Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:August 22, 2011
Assembling chemicals can be like putting together a puzzle. University of Illinois chemists have developed a way of fitting the pieces together to more efficiently build complex molecules, beginning with a powerful and promising antioxidant.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
August 22, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:August 11, 2011
Engineers have developed a device platform that combines electronic components for sensing, medical diagnostics, communications and human-machine interfaces, all on an ultrathin skin-like patch that mounts directly onto the skin with the ease, flexibility and comfort of a temporary tattoo.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
August 11, 2011
Author:
Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor
Published Date:August 8, 2011
Four University of Illinois chemistry professors are among 213 distinguished scientists elected fellows of the American Chemical Society this year. Thom Dunning, Catherine Murphy, Ralph Nuzzo and Jonathan Sweedler have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the society wrote in its announcement about the new fellows.
Author:
Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor
Published Date:
August 8, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:July 25, 2011
In an advance that could open new avenues for solar cells, lasers, metamaterials and more, researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated the first optoelectronically active 3-D photonic crystal.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
July 25, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:July 25, 2011
Taking their cue from biological circulatory systems, University of Illinois researchers have developed vascularized structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing, self-cooling, metamaterials and more.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
July 25, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:July 25, 2011
Glucose meters arent just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water or food.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
July 25, 2011
Published Date:July 18, 2011
Nick Holonyak Jr. is called the godfather of the light-emitting diode. His scientific career, spanning more than 50 years, has changed the world and is the subject of a program to premiere on the Big Ten Network July 28 at noon (CDT).
Published Date:
July 18, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:June 28, 2011
The pen may have bested the sword long ago, but now its challenging wires and soldering irons.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
June 28, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:June 21, 2011
With the BeeSpace Navigator, University of Illinois researchers have created both a curation tool for genetic biologists and a new approach to searching for information.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
June 21, 2011
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:June 14, 2011
Using high-resolution imaging technology, University of Illinois researchers have answered a question that had confounded semiconductor researchers: Is amorphous silicon a glass? The answer? Yes until hydrogen is added.
Author:
Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor
Published Date:
June 14, 2011
