaware students have fashioned a biodegradable shoe using mushrooms, chicken feathers and textile waste. The prototype shoe consists of a mycelium-based sole, covered with vegan 'leather,' and an all-natural cotton fabric top.
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The biodegradable shoes are a response to a fashion industry that typically produces a lot of waste.
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Through simulations and experiments, the research team showed that a porous membrane stifled the formation of dendrites in lithium metal batteries.
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Post-doctoral fellow Philip Saponaro demonstrates the imaging technology being developed in the VIMS lab, which picks up signals from a person in the camera's view.
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Imaging Tech Helps Soldiers Spot Explosive Devices
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University of Delaware researchers made the University logo using their newly developed polymerization technique.
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Fuel-cell vehicles offer several advantages over battery-powered cars, but costs have been an obstacle. A new paper shows how an alternative technology could give fuel cells greater traction in the quest for zero-emissions vehicles.
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University of Delaware researcher Guoquan Huang has received a National Science Foundation grant to design attack-resilient micro aerial vehicles.
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Attack-Resistant Micro Drones
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Research by the University of Delaware's Thomas H. Epps, III, and his team documents the design of low-cost, high-performance wood-based polymers. The wood comes from waste from the pulp and paper industry.
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Wood-Based Polymers Made from Waste
Waste from the pulp and paper business definitely ticks the cost box as the industry is eager to get rid of this plentiful waste product.
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The University of Delaware's Mark Moline has co-authored a paper in Robotics on the advantage of linking multi-sensor systems aboard autonomous underwater vehicles to enable the vehicle to synthesize data in real-time so that it can independently make decisions about what action to take next.
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