Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new class of fluorescent probes for studying biological processes at the single molecule level. Recent advances in fluorescence imaging and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy (SMFM) [...]
Mechanobiology could explain mystery of relapses in cancer patients
The recurrence of cancer has been one of the greatest mysteries plaguing the medical research field. After weeks, or even years of being declared cancer-free, a patient can see their cancer return stronger than it [...]
Electrons are not enough: Cuprate superconductors defy convention
To engineers, it’s a tale as old as time: Electrical current is carried through materials by flowing electrons. But physicists at the University of Illinois and the University of Pennsylvania found that for copper-containing superconductors, [...]
Mayo Clinic and Illinois researchers develop new sensor for methylated DNA
Collaborators from Mayo Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare have developed a new, single molecule assay for detecting methylated DNA—a naturally occurring process that controls the gene expression. The assay involves using a synthetic solid-state [...]
University of Illinois researchers develop novel technique for nanometer scale chemical identification
Dynamic analysis reveals the chemical composition of polymer nanostructures For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-based measurements of [...]
Illinois team unveils new laser biosensor
Engineering at Illinois faculty members Brian T. Cunningham and J. Gary Eden–both professors of electrical and computer engineering–and chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother, along with their graduate students Chun Ge, Meng Lu, Sherine George, Timothy Flood [...]
The world’s most sensitive plasmon resonance sensor inspired by ancient Roman cup
Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ultra-sensitive tool for chemical, DNA, and protein analysis. “With this device, the nanoplasmonic spectroscopy [...]
Building a biochemistry lab on a chip
Miniaturized laboratory-on-chip systems promise rapid, sensitive, and multiplexed detection of biological samples for medical diagnostics, drug discovery, and high-throughput screening. Using micro-fabrication techniques and incorporating a unique design of transistor-based heating, researchers at the University [...]
Researchers strain to improve electrical material and it’s worth it
Like turning coal to diamond, adding pressure to an electrical material enhances its properties. Now, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have devised a method of making ferroelectric thin films with twice the strain, resulting [...]
U.S.-China team determines structure of virus with Blue Waters
Simulations carried out using the Blue Waters petascale supercomputer have determined the structure of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), which causes a highly infectious and often fatal illness in domestic and wild rabbits. This [...]
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