All science technology

Michael Caffrey, graduate student Nitin Jayakumar, and Igor Paprotny work in the Nanofabrication Lab.

May 2, 2023

A smoke detector for viruses?  

UIC biologist and engineer collaborate on new monitoring tech

Cell phone; texting

April 27, 2023

Using quantum physics to secure wireless devices

New paper from UIC Engineering published in Nature Communications

Death and decay in the Pennsylvanian

March 8, 2023

Paleontologists flip the script on anemone fossils

Fossils long-interpreted as jellyfish found by UIC researcher to be sea anemones

December 8, 2022

An integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene

UIC engineers publish details in Energy & Environmental Science 

Quantum dots in containers

December 5, 2022

New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging

Paper published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters

Brain image

November 14, 2022

Research funding at UIC tops $460M, marking four record-breaking years

UIC science fuels research discoveries that improve people’s lives

November 1, 2022

A new method for studying ribosome function 

UIC scientists use native chemical ligation to fuse peptides to tRNAs

UIC will be home to the world’s first analytical, aberration-corrected and monochromated transmission electron microscope, or TEM, with a magnetic field-free objective lens.

September 28, 2022

$4M NSF award brings next-generation microscope to UIC

New lens design allows for atomic-resolution imaging as well as chemical analysis of critical materials

Abstract image of atoms passing through water and an electrified membrane under a shining sun.

September 9, 2022

A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production   

New method converts carbon dioxide into chemical

August 8, 2022

Understanding how rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work

Study debunks accepted assumptions of charging mechanism in rechargeable aqueous zinc-manganese battery cells

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