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John Rogers - one of Nature's 10
Published Date:January 3, 2012
John Rogers was named one of "Nature's 10" scientists who mattered in 2011.
Published Date: January 3, 2012
Pen-on-paper video selected as top video
Published Date:January 3, 2012
Jennifer Lewis' pen-on-paper video was selected as the top video in 2011 (tied for first) by C&E News.
Published Date: January 3, 2012
Self-healing electronics could work longer and reduce waste
Published Date:December 20, 2011
A team of University of Illinois engineers has developed a self-healing system that restores electrical conductivity to a cracked circuit in less time than it takes to blink. Led by aerospace engineering professor Scott White and materials science and engineering professor Nancy Sottos, the researchers published their results in the journal Advanced Materials.
Published Date: December 20, 2011
Spiral proteins are efficient gene delivery agents
Published Date:December 15, 2011
Illinois researchers have developed spiral polypeptides that can deliver DNA segments to cells with high efficiency and relatively low toxicity, a step toward clinical gene therapy.
Published Date: December 15, 2011
MatSE grad students receive best poster awards
Published Date:December 5, 2011
Two MatSE graduate students received awards at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting. Hefei Dong, Ph.D. student in Jeffrey Moore's group, received a Best Poster Award for his poster "Multifunctional Microvascular Composites Fabricated from Coated Sacrificial Fibers (CSFs)." David Kolesky, Ph.D. student in Jennifer Lewis' group, received a Best Poster Award for his poster "Direct-Write Assembly of Micro-energetic Materials."
Published Date: December 5, 2011
