News

1. Human Lung Defense

• https://www.bbc.com/news/health-19357090
• https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-human-lungs-intruders.html
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120823143049.htm

2. Programmable Cell Assembly

• https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2022/01/uva-researchers-advance-bi...
• https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/01/minecraft-inspired-techniq...
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935366

3. Adaptive Soft Materials

• Tough, self-healing rubber: Potential applications include more durable tires, wearable electronics, medical devices
• Eliminating entanglements: A new strategy towards ultra-soft yet dry rubber
• Extremely soft, 3D printable elastomers: https://engineering.virginia.edu/news/2021/05/research-team-develops-new...
• https://federallabs.org/news/uva-and-bnl-collaborate-on-3d-printable-ela...

4. Lab News

• Stretching possibilities: Researcher imagines super rubber, and has a strategy to make it 
• CAREER Award: Running Hot and Cold: Liheng Cai Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Award to Develop Polymeric Material to Control the Types of Energy Streaming into Windows with the Flick of a Switch