The quest to build a better battery
Improved energy-storage technology promises a cleaner, brighter, more efficient future. Find out how Tufts engineers are leading the way.
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New approaches for challenging separations
As part of a series on up-and-coming researchers, Assistant Professor Ayse Asatekin (pictured), postdoctoral scholar Ilin Sadeghi, EG18, and Papatya Kaner, EG18, published findings on ways to control and expand membrane selectivity in Chemistry
A catalyst for conversion
Tufts-led research on a breakthrough in methane conversion was featured in APS Science 2017.
Remembering Monte Haymon
Monte Haymon, Tufts alumnus, former Tufts trustee, and Board of Advisors member, passed away this year.
Women in nanotechnology
Research led by Tufts engineers on highly selective membrane filters with applications in chemical purification was featured in a special issue of the journal ACS Nano on women-led investigations.
Battery advances
In the journal Advanced Energy Materials, Associate Professor Matthew Panzer and alumnus Anthony D'Angelo, EG18, published findings on a new class of fully zwitterionic polymer-supported gel electrolytes that could lead to safer lithium batteries.
The place of women in biotech
As part of WBUR's BioBoom series, Paula Soteropoulos, E89, J89, EG90, A20P, President and CEO of Akcea Therapeutics, and an honored speaker at Commencement, discussed the growing role of women in biotechnology and life sciences in the Boston area.
The (paper-) nose knows
In a new paper, researchers printed chemoresponsive dyes and chemiresistive inks on paper to develop a "paper-nose" optoelectronic sensor for volatile gases in air.
A feat of reverse engineering
Findings by Tufts researchers on genetically modified yeast are featured in NSF Science Now, a weekly video series from the National Science Foundation.