Miscanthus can meet US biofuels goal using less land than corn o...

Researchers observe spontaneous 'ratcheting' of single ribosome...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers report this week that they are the first to observe the dynamic, ratchet-like movements of...

Water is 'designer fluid' that helps proteins change shape,...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) According to new research, old ideas about water behavior are all wet.Ubiquitous on Earth, water also...

UIUC professor to be awarded SIAM Prize for Distinguished...
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) On Tuesday, July 8 at its 2008 annual meeting in San Diego, the Society for Industrial and Applied...

Plant flavonoid found to reduce inflammatory response in the...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers at the University of Illinois report this week that a plant compound found in abundance in...

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules...

Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's...
With 512 full color pages and 1120 full color photographs and illustrations, Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible is the...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...