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Scientists identify two compounds that could benefit people living with multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting more than 2.9 million people worldwide. It occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath, the protective insulation...
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Alumnus Omar Yaghi (PhD, '90) awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
When Nobel laureate Omar M. Yaghi (PhD, '90) was recently asked how he made the choice as a young scientist to pursue the idea of creating porous materials, he talked about two people in his life — his father and Walter Klemperer, his PhD advisor at the University of Illinois Urbana-...
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Younger Chemists Committee at Illinois receives 2025 ChemLuminary Award
The Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) has received the 2025 ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Local Section Younger Chemists Committee. This distinction recognizes local section YCCs that demonstrate organizational stability, strong membership and participation, meaningful involvement with...
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New lab dedicated in memory of Prof. Peter A. Beak
A fully renovated chemistry instructional facility in Noyes Laboratory has officially been dedicated the “Peter Beak Advanced Synthesis Laboratory” in memory of long-time chemistry Professor Peter A. Beak. Family, friends, and former colleagues of Prof. Beak joined university officials,...
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Chemistry researchers derive useful polymer material from waste
The superior strength and light weight of high-performance carbon and plastic composite materials have reduced the fuel consumption and harmful emissions of automobiles and airplanes and improved the efficiency of electric cars and wind turbine blades. But those same superior qualities make...
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Chemistry, ChBE students recognized for Inclusive Leadership
Two graduate students in the School of Chemical Sciences are recipients of Gender Equity in the Chemical Sciences Inclusive Leadership Awards.This award was created to recognize graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and...
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Microbes to materials: Chemists create “reaction roadmap” for sustainable material manufacturing
The manufacture of many things in our everyday lives, from clothing to electronics to vital medical devices, are dependent on petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels like crude oil and natural gas, finite raw materials whose extraction and use are harmful to the environment.For decades,...
M. Christina White, Martin Gruebele to receive 2026 national ACS awards
The American Chemical Society has selected chemistry Prof. M. Christina White as the 2026 recipient of the Herbert C.
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Martin Gruebele, professor emeritus of chemistry, to receive national ACS award
The American Chemical Society has announced that Martin Gruebele, professor emeritus of chemistry, is the 2026 recipient of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry.The 2026 ACS national award...