- 2009-12-31 - A new process for creating ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and assembling them into large arrays offers new classes of lighting and display systems with interesting properties, such as see-through construction and mechanical flexibility, that would be impossible to...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Scott Silverman has received the 2009 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry given by the American Chemical Society's Division of Biological Chemistry. Scott will be presented the award (consisting of a bronze medal and honorarium) at the 238th National ACS Meeting in August in Washington D.C....Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - A new ink developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows them to write their own silver linings. The ink, composed of silver nanoparticles, can be used in electronic and optoelectronic applications to create flexible, stretchable and spanning microelectrodes that carry signals from...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Eric Oldfield, professor of chemistry, was selected for his contributions to biological magnetic resonance, including chemical shift analysis and development of anti-malarial drugs. Read more in the News Bureau article, or see the...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - A team of 24 researchers from the U.S., Europe, Taiwan and Japan and led by University of Illinois scientists has engineered a new anti-cancer agent that is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells than similar drugs used in recent clinical trials.Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - A team of 24 researchers from the U.S., Europe, Taiwan, and Japan, and led by University of Illinois scientists, has engineered a new anti-cancer agent that is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells than similar drugs used in recent clinical trials.Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Chad Rienstra received the International Conferences on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) Founders Medal in San Diego in 2008. The award cited Chad's innovative work in the area of solid-state NMR methodology and applications to determine protein structures. The ICMRBS Founders...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Dr. Jeff Moore and Philip A. Janowicz of Chemistry at Illinois have recently been featured in Nature for their online and interactive courses. To read the article, please see the Nature website.Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois is delighted to announce that Professor Catherine J. Murphy will be joining our faculty next fall. Cathy graduated magna cum laude (Bronze Tablet) from UIUC in 1986 with a double degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry. After...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - LAS News writer Doug Peterson has written an article regarding Carl "Speed" Marvel and the Rubber Project. Read more at the LAS News website.Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Dr. Ben McCall has won the Colblentz Award, given annually in the Molecular Spectroscopy Symposium at Ohio State. Read more about the Coblentz Award here, at their website: http://www.coblentz.org/COBLIST.HTMPosted:
- 2009-12-31 - Dr. Yi Lu and researchers have developed a new approach to cancer chemotherapy using short DNA strands to help target delivery of the drug directly to cancer cells, and 'call it off' should problems arise. Read more about this discovery in the...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Pathogen recognition is the foundation of the body's immune response and survival against infection. A small cell-receptor protein called DC-SIGN is part of the immune system, and recognizes certain pathogens, including those responsible for Ebola, Dengue fever and HIV. How the molecule binds to...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Corked Bats and Distortion Goggles In Chicago, LAS students tackle the science of sports.When a professional pitcher hurls a 90-mile-per-hour fastball, the batter has roughly 450 milliseconds to swing, 300 of which are taken up looking at the ball, figuring out where it is heading, and deciding...Posted:
- 2009-12-31 - Parachute cords, climbing ropes, and smart coatings for bridges that change color when overstressed are several possible uses for force-sensitive polymers being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois. The polymers contain mechanically active molecules called mechanophores. When...Posted: