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Top 10 Innovations in UIC history display depth, diversity of research

May 5, 2025 2:45 pm

The University of Illinois Chicago has been recognized as a top-tier research university since 1987, but contributions from the research done at the university date back farther than that. UIC researchers and professors have amassed more than 750 patents held by the university in technology, medicine, dentistry, pharmaceuticals and more.
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University of Illinois Extension's Find Food IL map connects residents, food resources

Apr 10, 2025 12:30 pm

A new project from University of Illinois Extension is putting local food resources on the map. The Find Food IL map connects residents with food pantries, summer meal sites, established farmers' markets, and other resources in their area.
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UIUC MechSE replicates nature's finest fibers for new 3D printing method

Mar 10, 2025 12:15 pm

Professionals of all kinds—from artists to architects to scientists—have been drawing inspiration from nature for millennia. Now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineers have managed to produce extremely fine fibers inspired by spider silk and hagfish slime.
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Biology team at UIUC uses Minecraft to explore and explain cell structures

Feb 19, 2025 10:30 am

A Cancer Center at Illinois team translated nanometer-scale data into a working version of Minecraft to create CraftCells, allowing for 3D exploration of cellular structures in a format that's easy for both researchers and the general public alike to use.
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UIUC students design lunar infrastructure module for upcoming NASA mission

Jan 27, 2025 5:00 pm

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign team named their designed infrastructure module the Trans-lunar Hub for Exploration, ISRU, and Advancement – or THEIA, after the proposed object that crashed into the Earth that created the Moon as we know it today.
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Carle Illinois medical students making a difference for Champaign children with disabilities

Jan 6, 2025 3:45 pm

Students from the Carle Illinois College of Medicine are making a difference for local children with disabilities by using their engineering skills to create free assistive devices and toys.
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UIS's Illinois Innocence Project helps free man after 32 years behind bars

Dec 9, 2024 5:45 pm

A southern Illinois man who spent over three decades behind bars for a murder that evidence proves he did not commit was freed last month thanks in part to the University of Illinois Springfield-based Illinois Innocence Project (IIP).
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UIC's CROCUS project empowers communities facing effects of climate change

Nov 11, 2024 4:15 pm

The Community Research on Climate and Urban Science project, or CROCUS, deploys advanced sensors around Chicago to study the influence of trees and skyscrapers on the city's climate and then meets with communities to understand their most urgent problems and questions.
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UIUC experts advise how to protect yourself from deepfakes during election season

Oct 21, 2024 1:15 pm

With a general election coming soon on November 5, deepfakes are a growing concern. AI-generated images, videos and audio recordings are being used to spread misinformation, at a time when voters are relying on digital media to learn about candidates and their campaigns.
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Discovery Partners Institute announces 2024 science team grants

Sep 23, 2024 4:15 pm

A rapid-detection sensor for toxic gas, an AI tool for agriculture and the inaugural arts and theater program at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum were among five research proposals selected for the 2024 science team grants from Discovery Partners Institute, part of the University of Illinois System.
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