Department of Chemistry News

Brain-on-a-chip simulated models hold the potential to revolutionize and accelerate the way new drugs are discovered.

Neighbors see Kathleen Loftin ’89 ’00MS ’09PhD growing tropical fruit in her yard. Little do they know that she’s also guiding research to grow food on the moon.

An ethanol fuel cell produces less emissions and uses less fuel than combustion engines, doesn’t require recharging like battery-powered technology, and may offer an alternative to hydrogen fuel cells.

The Jump Start Fund is one of three funds the president made available as part of his investment program to help position UCF as the world’s leading public metropolitan research university.

The material offers the high performance and stability needed for industrial-scale electrolysis, which could produce a clean energy fuel from seawater.

The technique uses nickel-platinum nanoparticles to increase the sensitivity of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or ELISA, that is used to test for the presence of cancers, HIV and more.

The material’s nanostructure design is based on how honeybees and other pollinators can manipulate pollen using microstructures and electric fields.

The method uses infrared light spectroscopy and can be used in a portable, tabletop device.

Adulterated food results in people paying more for their food than it’s worth, as sometimes foods are bulked up with less expensive filler products.