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The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration

  • $20 million statewide grant to further plasma research, synthesize novel materials and improve technologies in manufacturing industries
    UAB will be a fundamental player in the Alabama jurisdiction of the program, which has just five awardees, with primary goals of improving scientific research and building workforce capacity.
  • Micron-sized hydrogel cubes show highly efficient delivery of a potent anti-cancer drug
    This active drug-delivery system addresses the limitations seen for the anti-cancer drug BA-TPQ — poor solubility and low bioavailability.
  • Working under pressure: Diamond micro-anvils made by UAB will produce immense pressures to make new materials
    UAB researchers will use pressures greater than those found at the center of the Earth to create as yet unknown new materials.
  • Physics Opens New Class 7000 Cleanroom Featuring Diamond-Based Sensor
    The Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration (CNMB), located within the Department of Physics, has a new Class 7000 Cleanroom.
  • UAB to Host NSF and NASA Summer Programs
    Fifteen undergraduates from universities across the country will be on campus as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)  Summer Program from May 19-July 25.
  • UAB and BBA partner to win prestigious $600,000 NSF Partnership for Innovation grant
    The NSF will support a UAB/BBA collaboration through a $600,000 award — the first Partnership for Innovation grant ever given in Alabama.
  • Nobel laureate to give special colloquium at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
    Nobel laureate and renowned speaker Roald Hoffmann, Ph.D., will lead a colloquium on the "chemical imaginiation."
  • UAB researchers reach crucial milestone in quest for lifelong joint replacement devices

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