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Simple and inexpensive, an artificial nose senses smell by seeing colors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Imagine a small slip of paper that can sniff out odors such as sour milk, illegal drugs, environmental pollutants, poisonous gases or deadly toxins simply by changing color. As reported in the Aug. 17 issue of the journal Nature, chemists Kenneth Suslick and Neal Rakow at the University of Illinois have developed […]
Physicist Gordon Baym elected to American Philosophical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Gordon A. Baym, the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society. Baym was among 47 scholars and researchers elected April 29 to the learned society based in Philadelphia. Baym joined the UI faculty in 1963. He earned his bachelor’s […]
Physicist Phillips receives Bouchet Award from American Physical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Philip W. Phillips, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society. The award, which recognizes Phillips for “opening new vistas in the study of disordered and strongly correlated condensed matter physics, including the […]
Sullivan receives Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jeremiah D. Sullivan, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois and former director of the UI’s Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, has been selected as the 2000 recipient of the Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from the American Physical Society. The award recognizes Sullivan for “leadership in addressing […]
State finals of Science Olympiad to be held April 29 on campus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The state finals of the Illinois Science Olympiad will be held April 29 at the University of Illinois. The event, which begins at 9 a.m., is part of a national competition in which middle and high school students compete in 24 events involving science concepts and engineering skills. The public is invited […]
Obesity researcher to give public lecture March 30
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Internationally known obesity researcher Richard Lee Atkinson will discuss the prospects for effective treatment in a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 20 at the University of Illinois. The lecture is free and will be in Room 150 of the Animal Sciences Laboratory, 1207 W. Gregory, Urbana. Atkinson, a physician and director […]
Three professors named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Three University of Illinois researchers – Robert M. Fossum, Hugh M. Robertson and Peter G. Wolynes – are among 283 scientists who will be recognized Feb. 19 (Saturday) as new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science during the association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Fellowship recognizes “efforts toward […]
Engineering Open House set for March 3, 4
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Remote-controlled robots rescuing “hostages” while running an obstacle course, wild and wacky Rube Goldberg machines, and more than 150 exhibits ranging from spacecraft design to shape-memory metals are among the attractions awaiting visitors to the 80th annual Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois. The event, organized by UI engineering students, […]
Chemist Herbert S. Gutowsky, pioneer of MRI, dies at 80
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Herbert S. Gutowsky, a professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Illinois and a pioneer in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, died Jan. 13 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. He was 80 years old. Gutowsky’s breakthrough discoveries made NMR one of the most important spectroscopic tools in chemical […]