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(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The National Science Foundation announced this month that it is funding a new research effort at the University of Illinois aimed at understanding how -- and whether it is possible -- to build sustainable infrastructure to support the emerging biofuels industry.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at the University of Illinois who cooked up the novel, self-healing system.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) In his State of the Union Address on Jan. 23, 2007, President Bush stated that, in order to substantially lower foreign oil imports, "We must increase the supply of alternative fuels, by setting a mandatory fuels standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017."

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) University of Illinois microbiology professor William Metcalf and his collaborators have developed a way to mass-produce an antimalarial compound, potentially making the treatment of malaria less expensive.

(Geological Society of America) Small white stalagmites lining caves in the Midwest may help scientists chronicle the history of the New Madrid Seismic Zone -- and even predict when the next big earthquake may strike, say researchers at the Illinois State Geological Survey and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Preliminary results of the study will be presented Sun., Oct. 5, at the 2008 Joint Meeting of GSA-SSSA/ASA/CSSA-GCAS in Houston, Texas.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The National Science Foundation announced this month that it is funding a new Physics Frontiers Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The Center for the Physics of Living Cells is one of nine Physics Frontiers Centers in the US, and the second to explore the physics of biological systems.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions.

Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) By discovering the physical mechanism behind the rapid transport of water in carbon nanotubes, scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to ultra-efficient, next-generation nanofluidic devices for drug delivery, water purification and nanomanufacturing.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) By combining custom-built spectrometers, novel probe designs and faster pulse sequences, a team led by Illinois chemistry professor Chad Rienstra has developed unique capabilities for probing protein chemistry and structure through the use of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new study of transfer RNA, a molecule that delivers amino acids to the protein-building machinery of the cell, challenges long-held ideas about the evolutionary history of protein synthesis.