Stories about Research


IES Awards Lehigh Researchers $3.29 Million to Examine ADHD Behavioral Parent Education Program

The College of Education's George J. DuPaul, Lee Kern, Bridget V. Dever and the College of Business's Shin-Yi Chou will collaborate on the research.


New Microscopy Technique to Better Measure Electrical Potential in Nanomaterials

A new method from Lehigh's Xiaoji Xu significantly improves ability to characterize the electrical property of surface potential of nanomaterials.


Scientists Produce First Open Source All-Atom Models of COVID-19 'Spike' Protein

Wonpil Im creates the program where the models can be accessed.


COVID-19 Offers Lessons in How to Build a More Resilient Electricity Infrastructure

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is raising questions about the resiliency of the nation’s electricity infrastructure.

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Bound Together by Humanity

The Lehigh Humanities Lab fosters discourse and expands horizons for faculty and students across disciplines.

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Advancing Robotic Grasping, Dexterous Manipulation & Soft Robotics

Jeff Trinkle and his colleagues work to advance intrinsically safe soft robots, the future of human-machine collaboration.

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Improving Shared Decision-Making for Doctors and Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Jessecae Marsh investigates how people’s beliefs about causal relationships influence their thinking—and how an understanding of these beliefs might lead to better health outcomes.

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Rebecca Wang Examines Mobile Shopping and Customer Purchase Behavior

Wang studies the effect of mobile shopping on customer loyalty, frequency and order size.

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Scalable & Sustainable Photocatalyst Production

Steven McIntosh and his colleagues have demonstrated the utility of biomineralization to realize benign synthesis of functional materials for use in the energy sector.

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The Impact of Immigrant Students’ Critical Consciousness on Higher-Education Outcomes

Germán A. Cadenas studies the link between the development of critical consciousness and Hispanic DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students’ intent to persist at public universities.