Research news

Researchers at Tufts describe a novel motility mechanism that allows swimming cells to escape from viscous environments.

Inspired by a hospital stay, a Tufts team creates a better and cheaper ultraviolet C light device for indoor spaces.

Alternative leather manufacturing moves towards sustainable sources and environmentally friendly chemical processes.

Associate Professor Qiaobing Xu and colleagues design a lipidoid nanoparticle to enhance immune system response to in situ cancer vaccination.

Protecting privacy and building trust, as well as improving the technology, will be key to success, says Bridge Professor Susan Landau.

ZwitterCo, a wastewater treatment solutions provider with Tufts roots, received $5.9 million in financing to scale its innovative filtration membrane.

Associate Professor Mark Hempstead and colleagues were nominated for the ISPASS 2021 Best Paper Award for their research on distributing deep learning recommendation models across multiple servers.

In research published in Nature Communications, a computer model developed by Tufts researchers and colleagues shows that human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impact.

Professor Emeritus Steven Chapra and alum Dr. Kyle Flynn, EG14, received the 2021 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award from the ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute.