Illinois in the News

Associated Press (New York City, March 28) — Nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering professor Kathryn Huff says uranium enrichment capacity in the U.S. and among its allies needs to grow in order to support reactor production.

Science (Washington, D.C., March 27) — Climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences professor Kelvin Droegemeier, President Donald Trump’s Office of Science and Technology Policy director during his first term, was warmly embraced by senators from both parties after the office had been without an acting director for nearly two years.

NPR (Washington, D.C., March 26) — Overwhelming support to reverse the closure of the Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology exists because the group’s spectral measurements get used in almost every field imaginable, says physics professor Elizabeth Goldschmidt.

BBC (London, March 26) — Architecture professor Thomas Leslie on where the Venetian pile technique is successful for building cities.

Interesting Engineering (New York City, March 25) — Animal sciences professor David Miller says glycan-IVF could lengthen the fertile window of sperm and possibly increase IVF rates.

Chicago Sun-Times (March 25) — Natural resources and environmental sciences professor Michael Ward explains how sentinel behavior helps birds evade predators.

Interesting Engineering (New York City, March 23) — Astronomy professor Brian Fields is one of the researchers that have detected the presence of a radioactive plutonium isotope in samples from the deep sea.

Crain’s Chicago Business (March 21) — The reluctance by the big insurance companies toward the California market provides an opportunity for start-up insurance companies, says Lynne McChristian, the director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research at the Gies College of Business.

Tech Brew (New York City, March 21) — Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Gene Robinson discusses some of the obstacles in the Human Genome Project.

The New York Times (March 18) — Consuming chia seeds in liquid might be easier on your stomach than eating them dry. When you soak chia seeds in water, they expand and produce a slimy substance called mucilage, says food science and human nutrition professor Elvira de Mejia.

Financial Times (London, March 16) — Business administration professor Vishal Sachdev says students risk “cognitive offloading” — using artificial intelligence as a shortcut, rather than engaging deeply with course material.

CNET (San Francisco, March 16) — Phone-based scams are a huge cottage industry causing billions of dollars in economic damage, says computer science professor Daniel Kang, who is part of a team that developed a series of artificial intelligence agents to pose as scammers and test how easy it was for them to steal money or personal data.