• In Major Materials Breakthrough, UVA Team Solves a Nearly 200-Year-Old Challenge in Polymers

    UVA researchers’ new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn’t sacrifice stretchability for stiffness.

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  • Whose Robot Conquered the Cardboard Course, Taking Home the Coveted Golden Duckies?

    A professor’s annual classroom competition pits student programming of turtle-like robots in time trials, with penalty points added for imprecision as the ’bots maneuver through a carboard maze.

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  • Shaping the Future: New Leaders Join UVA Engineering Board at Fall Meeting

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  • Common Way To Test for Leaks in Large Language Models May Be Flawed

    Large language models may need a more sophisticated way to test for potential leakiness of sensitive information.

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  • UVA Study Uncovers Key Heart Responses to Viral Infection

    New insights could change the game for treating viral heart infections and preventing heart failure.

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  • The Challenge and Innovation of Underwater Search and Rescue

    Rescue divers still sometimes rely on rope signals to communicate with their surface guides. This expert diver — and UVA systems engineering Ph.D. student — has a better way.

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  • UVA Model Advances Rational Design of More Effective Maternal Vaccines for Newborns

    Assistant professor Sepideh Dolatshahi and Ph.D. student Remziye Wessel lead research on vaccines that may help save more lives. 

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