Jan. 19: Understanding Cavitation Damage in Soft Tissues and Gels

AMHERST, Mass. – One of the least-studied factors in traumatic brain damage and other soft-tissue injuries is the focus of a new, four-year, $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research. A team led by polymer scientist Alfred Crosby at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, San Diego, will study cavitation, the sudden expansion of bubbles in a material.