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2005-11-17 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — John Rogers, a professor of materials science and engineering and chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named to the 2005 Scientific American 50, a list of people and organizations whose contributions to science and technology are recognized by Scientific American, the nation's premier science magazine. Rogers, who is also a Founder Professor of...

2005-11-03 -   Dana Dlott was recently made a Fellow of the AAAS. He was recognized for fundamental studies of vibrational energy in molecular solids and liquids using novel methods of laser spectroscopy having ultrahigh temporal and spatial resolution. Professor Dlott joined the chemistry faculty in 1979 after completing his doctorate at Stanford University. He received his B. S. from Columbia...

2005-10-18 -   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Mimicking nature, a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can find and correct defects in self-assembled nanomaterials. The new proofreading and error-removal process is based on catalytic DNA and represents a paradigm shift in nanoscale science and engineering. Despite much progress made in the self-assembly of...

2005-09-19 - Professor Martin Gruebele has been named a 2006 Biophysical Society Fellow. This award is designed to honor the Society's distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science and to the expansion of the field of biophysics.

2005-09-16 - A new way of making nanoparticles developed by chemistry Professor Kenneth Suslick and Yuri Didenko, a senior research scientist in chemistry, could make a big difference to nanotechnology. "Nanoparticles cooked up in aerosol spray," Nature, 9/15/2005.

2005-09-14 - Professor Paul Hergenrother made Technology Reviews magazine's list of top innovators under age 35. His descriptor is "Discovering drugs that defy convention". (more information)

2005-09-02 - Professor Wilfred van der Donk has been selected to receive a 2006 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society. The announcement of this highly competitive award was just made at the ACS National Meeting in Washington D.C. In addition to receiving $5000, a certificate, and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant, he will present an award address at the National ACS Meeting in...

2005-09-01 - The research of Professor Jonathan Sweedler was featured in a UIUC News Bureau article. "New techniques study the brain's chemistry, neuron by neuron," 8/31/05.

2005-08-31 - University of Illinois photosJonathan Sweedler, a William H. and Janet Lycan Professor of Chemistry and director of the Biotechnology Center at the U. of I., and colleagues have developed tools for studying the chemistry of the brain, neuron by neuron. The analytical techniques can probe the spatial and temporal distribution of biologically important molecules, such as vitamin E, and explore the...

2005-08-19 - Professor of Chemistry and Astronomy Benjamin McCall is the recipient of a prestigious NSF CAREER grant titled, CAREER: Spectroscopy of Carbocations in the Laboratory and the Interstellar Medium.

2005-08-12 - Professor Neil Kelleher's research was profiled in a News-Gazette article, "Professor honored for his top-down protein approach," 8/10/05.

2005-08-08 - NPR's Earth and Sky produced a radio article featuring Professor Paul Hergenrother's research. His research group is looking for substances that remove vanomycin resistance from bacteria. "Stripping bacteria of antibiotic resistance," 8/3/05.

2005-07-18 - The research of Professor Scott Silverman and Chandrasekhar Miduturu was described in a News Bureau article and also in the C-U News Gazette."DNA constraints control structure of attached macromolecules," UIUC News Bureau, 6/28/05. (6/29/2005)"Researchers turn...

2005-07-13 - Using a technique called ultrasonic spray pyrolysis, Professor Ken Suslick and Sara Skrabalak have created an improved catalyst for removing smelly sulfur-containing compounds from gasoline and other fossil fuels. The improved catalyst is a form of molybdenum disulfide, most commonly recognized as the black lubricant used to grease automobiles and...

2005-07-11 - Photo by S.E. Skrabalak & K.S. SuslickLeft: Scanning electron micrograph of molybdenum disulfide produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Large pores expose catalytically active edge sites.Right: Transmission electron micrograph of molybdenum disulfide produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Dark fringes emphasize the molybdenum disulfide crystal edges. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —...