Publicity Archive

Cancer
BioLineRx and University of Illinois Enter Licensing Agreement to Develop Apoptosis Agent to Treat Cancer.

U of I in top 10 for US patents among American institutions
The University of Illinois campuses ranked ninth among universities with 58 patents issued in 2004.

Silicon surfaces speed circuits
Technology Research News - January 2005
New technology will allow silicon chip technologies to surpass the physical limits of existing methods.

Gene found to help soybeans repel aphids
USA Today - November 2, 2004
University researchers have discovered a soybean gene that makes the plants resistant to aphids.

Ant Power Packs
MIT Technology Review - September 2004
Your cell phone battery may be replaced by fuel cells powered using formic acid, the defensive chemical used by black ants.

UI team out to stop aphids
News-Gazette - August 17, 2004
Within a few years, farmers may be able to plant soybeans that naturally resist plant-destroying insects.

Best of What's Next in 2004
Popular Science - May 2004
Self-healing composite technology could make way for automobile bodies that repair themselves after an accident.

Dissecting Histones from the Top Down
Chemical & Engineering News - March 30, 2004
Rather than digest proteins with enzymes before starting an analysis, Kelleher, an assistant professor of chemistry, takes the intact protein and lets a mass spectrometer do the work.

New sensor passes litmus test
e4 - March 15, 2004
A new biosensor that works similarly to litmus paper developed by University scientists.

Fixing the cracks
e4 - January 30, 2004
Self-healing polymer research continues at the University of Illinois.

Bacteria gives 'crud' life anew
The News-Gazette - January 30, 2004
A new type of bacteria has been developed to use the by-products of ethanol production to make butanol.

UI 'sitting on a breakthrough'
The News-Gazette - January 3, 2004
A new form of transistor is set to be announced by two University of Illinois researchers.

Coal washers draw interest
The News-Gazette - April 22, 2003
New process for recovering coal from other materials

UI project will benefit security, medical imaging
The News-Gazette - February 24, 2003
New technique will make advanced imaging applications up to 50 times faster

Fastest transistor made at UI
The News-Gazette - January 24, 2003
Researchers at the University of Illinois create the fastest transistor

Dimmers to LEDs, UI prof's handiwork is all around us
The News-Gazette - January 19, 2003
Nick Holonyak to be recognized for achievements and receive IEEE Medal of Honor