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Genomic Biology
The New York Times (April 19) – Variations in how mammals function may explain why most species are promiscuous, why a few are monogamous – and why some, like humans, are…
Ruby Mendenhall
Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning, and Social Work (CGRH/GNDP) received the Black Metropolis Research…
Mechanical Science and Engineering
Bloomberg (April 5) – Boeing Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. are investing in a startup to develop an electric-powered aircraft with the potential to transform short-haul…
Entomology
Australian Financial Review (Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 21) – Gene Robinson, a honey bee expert and the director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at Illinois…
New tool RODEO captures breadth of microbial biosynthetic potential
Claudia Lutz
In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely on the bounty of the natural world. Some microbes make us sick, some keep us healthy,…
Study Yields Insights into Human, Dog Migration in the Americas
Diana Yates.
A new study suggests that dogs may have first successfully migrated to the Americas only about 10,000 years ago, thousands of years after the first human migrants crossed a…
Study Shows Different Species Share a "Genetic Toolkit" for Behavioral Traits
Diana Yates.
The house mouse, stickleback fish and honey bee appear to have little in common, but at the genetic level these creatures respond in strikingly similar ways to danger,…
IGB Art of Science Images Featured at O’Hare Airport
Travelers passing through O’Hare International Airport can now enjoy beautiful imagery from the pioneering research taking place at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the…
Cracking How Life Arose on Earth May Help Clarify Where Else It Might Exist
Claire Sturgeon
A unique theory about how life arose on Earth may reveal clues to whether and where else it might have arisen in the universe.
Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet…