Timothy M. Swager, a professor of chemistry and head of the department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named this week as the winner of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for ...

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Two University of Delaware chemistry professors were recently inducted as fellows into the National Academy of Inventors for their work. The late Richard Heck was honored for his invention of what’s ...

Kevlar is a synthetic fabric used in bullet-proof vests. The repeating ring-like structures of the polymer in Kevlar are perfectly aligned and connected with each other inside each fiber. Then the ...