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Summer heats up with a week of science at IGB’s Pollen Power camp
Claudia Lutz
Do you like a classic summer camp, one that offers new friendships, field trips, treasure hunts, and sweet treats? Or are you looking for the best that a science camp has to…
Ethics Center to develop leadership curriculum for HHMI
CSL Communications
For scientific leaders today, it’s not enough to generate rigorous and reproducible research. What sets researchers apart is their ability to lead—building a healthy and…
For anemonefish, male-to-female sex change happens first in brain
Diana Yates
The anemonefish is a gender-bending marvel. It starts out as a male, but can switch to female when circumstances allow, for example, when the only female present dies or…
Biosynthetic pathway in bacteria a recipe for drug discovery and production
Claudia Lutz
Microbes are master chefs of the biomolecular world; collectively, they harbor the ability to produce a vast array of unknown substances, some of which may have therapeutic or…
Woese Undergraduate Scholars set for a summer of science
Claudia Lutz
Two of the most basic motivations that drive scientific research—exploration of the unknown and the desire to solve a pressing problem—are represented by this year’s Carl R.…
Improved model better predicts crop yield, climate change effects
Claire Benjamin
A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response to light—an advance that could help scientists create virtual plants to predict how…
Yield-boosting stay-green gene identified from 118-year-old corn
Lauren Quinn
A corn gene identified from a 118-year-old experiment at the University of Illinois could boost yields of today’s elite hybrids with no added inputs. The gene, identified in a…
Kleinmuntz Center website launches
The Catherine and Don Kleinmuntz Center for Genomics in Business and Society provides unique opportunities for economic development, public engagement, and social impact…
Scientists transform tobacco into factory for high-value proteins
Claire Benjamin
For thousands of years, plants have produced food for humans, but with genetic tweaks, they can also manufacture proteins like Ebola vaccines, antibodies to combat a range of…
Great Barrier Reef coral provides correction factor to global climate
Lois Yoksoulian
Newly developed geological techniques help uncover the most accurate and high-resolution climate records to date, according to a new study. The research finds that the standard…
A warming Midwest increases likelihood that farmers will need to irrigate
Diana Yates
If current climate and crop-improvement trends continue into the future, Midwestern corn growers who today rely on rainfall to water their crops will need to irrigate their…
Fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains
Ananya Sen
Scientists often build new protein molecules by stringing groups of amino acids together. These amino acid chains, called polypeptides, are the building…