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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…
Researchers Discover a New Type of Biomaterial for Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment
Florence Lin
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small particles secreted by cells, which inherit molecules from the parent cell. They have shown promise for the treatment of different…
DNA origami guides new possibilities in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Lois Yoksoulian
One of the challenges of fighting pancreatic cancer is finding ways to penetrate the organ’s dense tissue to define the margins between malignant and normal tissue. A new study…
Researchers discover a way to reduce waste and save energy in making an industrial chemical
Tracy Crane
Sometimes less is more.
That’s what chemistry researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign discovered as they were developing a new chemical reaction…
CABBI Team Deploys Robotic Lab to Revolutionize Plant Bioengineering
Julie Wurth
As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more vulnerable to stress. While traditional breeding…
Genomics for Faith explores the theory of evolution
Katie Brady
The Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology recently hosted its sixth installment of the Genomics for Faith series. During the workshop, scientists and faith leaders…
