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Read article: Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry
A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to infect them, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Dubbed the NanoGripper,...
Read article: John A. Katzenellenbogen honored at event hosted by alumni
John A. Katzenellenbogen honored at event hosted by alumni
In honor of the 80th birthday of chemistry Prof. John Katzenellenbogen, several alumni of his research group organized a scientific symposium that was held Nov. 8-9 on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus where he has been a faculty member for over 50 years. More than 70 alumni of...
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Read article: Scott Denmark elected a Center for Advanced Study professor
Scott Denmark elected a Center for Advanced Study professor
Scott E. Denmark, Reynold C. Fuson Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a Center for Advanced Study professor. Prof. Denmark is one of seven new CAS professors elected in November. The others are Lisa Ainsworth, Plant Biology;...
Read article: Nicholas E. Jackson wins 2024 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award
Nicholas E. Jackson wins 2024 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award
Nicholas E. Jackson has won the 2024 Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum's Young Investigator Award.  Jackson, assistant professor of chemistry and Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors Scholar, was cited...
Read article: Liviu Mirica awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant
Liviu Mirica awarded an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant
The American Chemical Society's Board of Directors has awarded Petroleum Research Fund grants to 126 researchers, including chemistry professor Liviu M. Mirica, in the second application round of 2024. Mirica said this award from the ACS...

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Worth H. Rodebush

Spotlight: Rodebush, Worth H. (1887-1959)

Worth Huff Rodebush was born on a farm near Selden, Kansas in 1887. As his biographers stated, "The child of a frontier, rural society which had little interest in pure science, he became part of the scholarly community which developed modern physical chemistry." Rodebush received his PhD in 1917 while working with Wendell Latimer at the University of California, Berkeley. With Latimer, he developed the concept and theory of the hydrogen bond. He joined the Chemistry Department at the University of Illinois as an Associate Professor in charge of the Division of Physical Chemistry in 1921....