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You dont need to be a bibliophile to know that a book is quite possibly the perfect holiday gift for a child. As any lover of literature knows, books are just as immersive and entertaining as video games, they dont require batteries and wont crash while theyre being used.

A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors.

The United States has led the way for decades in promoting free trade and globalization, but contrary to common wisdom, its now among the most vulnerable to a growing backlash against it, says University of Illinois professor Jude Hays.

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nations most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns.

Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger ones health. And older pedestrians talking on cell phones are particularly impaired in crossing a busy (simulated) street, the researchers found.

Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nations recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.