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  UIUC researchers growing crops underneath solar panels to use land twice

  Jul 19, 2024 2:15 pm

  Researchers at Solar Farm 2.0 are investigating how crops such as grains and soybeans grow with solar panels obstructing their full view of the sun. This counterintuitive practice is called agrivoltaics, a nascent industry that partners solar developers looking for large plots of land and farmers looking to make additional income.

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  UIUC storm chasers measure 300 mph winds in recent tornado

  Jul 1, 2024 11:15 am

  In a chase straight out of a movie, the Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences' Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) team intercepted the deadly Greenfield, Iowa tornado to deploy instruments and radar that measured wind speeds over 300 mph. 

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  NCSA team develops phone app to teach users to spot online scams

  Jun 17, 2024 2:15 pm

  DeepCover is a phone game application in which users play games like Match 3, word finding, and other popular games, particularly among older adults. As the game starts, you create an agent and start a mission to help stop a scam. As you work through puzzles and prizes allowing you to customize your character, you’re given short tips about how to identify scam behavior. 

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  UIC CUPPA students develop climate action plan for suburb

  Jun 3, 2024 2:00 pm

  With the assistance of two groups of graduate students from the University of Illinois Chicago, River Forest officials have started work on creating a climate action plan for the village. Village President Cathy Adduci said she attended the April 30 presentation, which she called “great” and said she was “quite impressed with our collaboration and partnership with UIC.”

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  UIC researchers advance technologies to power unmanned vehicles

  May 13, 2024 10:15 am

  A new $6 million collaborative agreement between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and engineers from the University of Illinois Chicago will develop fuels and technologies for sustainable aviation and autonomous vehicles. These innovations could help commercial aviation transition to sustainable fuels and improve the use of drones for package delivery and rescue operations.

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  Extension program educates farmers about job-specific hearing loss risks

  Apr 30, 2024 4:15 pm

  University of Illinois Extension's Josie Rudolphi works to educate the farming community on the prevalence of hearing loss within its ranks, and to encourage both testing and preventive measures such as the use of noise-canceling headphones or ear plugs.

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  UIC, Rush join forces to prevent food waste

  Apr 15, 2024 10:00 am

  As part of the Sustainability at UIC program, the Food Recovery Program diverts otherwise-wasted food to communities in need on the city's West Side.

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  UIC doctoral student designs Moon app, team wins NASA competition

  Apr 1, 2024 1:45 pm

  A University of Illinois Chicago Earth and Environmental Sciences doctoral student's Moon-mapping app won big at the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge. Juan Manuel Losarcos will be honored at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. this summer. 

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  UIC urban studies students seek rider feedback to improve CTA stations

  Mar 11, 2024 3:30 pm

  If you could improve one CTA "L" stop, how would you do it? That's the question at the core of a project helmed by UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs students. Their survey focuses on three of the busiest stations in the transit system, on the Blue and Red lines.

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  UIC, UIUC scientists use AI to identify new materials for carbon capture

  Feb 26, 2024 10:30 am

  Carbon capture is a critical technology in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other industrial facilities. However, a suitable material for effective carbon capture at low cost has yet to be found. The research teams are using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to dream up previously unknown building block candidate materials.

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