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2008-12-31 - Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals.

2008-12-31 - A simple iron complex made by Roman Boulatov's research team could pave the way for new oxygen reduction catalysts with potential uses in low-temperature fuel cells and may offer an alternative to expensive platinum catalysts currently used.

2008-12-31 - Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing coatings being developed at the University of Illinois. The new coatings are designed to better protect materials from the effects of environmental exposure. Applications range from automotive paints and marine varnishes...

2008-12-31 - It takes years of training, experience and chemical ingenuity to be able to make a small complex molecule. A typical natural product might contain a handful of aromatic rings, a stretch of multiple double bonds, and the odd heterocycle, all sprinkled with several chiral centres. Stitching these together in the laboratory is no easy task. In comparison, however, peptides are routinely made by...

2008-12-31 - Two researchers at the University of Illinois – Martin D. Burke and Nicholas X. Fang – have been chosen as two of the world’s 35 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, the world’s oldest technology magazine.

2008-12-31 - Dr. Martin Burke of Chemistry at Illinois has recently been profiled and interviewed by The Scientist Magazine. Read the whole article here.

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:...