Illinois News Bureau: Research http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/19 These are the top research articles at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1105comics.html Phil Ciciora, News Editor General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31555 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:15:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research 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. Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1104proteins.html James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31477 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research 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. First draft of the pig: Researchers sequence swine genome http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1102pig_genome.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31359 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:45:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research 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. Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1102papaya.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31357 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:45:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research 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. Growing online sales could lower prices,but also trim choices http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1102shop.html Jan Dennis, Business & Law Editor Business http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31354 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:30:00 CST Illinois News Bureau: Research Shoppers could see lower prices but less variety to choose from as more manufacturers sell directly to consumers through the Internet, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business professor. Recession over, but rebound will be slow, economist says http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1029recession.html Jan Dennis, Business & Law Editor Business http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31236 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:15:00 CDT Illinois News Bureau: Research The recession may be over, but recovery will come slowly for a still-fragile U.S. economy battered by the deepest downturn since the Great Depression, a University of Illinois economist says. Musical sensibility can help shape teaching, research education http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1028music.html Phil Ciciora, Education Editor General http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31178 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:15:00 CDT Illinois News Bureau: Research The underlying similarities between teaching, research and music can be a powerful metaphor for education and qualitative inquiry, according to a University of Illinois professor of education. Roth IRA conversion not a good fit for all, tax expert says http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1026roth.html Jan Dennis, Business & Law Editor Business http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/31050 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CDT Illinois News Bureau: Research Starting next year, anyone can convert retirement savings into tax-advantaged Roth individual retirement accounts, but the much-touted switch isnt for everyone, a University of Illinois expert on tax and elder law warns. Amphetamine use in adolescence may impair adult working memory http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1021amphetamine.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/30948 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 CDT Illinois News Bureau: Research Rats exposed to high doses of amphetamines at an age that corresponds to the later years of human adolescence display significant memory deficits as adults long after the exposure ends, researchers report. Single-stranded DNA-binding protein proven dynamic http://news.illinois.edu/news/09/1021dna.html Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor Science http://illinois.edu/lb/article/19/30910 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:00 CDT Illinois News Bureau: Research Researchers report that a single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), once thought to be a static player among the many molecules that interact with DNA, actually moves back and forth along single-stranded DNA, gradually allowing other proteins to repair, recombine or replicate the strands.