University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: News
Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment
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.
Published Date: November 09, 2009
For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play
Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University of Illinois expert in childrens literature, critics should stop tugging on Supermans cape and start giving him and his superhero friends their due.
Published Date: November 05, 2009
Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials
New insight into how nature handles some fundamental processes is guiding researchers in the design of tailor-made proteins for applications such as artificial photosynthetic centers, long-range electron transfers, and fuel-cell catalysts for energy conversion.
Published Date: November 04, 2009
First draft of the pig: Researchers sequence swine genome
A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.
Published Date: November 02, 2009
Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya
The complicated sex life of the papaya is about to get even more interesting, thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Published Date: November 02, 2009