2017-07-24
- Researchers at the U. of I. found that plants vary a lot in the efficiency with which they uptake carbon dioxide and conserve water. Plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, left, mentored Kevin Wolz, who was an undergraduate at the time he conducted the research. Wolz now holds degrees in civil engineering and biology and is pursuing a doctorate in biology.
2017-07-22 - A new study measured robust changes in brain gene expression for up to two hours after a three-spined stickleback fish encountered another fish.
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2017-06-09 - The world’s oldest fossil mushroom was preserved in limestone, an extraordinarily rare event, researchers say.
2017-05-04 - Donald Ort is among four University of Illinois professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year.
2017-04-07 - Anthropology professor Ripan Malhi works with Native Americans and First Nations groups to analyze their DNA and that of their ancestors.
2017-03-31 - The soybean aphid is tiny, about the size of a pollen grain, but an infestation can cause soybean losses of up to 40 percent, studies reveal.
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2017-02-14 - Deadline for submissions: Thursday, March 31, 2017 at 5 pm Exhibit of Entries: 2-4 PM, April 13, 2017 284 Morrill Hall
2016-12-19 - published by Terra Alpaugh on Thu, 2016-12-15 15:35
2016-11-19 - Using computer model simulations, scientists have predicted that modern soybean crops produce more leaves than they need to the detriment of yield—a problem made worse by rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. They tested their prediction by removing about one third of the emerging leaves on soybeans and found an 8% increase in seed yield in replicated trials. They attribute this boost in yield to...
2016-11-19 - Plant biology professors Lisa Ainsworth, Stephen P. Long, and Donald Ort are three of eight Illinois faculty members on the Clarivate Analytics / Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list, 2016.
2016-11-19 - As computer models predicted, genetically modified plants are better able to make use of the limited sunlight available when their leaves go into the shade, researchers report.
2016-11-19 - A study of the genomes of 25 individuals who lived 1,000 to 6,000 years ago on the north coast of present-day British Columbia, and 25 of their descendants who still live in the region today, opens a new window on the catastrophic consequences of European colonization for indigenous peoples in that part of the world.
2016-11-01 - IB students receive Access and Achievement Program research fellowships in Animal Biology.