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New chemical engineering application expands possibilities for targeted drug delivery
Jeni Bushman
A new avenue for targeted drug delivery has been proposed by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Their findings, published in Materials Today Bio…
Could nanoplastics in the environment turn E. coli into a bigger villain?
Lauren Quinn
Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they’re in our food, our water, and our bodies.…
AI-human task-sharing could cut mammography screening costs by up to 30%
Phil Ciciora
The most effective way to harness the power of artificial intelligence when screening for breast cancer may be through collaboration with human radiologists — not by wholesale…
Harnessing generative AI to expand the mitochondrial targeting toolkit
Katie Brady
The mitochondrion, often referred to as the powerhouse of the cell, plays critical roles in cellular function, making it a prime organelle to target for fundamental studies,…
Genomic survey uncovers evolutionary origins of secretoglobins
Katie Brady
At a conference in Washington D.C. in 2000, the secretoglobin super family of proteins was named to classify proteins with structural similarities to its founding member…
How baby pigs are shaping science
Sydney Friedman
When piglets don’t get enough milk in the first weeks of life, the chances of them thriving dramatically decline. In the U.S. pork production system, piglets with limited…
Illinois research shows benefits of prairie grass for sustainable aviation fuel
Lauren Quinn
Switchgrass has gripped Midwestern soils for millions of years, but soon, the earthbound prairie grass could fly. New studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
Four Illinois faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thomas Bruch
Four faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, including one from IGB, have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,…
New approach makes AI adaptable for computer vision in crop breeding
Diana Yates
Scientists developed a machine-learning tool that can teach itself, with minimal external guidance, to differentiate between aerial images of flowering and nonflowering grasses…
