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A new study from the University of Illinois suggests planting trees in the schoolyard could help improve academic performance in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged and lowest-achieving schools.
University Research | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearchers have found a "reborn: gene in elephants that responds to damaged DNA by killing the cell.
University Research | The University of ChicagoIn a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have adapted CRISPR gene-editing technology to cause the cell’s internal machinery to skip over a small portion of a gene when transcribing it into a template for protein building.
University Research | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignA new machine-learning simulation system developed at the University of Illinois promises cosmologists an expanded suite of galaxy models – a necessary first step to developing more accurate and relevant insights into the formation of the universe.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | A group of undergraduate students at the University of Chicago are members of the MAPSCorps Scientific Symposium, a group which spends six weeks in the community collecting data about resources in the South Side of Chicago and how they are utilized.
The University of Chicago | Presenting vocabulary words to students with gestures, even motions that don’t convey the meanings of the words, can improve students’ comprehension of new words in a foreign language, according to a new study.
University Research | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignA new study of lamprey's regenerative abilities opens up a new path for identifying pro-regenerative molecules and potential therapeutic targets for human spinal cord injury.
University Research | The University of ChicagoThe Illinois Biodiesel Initiative (IBI) trains students to process waste cooking oil from University Housing and Dining Services into usable fuel.
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCarolyna Quiles won an Outstanding Young Researcher Award and an Outstanding Poster Award at the Illinois Summer Research Symposium and discovered a new career path.
University of Virginia | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults found that those who could not identify at least four out of five common odors were more than twice as likely to develop dementia within five years.
University Research | The University of Chicago