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Bold Ideas, Better Outcomes

Scientific discoveries made by biomedical and bioengineering researchers at UNH over the past five years are transforming how a range of complex health conditions — from cancer and chronic wounds to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s — are being diagnosed, treated and... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Goldwater scholarships
    - Golden Opportunity
    Two students from the University of New Hampshire recently received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate award for science, math,... Read More
  • UNH professor Jeffrey Halpern stands outside Kingsbury Hall
    - Boosting Biomanufacturing
    Researchers in UNH’s Surface Enhanced Electrochemical Diagnostic Sensors (SEEDS) Lab have received an EPSCoR grant from the National Science Foundation for close to $6 million to... Read More
  • Cone snail shell on a black background.
    - Treating Diabetes with Snail Venom?
    The venom of the cone snail is a possible, if unlikely, source for a treatment for diabetes, UNH researchers have found. Read More
  • Side by side headshots of two male professors
    - Wound Healing Trailblazers
    Two chemical engineering professors have received a National Institutes of Health “Trailblazer” award for a project that aims to improve chronic wound healing. Read More
  • Sam_Mercer_Goldwater Recipient
    - Wise Beyond His Years
    Sam Mercer '23, a chemical engineering major from Sanford, Maine, has received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate award for science... Read More
  • Associate Professor Harish Vashisth
    - Reactions in Action
    New UNH research has uncovered a novel way of studying protein interactions which may improve the efficacy of a class of drugs — called allosteric drugs — that treat diabetes,... Read More
  • Research Boost
    - Research Boost
    Chemical engineering professor Harish Vashisth has received a prestigious early career grant from the NIH, with which he'll further research that could lead to the development of... Read More
  • Scientific illustration of protease inhibitor
    - COVID Collaboration
    UNH has launched six new interdisciplinary research projects aimed at addressing the challenges of coronavirus. Read More
  • Ali Asghar '20
    - Good Energy
    There are times in the Pakistani neighborhood where Ali Asghar ’20 grew up that the electricity still goes out for hours; sometimes, half the day. It is estimated that some 50... Read More
  • Tan Dao ‘20
    - 10 Weeks with DOE
    The expression “a cast of thousands” could be applied to the volume of applicants the Department of Energy (DOE) receives each year for internships at one of its 17 laboratories. Read More