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William Leno Anderson, 80, died March 6 at the Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana. He worked at the Illinois Natural History Survey for 38 years, retiring in 1998 as a research associate. Memorials: Ducks Unlimited, 1 Waterfowl Way, Memphis, TN 38120; or Pheasants Forever, 1783 Buerkle Circle, St. Paul, MN 55110.

Gaylord Frederick, 87, died March 5. He was a baker for University Housing for 25 years, retiring in 1985. Memorials: Land of Lincoln Honor Flight or Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Zoltan Ujhelyi, 85, died Feb. 13 at his Champaign home. He worked at the U. of I. for 50 years. He was an audio-visual aids technician for the College of Education. Memorials: College of Education.

Twelve Illinois scientists rank among the world’s most influential

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Twelve scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2025 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes researchers and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence, as reflected through their publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. The highly cited […]

Engineering A tilted view of miscellaneous of multicolored used batteries.

Study shows new hope for commercially attractive lithium extraction from spent batteries

A new study shows that lithium — a critical element used in rechargeable batteries and susceptible to supply chain disruption — can be recovered from battery waste using an electrochemically driven recovery process. The method has been tested on commonly used types of lithium-containing batteries and demonstrates economic viability with the potential to simplify operations, minimize costs and increase the sustainability and attractiveness of the recovery process for commercial use.

Health and Medicine Research team in the lab.

Study: A cellular protein, FGD3, boosts breast cancer chemotherapy, immunotherapy

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A naturally occurring protein that tends to be expressed at higher levels in breast cancer cells boosts the effectiveness of some anticancer agents, including doxorubicin, one of the most widely used chemotherapies, and a preclinical drug known as ErSO, researchers report. The protein, FGD3, contributes to the rupture of cancer cells disrupted […]

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