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Illinois-led team puts cows and microbes to work to reduce greenhouse gases
Lauren Quinn
As we hurtle toward crucial tipping points on a warming planet, an international team of scientists is recruiting a surprising ally to make a powerful dent in greenhouse gas…
Illinois-led project to sequence 400 soybean genomes, improve future crops
Lauren Quinn
As a source of protein and biodiesel for cleaner renewable energy, soybean is an important crop worldwide. But is it performing to its full potential? An ambitious effort led…
New Pipeline Makes Valuable Organic Acid from Plants, Saving Money and Emissions
Julie Wurth
In a breakthrough for environmentally friendly chemical production, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed an…
Specific interneurons are important in aging-associated cognitive decline, study finds
Ananya Sen
Normal aging is usually associated with a decline in memory, although it is unclear what factors play a role. In a new study, researchers studied specific interneurons, which…
State politics, industry drive planetary health education for K-12 students in US
Sharita Forrest
As much of the U.S. broils under record-setting temperatures, battles wildfires and is rocked by fierce storms, a new study suggests that the science learning…
Ground Broken for CABBI Greenhouse
iSEE
Representatives from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign broke ground Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, on a state-of-the-art greenhouse in…
New insight into crosstalk between cancer cells and their environment
Ananya Sen
Most solid tumors become stiff as the cancer progresses. Although researchers recognize that the environment around the cancer cells influences their behavior, it is unclear…
Pioneering research focused on supercharging nature gets multimillion funding boost
Cat Corlett
By 2050, an estimated 10Gt of CO2 per annum needs to be removed from the atmosphere to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. However currently there are no proven…
New platform SHIELD can effectively screen for protective DNA elements in human cells
Shelby Lawson
The human genome consists of roughly 20,000 genes. Most of those genes contain instructions for making proteins, which work to build, repair, and regulate everything in our…
Bringing cells to life … and to Minecraft: $30M NSF grant to support whole-cell modeling
Jenna Kurtzweil
Researchers, policymakers, and Minecraft players can look forward to the a new research center.
Supported by a $30 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant, the…
ER-positive breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in African American, white women
Sharita Forrest
New research found the most common form of breast cancer presents differing metabolic signatures in the blood of African American women with estrogen receptor-…
Kenny Jops
Using mathematical models to explain plant community structures
If you have any preconceived notions of what a mathematician is supposed to sound like, perhaps based on…
