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Team tracks vegetation recovery from sudden permafrost collapse
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (667+ words) The new findings appear in the journal Nature Climate Change. Thaw slumps occur when ground ice melts, suddenly destabilizing parts of the terrain. Individual slumps can affect many acres of territory, and the soil surface can shift or drop by…...
Robinson to be inducted into the American Philosophical Society
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (273+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " Entomologist Gene Robinson, the newly appointed executive director and CEO of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Discovery Partners Institute, will be inducted into the American Philosophical Society at a ceremony in April. Robinson's research centers on the honey bee,…...
Three Illinois faculty named AAAS Fellows
4+ day, 29+ min ago (190+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " Three faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " When the first warm stretches of spring arrive, pets and…...
Illinois dance professor creates virtual reality dance game about modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (683+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " Modern dancer Lo'e Fuller became famous in early 20th century Paris for her "Serpentine Dance," which she performed while enveloped in a long, flowing skirt that she twirled around herself. Fuller's dance comes to life again through an avatar in…...
Engineered yeast gives the U.S. a green edge in the critical minerals market - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1+ week, 6+ day ago (506+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " There is a new, U.S.-based, environmentally friendly method for mining rare-earth elements used in consumer electronics, clean energy, defense and biomedical imaging. By using oxalic acid made by sugar-eating engineered yeast, the new technique can extract almost all the…...
RNA barcodes enable high-speed mapping of connections in the brain
2+ week, 3+ day ago (468+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " By tagging neurons with molecular "barcodes," researchers mapped connections among thousands of neurons in the mouse brain with unprecedented speed and resolution. The approach could expand understanding not only of the layout of elaborate networks in the brain, but…...
Illinois named a top producer of Gilman Scholars
2+ week, 3+ day ago (318+ words) The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs this week recognized Illinois for the 400 students who have received awards from the'Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program'over the past 25 years. Since the program's inception in 2001, more than 50,000 Gilman Scholars have…...
‘Hot Ones’ host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans named 2026 Commencement speaker - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2+ week, 3+ day ago (587+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " Daytime Emmy" Award-nominated talk show host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 16, at 9:30 a.m. in Gies Memorial Stadium. Evans graduated from Illinois with a degree in broadcast journalism…...
How has political populism affected transatlantic relations?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (798+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " Jessica R. Greenberg is a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor and the co-editor of the policy report "Populism and the Future of Transatlantic Relations: Challenges and Policy Options." Greenberg spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora…...
Still standing but mostly dead: Recovery of dying coral reef in Moorea stalls
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1030+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. " In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced live coral populations on the…...