Fueling Innovation

VR to help prepare for life after prison

Jul 16, 2018 3:00 pm

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign design students created immersive reality scenarios to help people who are soon to be released from prison meet certain challenges, such as learning to pay at the pump for gas. More...

Advanced microscopy technique

Jul 17, 2018 3:00 pm

A new microscopy technique developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago allows researchers to visualize liquids at the nanoscale level — about 10 times more resolution than with traditional transmission electron microscopy — for the first time. More...

Prosthetic arms provide sensory feedback

Jul 18, 2018 3:00 pm

Aadeel Akhtar, an M.D./Ph.D. student at Illinois, developed a control algorithm to give prosthetic arm users reliable sensory feedback. More...

Good News Now

Jul 19, 2018 3:00 pm

While attending the University of Illinois at Springfield, Miranda Mogle came up with the concept for a new computer application called Good News Now, a news content aggregator that screens out unpleasant news stories providing consumers with only positive news. More...

Robert Klie, Mohammad Asadi, Amin Salehi-Khojin and Fatemeh Khalili.

True lithium-air battery

Jul 20, 2018 2:00 pm

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at Argonne National Laboratory have designed a new lithium-air battery that works in a natural air environment and still functioned after a record-breaking 750 charge/discharge cycles. More...

Shrimp-inspired camera

Jul 21, 2018 2:45 pm

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign electrical and computer engineering professor Viktor Gruev led a study demonstrating underwater global positioning made possible by a bio-inspired camera that mimics the eyes of a mantis shrimp. More...

Innovate Springfield hub

Oct 16, 2018 10:00 am

Innovate Springfield, a downtown Springfield innovation and business incubator, has become part of the University of Illinois at Springfield under an agreement aimed at expanding economic growth, entrepreneurship opportunities and social progress in the capital city. More...

Hybrid air-conditioning system

Oct 16, 2018 10:15 am

NETenergy, a clean tech startup company based on technology developed and licensed by UIC, will commercialize its unique hybrid, super-efficient air-conditioning system with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. More...

Turning water into fuel

Oct 16, 2018 10:45 am

A team of chemical and biomolecular engineering researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new material that helps split water molecules for hydrogen fuel production. More...

Deep Learning & Visualization

Oct 24, 2018 8:30 am

UIC has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a state-of-the-art computing platform that will enable faculty and students to apply more sophisticated models to large-scale problems. More...

Virtual Archaeology

Nov 14, 2018 8:30 am

A team at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is designing Virtual Archaeology, a classroom and laboratory course that will allow students to experience an archaeology field dig without leaving campus. More...

Drug catalyst developed

Jan 23, 2019 12:00 pm

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team of researchers has developed a new manganese-based catalyst that can change the structure of druglike molecules to make new drugs, advancing the pace and efficiency of drug development. More...

Tunnelbot on Juipiter's moon

Jan 24, 2019 9:00 am

Researchers at the Unviersity of Illinois at Chicago, part of a NASA team of scientists, presented a nuclear-powered tunnelbot solution to drill below the icy surface of Europa, Jupiter's moon, for possible evidence of life. More...

Control of soft-molecule synthesis

Jan 24, 2019 9:30 am

By gaining control over shape, size and composition during synthetic molecule assembly, researchers can begin to probe how these factors influence the function of soft materials. Finding these answers could help advance virology, drug delivery development and the creation of new materials. More...

Lithium-air batteries

Feb 15, 2019 9:30 am

Lithium-air batteries, according to UIC researchers, could be even more efficient and provide more charge with the incorporation of advanced catalysts made from two-dimensional materials. More...

Potential new cystic fibrosis treatment

Mar 30, 2019 12:15 pm

An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, operating as a prosthesis on the molecular scale. More...

Robotic pancreas transplant offers hope

Jul 10, 2019 11:45 am

Surgeons at UI Health have demonstrated that obese patients with Type 1 diabetes can safely receive a pancreas transplant when the surgery is performed robotically. More...

New UIC Engineering Innovation Building

Jul 22, 2019 12:00 pm

UIC's new 57,500-square-foot building will add depth and breadth to the university’s expanding engineering footprint. It will house engineers investigating phenomena on a scale from the very large to the exceedingly small. More...

Imaging of exotic quantum particles

Jul 29, 2019 11:00 am

Researchers at UIC, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Hamburg, have imaged an exotic quantum particle that can be used as a building block for future qubits and eventually the realization of quantum computers. More...

Using AI to improve airline pricing

Aug 1, 2019 12:15 pm

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to help airlines price ancillary services such as checked bags and seat reservations in a way that is beneficial to customers’ budget and privacy, as well as to the airline industry’s bottom line. More...

Printing flattens polymers, improves conductivity

Aug 9, 2019 12:00 pm

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found a way to use polymer printing to stretch and flatten twisted molecules so that they conduct electricity better. More...

Hich-tech gel aids delivery of drugs

Aug 28, 2019 2:30 pm

Eben Alsberg, UIC, and colleagues report on a hydrogel-based carrier that can deliver small interfering RNA molucules directly to where they are needed. More...

New technique to de-ice surfaces in seconds

Sep 3, 2019 12:00 pm

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign collaborated with Kyushu University researchers to develop a system that can de-ice surfaces in seconds. More...

New volcanic eruption forecasting technique

Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign geologists are part of a team that has developed new computer models to help researchers better forecast volcanic eruptions. More...

