Research »
A new report reveals a new way in which “trans fats” gum up the cellular machinery that keeps blood moving through arteries and veins.
Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.
Rapidly replacing older truth-seeking technologies are new brain-based techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and the electroencephalography(EEG)-based technology known as Brain Fingerprinting®.
A team of researchers at the UI has demonstrated that an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is able to “tunnel” as a pack from a state with a higher electrical current to one with a notably lower current, providing more evidence of the phenomenon of macroscopic quantum tunneling.
New research from the UI suggests that weight-loss campaigns that promote exercise may actually cause people to eat more.
Campus »
Robert A. Easter, the dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois, has been named interim-provost designate, pending approval by the U. of I. Board of Trustees at its July 22 meeting in Chicago.
The Urbana campus is ahead of schedule in meeting Chancellor Richard Herman’s goal of reducing energy consumption by 10 percent by Fiscal Year 2010.
Faculty and staff members at the Urbana campus are pursuing a variety of eco-friendly initiatives aimed at protecting the environment and helping the campus pare its utility bills.
At a news conference on the UIC campus June 10, Gov. Pat Quinn signed an executive order establishing an independent panel to examine UI admissions procedures.
