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Computing the best high-resolution 3-D tissue images
Real-time, 3-D microscopic tissue imaging could be a revolution for medical fields such as cancer diagnosis, minimally invasive surgery and ophthalmology. University of…
New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier
Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois. The new antibiotic, an…
Team discovers how bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic
A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common “housekeeping” enzyme…
Insects Have Personalities Too, Research on Honey Bees Indicates
A new study in Science suggests that thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates. Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure. The…
Team discovers microbes speciating
Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes parted ways. They began evolving into different species – despite…
Lemelson-MIT $30,000 Illinois Student Prize Finalist
The University of Illinois has always been an incubator for innovation and entrepreneurship. Students and faculty alike have invented products, created new processes and…
Gene Robinson Named IGB Director
University of Illinois entomologist and neuroscientist Gene E. Robinson has been named director of the Institute for Genomic Biology, pending approval of the University of…
Abbott and University of Illinois Establish Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory
ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and URBANA, Ill., Dec. 19, 2011 — Abbott and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced today they have established the first-ever multi-…
Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory (CNLM) Request for Proposals
The Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory (CNLM), established in a partnership between Abbott and the University of Illinois, requests proposals in a Grand Challenge…