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Overcoming Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer Treatment

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Illinois has discovered a potential new treatment option for drug-resistant breast cancer. Their findings, published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, demonstrates the role of...
12-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Virtual Reality Training for Physicians Aims to Heal Disparities in Black Maternal Health Care

Virtual reality training for physicians aims to heal disparities in Black maternal health care
22-Aug-2024 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen

Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a way to use defect engineering to boost catalytic efficiency for electrolyzers, taking science one step closer to sustainable production of green hydrogen.
16-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Study: Faster charge transfer mechanism could lead to better energy conversion devices

Studying how nano-sized bits of light-absorbing gold transfer electrons to titania, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and their collaborators reveal new details about the mechanics of plasmon-mediated charge transfer, which...
8-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New tool could facilitate discovery of new mechanically responsive materials

Newly published research details the development of an easy-to-use intuitive tool that can predict without lengthy experimentation and calculation the reactivity of C-C bonds when designing mechanophores, which could lead to the discovery of new...
17-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Study highlights need for cell-type-specific therapies in treatment of HIV

Researchers from the University of Illinois have demonstrated the importance of cell-type-specific targeting in the treatment of HIV. Their study, published in PNAS, is one of the first to examine the differential or cell-type specific effects of...
10-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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New study uncovers novel receptor function in Fragile X syndrome

Fragile X syndrome is one of the most commonly inherited forms of autism and intellectual disability, and no treatment currently exists. But a team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered a novel receptor function that may be used in a...
5-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Study: “Goldilocks system” boosts efficiency of nickel-catalyzed reactions

Chemists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have published a paper on research that provides new details about the mechanism behind nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and the surprising discovery that acetonitrile and other alkyl...
20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites


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