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A New Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms

Newly published research by Grainger Engineers in Mechanical Science and Engineering describes an unprecedented computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus arm.
12-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

Using Multimode Propulsion for More Efficient Trips in Space

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explore how a multimode propulsion system that integrates both a chemical high-thrust mode and an electric low-thrust mode—while using the same propellant—can succeed.
29-Oct-2024 10:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Ordered Defects May Be Key for Solution-Deposited Semiconductors

A new solution deposition process for semiconductors yields high-performing transistors by introducing more defects, counterintuitively. Researchers used these devices to construct high-speed logic circuits and an operational high-resolution...
9-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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DeepSPACE Design Tool Takes a Concept to a Multitude of Configurations

The new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes your concept and requirements and rapidly generates design configurations from conventional to out-of-this-world, including a 3D CAD...
4-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Thermal Effects in Spintronics Systematically Assessed for First Time

A new experimental technique, reported by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the journal APL Materials, directly measures heating in spintronic devices, allowing direct comparison to other effects.
25-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together

Her father was a renowned physicist who studied black holes, and her mother is a prominent molecular biophysicist. You could say that physics is in her DNA. But physics isn’t the only thing in Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Smitha...
17-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Controlling molecular electronics with rigid, ladder-like molecules

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report a unique strategy for controlling molecular conductance by using molecules with rigid backbones—such as ladder-type molecules, known as being shape-persistent.
27-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Using machine learning to speed up simulations of irregularly shaped particles

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have trained neural networks to predict interactions between irregularly shaped particles to accelerate molecular dynamics simulations.
23-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Milenkovic gaining biological insights by analyzing data embedded in non-Euclidean spaces

Olgica Milenkovic’s group has been developing machine learning approaches that can tell revealing new stories about biological phenomena—but her work has very old roots.
29-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT