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New research led by professor of food science and human nutrition M. Yanina Pepino, left, suggests that just tasting the artificial sweetener sucralose may affect an individual's response on glucose tolerance tests. Graduate student Clara Salame was a co-author of the study.

Tasting No-Calorie Sweetener May Affect Insulin Response

02/10/2020 - Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose provide the seductive taste of sweetness without the calories contained in sugar – a seeming win-win for people who need to control their blood sugar and ins

Professor Xiao Su, left, graduate student Stephen Cotty, center, and postdoctoral researcher Kwiyong Kim have developed an energy-efficient device that selectively absorbs a highly toxic form of arsenic in water and converts it into a far less toxic form.

Advanced Polymers Help Streamline Water Purification

02/09/2020 - It takes a lot of energy to collect, clean and dispose of contaminated water.

Computer science graduate student Cameron Merrill

Team Creates Game-Based Virtual Archaeology Field School

02/07/2020 - Before they can get started at their field site – a giant cave studded with stalactites, stalagmites and human artifacts – 15 undergraduate students must figure out how to use their virtual hands a

Researchers including, from left, graduate student Valeria Sanabria Guillen, research scientist Sung Hoon Kim, researcher Kathy Carlson, chemistry professor John Katzenellenbogen, research specialist Yvonne Ziegler, and molecular and integrative physiology professor Benita Katzenellenbogen developed new drug agents to inhibit a pathway that contributes to cancer. The compounds killed cancer cells and reduced the growth of breast cancer tumors in mice.

New Compounds Block Master Regulator of Cancer Growth, Metastasis

01/14/2020 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists have developed new drug compounds that thwart the pro-cancer activity of FOXM1, a transcription factor that regulates the activity of dozens of genes.

Announcing Travel Grant Award Winners

01/10/2020 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Graduate College is pleased to announce the awardees of the Fall 2019 Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grant and Master’s Project Travel Grant.

Graduate student Lucas Buccafusca looks for ways to improve the efficiency of wind farms. He had a key insight on a foggy day near a wind farm in central Illinois.

Finding Clarity in the Fog

01/06/2020 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — On a gusty October day, I find myself staring at my wind turbine-simulation results. I take a sip of coffee and smile: The results validate a promising hypothesis.

ICR Doctoral Student Win Grad College Dissertation Travel Grant

01/05/2020 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill.

Graduate student Kumar Sarthak and physics professor Aleksei Aksimentiev were part of a research team that demonstrated that nanopores could sequence proteins, giving reserachers and clinicians insight into activity within a cell.

Nanopores Can Identify the Amino Acids in Proteins, the First Step to Sequencing

01/03/2020 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what’s going on in a cell or a person’s body, it only tells part of the story.