A fungal fix for drug insolubility

More than 40 percent of potential new drugs fail in preclinical trials, says Bryan Berger, and another 30 to 40 percent are disqualified during the first phase of clinical testing.

Crossing a critical threshold

Researchers from Lehigh University, Japan and Canada have advanced a step closer to the dream of all-optical data transmission by building and demonstrating what they call the "world's first fully functioning single crystal waveguide in glass."

Lighting the way for structural resistance to fire

Assistant professor Spencer Quiel is not a firefighter, but part of his job serves to keep fires from causing severe damage to our buildings and bridges.

In developing engineering tools and techniques to enhance structural resistance to fire, Quiel is bringing a new perspective to the field, and to Lehigh research that supports our global infrastructure.

The complexity of dinosaur teeth

When it comes to the three-horned dinosaur called the Triceratops, science is showing the ancient creatures might have been more complex than we thought.

Deconstructing the bloot clot

From shaving nicks to paper cuts to lacerations, every rupture of a blood vessel triggers a chain reaction of sensing, signaling, anchoring and clustering as the body’s cells and proteins mobilize to form a blood clot.

Lehigh launches Data X initiative

According to government estimates, there will be 1.4 million new jobs in computing by the year 2020. However, only 400,000 college graduates will be qualified to fill them.

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