Agronomy Day highlights latest crop sciences research at Illinois
Close to 1,000 agronomists, farmers, and others attended the 57th annual Agronomy Day at the University of Illinois to learn about crop...
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Claire Benjamin
- Aug 19, 2013
- 2 min
International symposium on photosynthesis addresses food security
The ability to sustainably feed a growing worldwide population may be partly dependent on understanding two types of plants that...
Claire Benjamin
- Aug 15, 2013
- 4 min
Illinois researchers advance understanding of schistosome reproduction
Researchers at the University of Illinois quickly realized that one key to controlling schistosomes is being able to control their...
Claire Benjamin
- Jul 21, 2013
- 3 min
Middle school girls gained real-world science skills at Pollen Power! camp
Middle school girls learned that pollen does a lot more than help flowers reproduce at Pollen Power Camp!, a weeklong summer camp hosted...
Claire Benjamin
- Jul 11, 2013
- 3 min
3D-printed splint saves infant's life
Matthew Wheeler helped develop bioresorbable splints from animal models utilizing 3D-printing technology. Half a millennium after...
Claire Benjamin
- Jul 8, 2013
- 6 min
Cracking how life arose on earth
Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet unique, making us truly alone in the universe? Much of the work carried out by NASA, together...
Claire Benjamin
- Jun 15, 2013
- 4 min
Matt Wheeler: Modeling for success
Creating animal models is one of the messier aspects of life-saving research, but it is a vital step in the approval process for new...
Claire Benjamin
- Feb 4, 2013
- 7 min
A sacred fire
I’m a farmer’s daughter, but I can’t navigate the grain elevator, grease the combine or repair fence lines. I have never mucked a hog pen...