NOV Dr. Yu delivered the award speech in Berlin for 2024 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of The Year in Engineering & Technology! See Falling Walls Foundation, Forschung & Lehre (Germany)!
NOV Dr. Yu was awarded '2024 SDG World Young Scientist Award' at World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS)!
OCT Our work on "Colloidal liquid metals for sustainable device cooling" published in Nature Nanotechnology was featured in UT News, Texas Engineering News, TMI News, ME News, Austin Journal, HoodLine, Tech Xplore, Public Now, MSN.com, KnowRidge Science Report, Texas Energy Report, Power Electronics World, Hacker News, Data Center Dynamics, Reddit, ENERZINE, The University Network (TUN), WinFuture, BaxTel, MSN News, Tom's Hardware, PC Gamer, Yahoo! Tech, Tech Spot, HardZone.es, Professional Review, EcoInventors, Digital Trends, ZME Science, Extreme Tech, InkL, Patently Apple, Science Alert, Cloud Computing News,
SEP Gizmodo features our research work on "Oil spill cleanup tech" as TOP 10 Gizmodo Science Fair Winner!
SEP Falling Walls Foundation just announced Dr. Yu was selected as 2024 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of The Year Winner in Engineering & Technology! See Texas Engineering News, Forschung & Lehre !
SEP Our research work on "Single-atom nanocages for electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis" was selected to feature in current Nature Reviews Materials!
SEP BBC News features our research work on "Oil spill cleanup tech"!
SEP Farm World Magazine features our research on "Self-watering and self-fertilizing hydrogels for sustainable agriculture"! Women Love Tech,
AUG Dr. Yu was selected as 2024 Falling Walls Science Global Winner in Engineering & Technology catogery! See Texas Engineering News, UT ME News, TMI/MSE News.
AUG Texas Standard features our research on "Smart Soil Can Water and Feed Itself" (KUT Public Radio)!
JUL Anthropocene Magazine features our research on "Self-watering and self-fertilizing hydrogels for sustainable agriculture" as 'A scientific leap towards smart soils'!
JUL Our research on "Self-watering and self-fertilizing hydrogels for sustainable agriculture" published in ACS Materials Letter was highlighted by UT News, UT Discovery, Texas Engineering News, ME News, TMI News, Phys.org, ScienMag, Bioengineer.org, ScienceDaily, New Atlas, The Brighter Side, Only Good News, WP Tech, Olhar Digital, Vietnam Agriculture, 163.com, G4Food, Farms.com, Yahoo!News, Seed Daily, Technology Networks, Earth.com, Knowledge Science, MSN.com, News Break, OtherWeb, Architexturez, Impact Lab, Wonderful Engineering, Boy Genius Report, Alberta WaterPortal, India TV Fosaac, MIT CAT Trends, AR15.com, Good Good News, Gate2 Biotech, Focus.pl, Bundle.app, TV5.tr, TechPedia, TNN Thailand, SiamPhone, Daily Geek, Mundo E-Tech, The Cool Down, MSN, Yahoo!,
JUN Falling Walls selects Dr. Yu and our research on Solar-Powered Water Purification and Harvesting Techs among '2024 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough Award in Science and Technology'!
JUN Texas Global features our work on water-harvesting gels as 'Breakthrough Tech for Water Access'!
MAY Our research on "Biomass-based Sustainable Smart Windows" was selected to highlight by Association of American Universities (AAU)!
APR Our research work on "Biomass-based Sustainable Smart Windows" was selected to feature in current April issue in PNAS!
APR Our research work on "Biomass-based Sustainable Smart Windows" published in PNAS was highlighted by UT News, Texas Engineering News, ME News, TMI News, Austin Journal, Al Jazzeera, CEC News, Today Headline, Tech Xplore, Mirage News, Phys.Org, Physics Forum, PR Newswire, Life Science Network, Fresh Plaza, Science X, TiiSys.com, Morning News, KNowridge Science, Fresh Market,
APR Dr Yu was recently featured by People Magazine as Climate Warrior to Tackle Clean Water Challenges in their Earth Day Special!
APR Dr. Yu was elected into 2023 Class of AAAS Fellows nationally! AAAS News, Science News, UT News, Texas Engineering, Austin Journal, TMI News, ME News.
FEB Congrats to Chuxin Lei for winning the prestigious UT University Graduate Continuing Fellowship!
FEB Several of our research papers on hydrogels-based atmospheric water harvesting, self-watering soils, and solar water evaporation have been featured in "Celebrating 5Years of ACS Materials Letters' special collections.
JAN Our research work on "Bio-Based Gel Filter for Sustainable Water Purification" published in Nature Sustainability was highlighted by UT News, Texas Engineering News, ME News, TMI News, Nature Sustainability Commun., KXAN, EurekAlert!, Science Daily, New Atlas, The Engineer (UK), The Debrief, Tech Xplore, Gizmag, ElectronicsForU, CompsMag, Phys.Org, Physics World, Mirage News, Life Technology, World Water News, Science X, Azo CleanTech, Technology Network, Water Online, Labroots, Engineers Ireland, Industrial Intel, Knowridge Science, Link Researcher, Seed Daily, Verve Times, One News Page, Terra Daily, Eurasia Review, Open Access Government, South China Morning Post, What's New, HoodLine, ScienMag, Tii News, Swift Telecast, BioEngineer.Org, DPA Magazine, Super Innovators, Inside Water, The PAW, Smart Water Magazine, Crast.net, Filtration and Separation, Inquirer Technology, NetEASE (163.com), NanoER, X-MOL, Tencent.com (QQ), Zhihu.com, NetBig.top, Yahoo! News, SterliTech, AquaA, News Nation, BNN Breaking,
JAN Our research work on "Oil-Capturing Technology" published in Nature Sustainability was selected as Top 5 Research Breakthroughs in Texas Engineer!