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New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes
Diana Yates
Researchers have developed a new antibiotic that reduced or eliminated drug-resistant bacterial infections in mouse models of acute pneumonia and sepsis while spar
Full STEAM ahead for science! Another year of STEAM TRAIN comes to completion
Shelby Lawson
What do marine ecosystems, worm regeneration, and a soccer-themed video game have in common?
Gabriel Graham selected for the 2024 Tracy Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Ananya Sen
The Mark Tracy Undergraduate Translational Research Fellowship provides undergraduate students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign the opportunity to participate in
Why do Dyeing poison frogs tap dance?
Ananya Sen
The toe tapping behavior of various amphibians has long attracted attention from researchers and pet owners.
Researchers find unique adaptations of fungus associated with bee bread
Ananya Sen
The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives.
By listening, scientists learn how a protein folds
Diana Yates
By converting their data into sounds, scientists discovered how hydrogen bonds contribute to the lightning-fast gyrations that transform a string of amino acids into a functiona
DOD Funding Awarded to Pursue Kidney Cancer Immunotherapy
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE) and
‘Drug Depot’: A Novel Technology for Prevention of Post-Surgical Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence
Jonathan King
Hua Wang (RBTE), professor of materials science and engineering, published new research
IGB researchers awe Congress leaders with iBioFAB
Ananya Sen
The Computing Research Association, in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Carnegie Mellon University, hosted Members of Congress and th
Researchers enhance efficiency of CRISPR-Cas12a system using base Z
Shelby Lawson
CRISPR, (short for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats”), is a groundbreaking gene-editing tool that empowers scientists to finely manipulate DNA, whether
Nerves prompt muscle to release factors that boost brain health
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
Exercise prompts muscles to release molecular cargo that boosts brain cell function and connection, but the process is not well understood.
Understanding the language of proteins
Stuart Robbins
Architecturally, Large Language Models are the basis for Generative AI popularized by ChatGPT from OpenAI, and similar products from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and C3.AI. By
