http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/1011 MNTL Research Highlights http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/2013/03/08/holonyak-elected-a-charter-fellow-national-academy-inventors news http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1011/73157 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:00 CDT MNTL Research Highlights Prof. Nick Holonyak recently gained several awards and additional recognition for his invention of the LED. http://engineering.illinois.edu/news/2013/03/12/mayo-clinic-and-illinois-researchers-develop-new-sensor-methylated-dna news http://illinois.edu/lb/article/1011/72316 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:00:00 CDT MNTL Research Highlights Collaborators from the Mayo Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare have developed a new, single molecule assay for detecting methylated DNA -- a naturally occurring process that controls gene expression. The assay involves using a synthetic solid-state nano pore, and researchers say it has great potential in speeding disease-specific analyses of genetic samples. The findings appear in the current issue of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).