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Signature call in cowbirds is the password that unlocks song learning

Claudia Lutz

They say it takes a village to raise a child.

Artificial intelligence to run the chemical factories of the future

Lois Yoksoulian

A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently prod

Smartphone diagnostics kit for infectious diseases

Kim Gudeman

Infectious diseases such as Zika and Dengue remain a top contributor to death and disability across the globe, according to the World Health Organization.

Online tool speeds response to elephant poaching by tracing ivory to source

Diana Yates

A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were original

LAS Dean's Distinguished Lecture with IGB Director

Samantha Boyle

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has established the LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture to provide wider opportunity for people to hear from faculty wh

Study tracks evolutionary history of metabolic networks

Diana Yates

By analyzing how metabolic enzymes are built and organized, researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary history of metabolism.

Study provides framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution

Alan Flurry, University of Georgia, Athens, and Katie Willis, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

Gene sequences for more than 1100 plant species have been released by an international consortium of nearly 200 plant scientists, the culmination of a nine-year research project

Goldenfeld co-leads initiative tackling 'last great problem of classical physics'

Siv Schwink

The rich complexity of turbulence—with its wide range of length and time scales—poses a major challenge to the development of predictive models based on fluid dynamics.

University of Illinois announces Center for Digital Agriculture


The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the creation of the Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA), a new center that brin

IGB forms external advisory Leadership Council


The IGB undergoes regular, external review from leaders in academia, industry, and government to assess all aspects of the institute.

Study finds rising ozone a hidden threat to corn

Diana Yates

Like atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide, ground-level ozone is on the rise.