Scientists Built a Simulated Sea Slug – It Quickly Became Addicted to an Intoxicating Drug
Scientists built a computer model of a simple brain network based on that of a sea slug, taught it how to get food, gave it…
Scientists built a computer model of a simple brain network based on that of a sea slug, taught it how to get food, gave it…
Illinois rapid saliva test for COVID-19 now operating under FDA Emergency Use Authorization. The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is now performing its new rapid, saliva-based…
Bill Hammack, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the Hoover Medal. The award is named…
Imagine reading by the light of an exploded star, brighter than a full moon – it might be fun to think about, but this scene…
Plants are factories that manufacture yield from light and carbon dioxide—but parts of this complex process, called photosynthesis, are hindered by a lack of raw…
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, scientists and health care providers are seeking ways to keep the coronavirus from infecting tissues once they’re exposed….
Owners of electric multicookers may be able to add another use to its list of functions, a new study suggests: sanitization of N95 respirator masks….
Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to tease out the relationship between genes and behavior. A new study of Africanized honey…
Brilliantly colored chameleons, butterflies, opals – and now some 3D-printed materials – reflect color by using nanoscale structures called photonic crystals. A new study that…
Researchers report that the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has become more abundant across Illinois in the past three decades. Its spread is problematic, as…
UIUC Editor’s note: Health authorities believe COVID-19 spreads by the transmission of respiratory droplets, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends homemade cloth…
Topological pump can provide stability for communication technologies. Most technologies today rely on devices that transport energy in the form of light, radio, or mechanical…
Growing mountains or shifting ground: What is going on in Earth’s inner core? Exhaustive seismic data from repeating earthquakes and new data-processing methods have yielded…
Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow in trespassers from other hives if the intruders are infected with the Israeli…
Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would like to copy. For example, many types of insect wings shed water, kill microbes, reflect light…
Editor’s note: Horseshoe bats in China are a natural wildlife reservoir of SARS-like coronaviruses. Some health experts think wildlife markets – specifically in Wuhan, China…
Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of liquid biopsy, detecting DNA cancer markers circulating in a patient’s blood or serum. But current designs need…
For the first time, researchers have used radar and other tools to accurately measure the volume of snow produced through cloud seeding. Led by University…