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Chemistry researchers are part of first cohort of CZ Biohub Chicago investigators

The Chan Zuckerburg Biohub Chicago has announced its first cohort of investigators, 48 innovative scientists and engineers hailing from three partner universities, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, and University of Chicago. The cohort includes...

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Study: Faster charge transfer mechanism could lead to better energy conversion devices

Solar has emerged in recent years as the fastest growing renewable energy source in the United States, spurred in part by great improvements in technology that help turn light from the sun into electricity more efficiently. But there is also a push to use light to do chemistry. Like electricity,...

Rebecca Ulrich receives ACS Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship

The American Chemical Society has awarded Rebecca Ulrich of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the 15th Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024–2026. Ulrich will conduct her fellowship studies with Deborah Hung of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA, starting in September...

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New tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically responsive materials

A research team led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chemists has developed an easy-to-use intuitive tool that could help in the design of new mechanophores with a range of practical applications in materials science and organic synthesis due to their ability to change physically or...

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New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes

By Diana Yates, Illinois News Bureau Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while sparing healthy microbes in the mouse gut. The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off...

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Spotlight: Flygare, Willis H. (1936-1981)

University of Illinois colleagues remember Bill Flygare as "one of the most creative and dynamic physical chemists in the world." Shortly before his death in 1981, Professor Flygare was awarded the Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics and was cited for: "outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular electronic structure and molecular dynamics through the introduction of high resolution microwave techniques and other innovations; for his many contributions in other fields including light scattering in and structure of liquids; for setting an example of combined theoretical...