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ARPA-E awards $4.5M to develop commercial carbon credit tools

Lauren Quinn

The University of Illinois has been awarded $4.5 million from the U.S.

Cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution

Diana Yates

Every human cell harbors its own defenses against microbial invaders, relying on strategies that date back to some of the earliest events in the history of life, researchers…

New IGB Research Theme Aims To Improve Reproductive Health

Alisa King

Environmental exposures, particularly during pregnancy, can have long-lasting and devastating health impacts and exert long-ranging effects on maternal and child health.

Collaborative team awarded $12.5 million for new NSF Biology Integration Institute

GEMS

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a five-year, $12.5 million grant to integrate biology to a collaborative team based in the Carl R.

Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

As COVID-19 continues to spread, bottlenecks in supplies and laboratory personnel have led to long waiting times for results in some areas.

Illinois study tracks evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations

Lauren Quinn

Since COVID-19 began its menacing march across Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and then across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has taken a “whatever works” strategy to ensure…

Personalizing Cancer Diagnostics

Lizzie Roehrs

When assessing whether or not a tumor is benign or cancerous, a needle biopsy is the usual method of diagnosis.

Advanced biofuels show real promise for replacing some fossil fuels

Mary Guiden, Colorado State University

Biofuel and bioenergy systems are integral to scenarios for displacing fossil fuel use and producing negative emissions through carbon capture and storage.

In times of ecological uncertainty, brood parasites hedge their bets

Diana Yates

Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species and let the host parents raise their young.

Cowpea research boosts canopy CO2 assimilation, water-use efficiency

Amanda Nguyen

Crops grow dense canopies that consist of several layers of leaves--the upper layers with younger sun leaves and the lower layers with older shaded leaves that may have…

Illinois Team Tracks COVID ‘Spike’ Protein for 2020 iGEM Competition

Julie Wurth

UPDATE: The Illinois team’s “Viralizer” web tool brought home a silver medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) 2020 compet