2008-12-31 - Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at the University of Illinois who cooked up the novel, self-healing system.

2008-12-31 - John Katzenellenbogen has received the RSC Centenary Lectureship. "Financed by the Centenary Fund which was founded to celebrate the Centenary of the Chemical Society, for the purpose of promoting interchange of chemists between Britain and overseas countries and of financing the annual appointment of three Centenary Lecturers, who would normally visit a number of centres in the British Isles."...

2008-09-26 - Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions.

2008-08-28 - Paul Hergenrother and Brian Cummings research has recently been reviewed in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World magazine. Read the article here.

2008-08-18 - The White Group's article 'A General and Highly Selective Chelate-Controlled Intermolecular Oxidative Heck Reaction' was in the July 31, 2008 edition of C&E News.

2008-08-11 - Martin Gruebele's research into the properties of water and protein folding has been reviewed in numerous scientific and non-scientific articles from around the world. To read more on this exciting new research, please visit one of the pages listed below: Science Centric ...

2008-06-17 - Charity Flener of Hartford, Ky., who plans to conduct research at Philipps-Universitat in Marburg, Germany, has just been awarded a 2008-2009 scholarship by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Flener is a doctoral candidate in chemistry studying with professors Gregory Girolami and...

2008-04-11 - Chad Rienstra has been selected by the SCS Committee on Staff to receive the 2008 SCS Teaching Award. This award recognizes the entire scope of SCS educational efforts, from course development to in-class instruction.

2008-04-07 - Dr. Thomas Rauchfuss, professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Illinois, is an expert on the synthesis of hydrogenase active site mimics. His expertise has been called upon in the latest search for an alternative fuel. See how Dr. Rauchfuss is helping to explore the possibility of using algae a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Read the articles here:...

2008-03-10 - Six Urbana campus faculty members have been recognized as University Scholars. The program recognizes excellence while helping to identify and retain the university's most talented teachers, scholars and researchers. Now in its 22nd year, the program provides $10,000 to each scholar for each of three years to use to enhance his or her academic career. The money may be used for travel, equipment,...

2007-12-31 - Jaclyn Murphy, a student in the Hartwig Group , has won the 2007-2008 Nelson J. Leonard ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship with her essay: "Recent Developments in Methodologies Utilizing Silylboranes".

2007-12-31 - Dr. M. Christina White and student Mark Chen's new research into predictably selective aliphatic C-H oxidation for complex molecule synthesis that recently appeared in Science has been covered in six news articles.

2007-12-31 - Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a new study of mechanoluminescence revealed extensive atomic and molecular spectral emission not previously seen in a mechanoluminescence event.

2007-12-31 - Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves.

2007-12-31 - Polymer glasses are versatile plastics widely used in applications ranging from aircraft windshields to DVDs.