A virus common to poultry is outfoxing a long-used vaccine, apparently through natural genetic engineering and by using strategies to survive environmental insults, says a University of Illinois researcher who has been tracking new outbreaks around the world.
By recognizing both visual and audio cues, a self-aiming camera being developed at the University of Illinois can tell the difference between an airplane and an albatross.
Perhaps the strangest creative writers' colony ever to operate in the lower 48 was more a prison than a haven, its director more a warden than a muse.
Of the thousands of items that journalist Shana Alexander has just given the University of Illinois, perhaps none telegraphs her career better than her box of press passes.
"Maps of Africa to 1900: A Checklist of Maps in Atlases and Geographical Journals in the Collections of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign," newly published, is thought to be the largest published checklist of maps of Africa.
Each year, more than 174,628 running-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctor's offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and emergency rooms.
Like death and taxes, aging is inevitable. By 2030, an estimated 65 million Americans will be age 65 or older. Transitioning into this stage of life can be challenging, but thanks to a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher, Americans can learn to age successfully.
To be honored at Smith Commencement: Novelist Toni Morrison, who received an honorary degree at Smith in 1991, as well as five leaders and visionaries in their respective fields will be recognized with honorary doctoral degrees.
Last week NASA received a weak signal from Pioneer 10, twice as far from the Sun as Pluto and speeding toward the constellation Taurus.
The scheduled speaker for the University of Arizona's 124th Commencement ceremonies is basketball coach, Lute Olson.
Recent research findings indicate the link between health and religious beliefs may be stronger and more deeply intertwined than previously thought.
Two universities announced that IU's Kelley School of Business and Purdue's Continuing Engineering Education program will join four universities in offering a special one-two educational punch -- a master's of engineering paired with a master's of business administration, that will be available via distance education directly to GM professionals.
It is 5 a.m. A Midwest farmer sips coffee in front of a computer. Up-to-the-minute satellite images show a weed problem in a field on the northwest corner of the farm. At 6:30 a.m., the farmer drives to the exact location to apply a precise amount of herbicide.
Surgical biopsies can be painful, and waiting for lab results unnerving. New ultrasonic sensor technology being developed at the University of Illinois may permit the rapid and accurate detection and diagnosis of cancer, without the need of a scalpel.
A new curriculum appears to be effective in determining whether middle schools students will avoid using violence as a means to resolve their problems.
All but two of the newer anti-depressant drugs cause significant sexual dysfunction, according to results of a study conducted by the associate professor and vice chairman, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University Virginia Health System and a primary care physician in New Baltimore, Mich.
Cisco Systems CEO and West Virginia University alumnus John T. Chambers will address graduates at his alma mater Sunday, May 13, when he gives the 1:30 p.m. main address at WVU's 132nd Commencement at the WVU Coliseum.
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are using a new way to study how heart muscle cells communicate electrical and chemical messages.
For the first time, a qualitative study confirms that patients prefer to have family members with them in the emergency department during invasive procedures or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, because they feel soothed, protected and less frightened.
Research initiated by Johns Hopkins has found that a mouse bone marrow stem cell is capable of developing into the specialized cells lining intestines, lung and skin. This study provides some of the first clear evidence that a transplanted bone marrow stem cell can not only reconstitute bone marrow, but also may play a role in healing these other tissues and organs as well.
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