UIC opens three new health care simulation centers

Sep 13, 2019 2:30 pm

This fall, UIC celebrates the opening of three health care simulation centers, run individually by the university’s College of Medicine, College of Nursing and College of Pharmacy. More...

New generation of biobots developed

Sep 16, 2019 2:00 pm

Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers when stimulated by light – bringing mechanical engineering one step closer to developing autonomous biobots. More...

Fully rechargeable carbon dioxide battery

Sep 25, 2019 2:30 pm

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to show that lithium-carbon dioxide batteries can be designed to operate in a fully rechargeable manner. More...

Antibody-based drops show promise for treating dry eye disease

Oct 11, 2019 2:30 pm

Researchers at UIC found that patients with dry eye disease experienced reduced signs and symptoms of the condition in response to a new eye drop treatment that targets ACPAs. More...

Human reflexes keep two-legged robot upright

Oct 30, 2019 1:00 pm

Urbana mechanical science and engineering professor João Ramos developed a human-operated robot which relies on human reflexes to remain upright during locomotion. More...

Online tool speeds response to elephant poaching by tracing ivory to source

Nov 1, 2019 5:30 am

A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were originally poached. More...

UIS senior breaking the wall of nutrient pollution

Nov 14, 2019 2:30 pm

A UIS senior chemistry student was named "Young Innovator of the Year" at the Illinois Falling Walls Lab competition and presented her work at the international competition. More...

Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app

Nov 18, 2019 10:15 am

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team developed a web app that can identify drug compounds that will accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria. More...

Gov. Pritzker announces funding for UIS Innovation Center

Feb 12, 2020 10:15 am

The UIS Innovation Center will receive $15 million in state funds as part of the $500 million appropriation for the Illinois Innovation Network and the Discovery Partners Institute.

Cobalt atoms on a copper surface leading to pattern

Manipulating atoms to make better superconductors

Mar 2, 2020 2:30 pm

A new study by UIC researchers shows that it is possible to manipulate individual atoms so that they begin working in a collective pattern that has the potential to become superconducting at higher temperatures. More...

NSF awards UIC $1.5M for new data science institute

Mar 24, 2020 2:30 pm

A multidisciplinary team of University of Illinois at Chicago researchers received a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to form a new data science institute. More...

Chemistry team and projection of the computational model

Computational human cell reveals new insight

Mar 25, 2020 2:30 pm

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed the most complete computational model of a human cell to date. More...

New 3D inductor technology expands microchip capability

Mar 25, 2020 2:30 pm

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign engineers introduce a micrhochip inductor capable of tens of millitesla-level magnetic induction in a new study. More...

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UIC chemical engineers get 'muddy' to develop renewable fuel cell

Apr 13, 2020 9:30 am

University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Vikas Berry and his colleagues built a fuel cell from electrogenic microbes covered in extremely thin graphene sheets.

$8M to UIC to lead DOE materials research center

Apr 27, 2020 9:30 am

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded $8 million over four years to UIC to lead a multisite, interdisciplinary center focused on research, training and technique development in the study of materials in extreme conditions.

Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm

Apr 28, 2020 10:30 am

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers developed tiny walking “spinobots,” powered by rat muscle and spinal cord tissue on a soft, 3D-printed hydrogel skeleton.

Humanities research program elevated to institute status

Jun 11, 2020 9:30 am

The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities has been formally recognized for its leading role in fostering humanities research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with an elevation to institute status.

Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Diwakar Shukla

Eight projects awarded funding for AI research to mitigate COVID-19

Jun 30, 2020 9:45 am

Eight University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign projects are among 26 to receive the first C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards for artificial intelligence techniques to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.

New antiplatelet drug shows promise for treating heart attack

Jul 15, 2020 9:30 am

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a new drug that prevents blood clots without causing an increased risk of bleeding, a common side effect of all antiplatelet medications currently available.

four campuses: UIUC, UIC, U of Chicago, and Northwestern

UIUC, UIC part of new $15.5M mathematical institute

Jul 21, 2020 9:15 am

NSF has awarded $15.5 million to four universities in Illinois to create an institute to bring powerful mathematical ideas to bear on key contemporary scientific and technological challenges.

Debra Tonetti and Gregory Thatcher, developers of the drug

Phase 1 human trials suggest UIC-developed breast cancer drug is safe, effective

Aug 27, 2020 11:00 am

A new type of breast cancer drug developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago can help halt progression of disease and is not toxic, according to phase 1 clinical trials.

Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab

Aug 31, 2020 11:00 am

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers developed a microfluidic cartridge for a 30-minute COVID-19 test. The cartridges are 3D-printed and could be manufactured quickly.

Urbana researchers develop emergency ventilator prototype

Sep 15, 2020 10:15 am

A team led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering produced a prototype emergency ventilator in just 12 days.

UIC opens $8.8 million Surgical Innovation & Training Laboratory

Sep 16, 2020 10:00 am

Operating robotic scissors, University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Michael Amiridis snipped a ribbon to officially open the University of Illinois College of Medicine Surgical Innovation & Training Laboratory, on Sept. 15.

U of I to lead two of seven new national artificial intelligence institutes

Oct 2, 2020 10:00 am

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will host two new artificial intelligence institutes funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

DPI and UIC leading IDPH initiative to monitor wastewater for COVID-19

May 24, 2021 11:00 am

The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Discovery Partners Institute today announced a statewide system to monitor the virus that causes COVID-19 and its variants in wastewater, providing public health officials with early warnings of a potential outbreak on a county-by-county basis.

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