- “Dark tourism” experiences – sites and museums associated with violence, tragedy and war – draw millions of travelers each year. Exploring one of the darkest chapters in mankind’s history – the Holocaust – may inspire tourists to act on human rights and social change. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/99098962 8 comments science
- Pandemic’s impact on volunteer health care workers. Most experienced low to mild symptoms of burnout, but a significant number met the clinical criteria for PTSD. The strongest predictor of burnout, was avoidant emotional coping, such as denying from difficulties rather than focusing on solutions. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1230437780 4 comments science
- Staring at yourself during virtual chats may worsen your mood, research finds. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/117509126 7 comments science
- Young people with diverse gender identities may be bullied and victimized up to three times more often than peers who identify as male or female. Gender-expansive youths—students who don’t identify as male, female or transgender—experienced disproportionately higher rates of all forms of bullying. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/462003792 98 comments science
- Study finds green spaces linked to lower racial disparity in COVID-19 infection rates https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1196376765 13 comments science
- Hubble Space Telescope spots double quasars in merging galaxies. Finding double quasars offers evidence that it's possible to form pair of supermassive black holes that may eventually coalesce to produce gravitational waves—ripples in fabric of space—that astronomers will be able to detect in future https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/862704348 3 comments science
- Cocoa flavanols boost brain oxygenation & cognition in healthy adults https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/158868307 60 comments science
- Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/326226550 15 comments technology
- In a new study, researchers report they can manipulate how the brain encodes and retains emotional memories. The scientists found that focusing on the neutral details of a disturbing scene can weaken a person's later memories - and negative impressions - of that scene. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/806088 5 comments science
- New polymer material may help batteries become self-healing, recyclable. Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed a solid polymer-based electrolyte that can self-heal after damage – and the material can also be recycled without the use of harsh chemicals or high temperatures. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/805235 37 comments science
- Caffeine may offset some health risks of diets high in fat, sugar https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/805204 20 comments science
- Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels, reports a new study in Nature Communications. By converting carbon dioxide into more complex molecules like propane, we are closer to using excess CO2 to store solar energy for use when the sun is not shining. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/789800 13 comments science
- A recent study has uncovered further evidence of an association between a Mediterranean diet and healthy brain aging. The team found links between five "nutrient biomarker patterns" and better results on tests of memory, general intelligence, and executive function. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/730014 15 comments science
- The Dracula ant can snap its mandibles closed at 90m/s (>200 mph), making it the fastest animal movement on record. Like a human finger snap, they press their mandibles together before sliding one across the other, stunning prey before transporting it back to the nest and fed to the ants’ larvae. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/727667 10 comments science
- Early career choices appear to influence personality, finds a new study that tracked young adults over a period of six years, suggesting that personality is not immutable, but changes throughout life, and many of those changes are the result of one’s life choices. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/726998 13 comments science
- Scientists: Expanding Brazilian sugarcane could dent global CO2 emissions https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/570179 11 comments science
- Parents who talk to their children about nonviolent ways of resolving conflict may reduce children's likelihood of physically or psychologically abusing their dating partners later - even when parents give contradictory messages indicating that violence is acceptable in certain circumstances. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/718126 768 comments science
- New, highly stable catalyst may help turn water into fuel. The researchers found that when they used perchloric acid as a catalyst and let the mixture react under heat, the physical nature of the yttrium ruthenate product changed. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/699431 3 comments science
- A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time and in molecular detail, without any chemicals or dyes. This allows researchers to study concurrent processes within cells and tissue, and could give cancer researchers a new tool for tracking tumor progression https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/663375 3 comments science
- Infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs. When 7-month-old infants in the study viewed videos of an actor who saw – or failed to see – an object being moved to a new location, activity in a brain region known to play a role in processing others’ beliefs changed in the infants https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/647736 5 comments science
- Scientists create virtual AI slug model that is self-aware. Cyberslug is modeled after the sea slug species Pleurobranchaea californica, a small marine predator with a simple nervous system. Scientists were able to recreate this slug's neural wiring in a virtual environment. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/617842 11 comments science
- Heat from below Pacific Ocean fuels Yellowstone, study finds https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/590721 9 comments science
- Study finds that brain network organization mediates relationship between nutrition and intelligence. Nutrition has been linked to cognitive performance, but researchers had not pinpointed what underlies the connection. https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/552515 5 comments science
- Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation via cannabinoids: A new study in animal tissue reveals the cascade of chemical reactions that convert omega-3 fatty acids into cannabinoids that have anti-inflammatory benefits – but without the psychotropic high. https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/532158 24 comments science
- Higher mass transit use was correlated with lower obesity rates in counties across the United States, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers. For each 1% increase in a county’s population who frequently ride public transit, obesity rates dropped 0.2%. https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/501546 204 comments science
- A computer-generated physician, now under development, explains diabetes and cholesterol test results to would-be patients in videos designed for viewing on electronic medical record portals. https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/497683 5 comments science
- Tailored sexual health messages urgently needed for young female tourists according to new study https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/476939 6 comments science
- Emotional trauma from childhood bullying persists into college years and may surpass that of experiencing child abuse or being exposed to neighborhood violence https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/402055 11 comments science
- Guaranteed-tuition laws are driving significant increases in tuition and fees at public colleges and universities, ultimately making higher education less affordable for resident and nonresident students https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/398593 7 comments science
- Mowing dry detention basins makes mosquito problems worse, team finds http://news.illinois.edu/news/15/0722mowing_brianallan.html 6 comments science
- Research shows link between states’ personalities and their politics http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/0331personality_politics_jefferymondak.html 3 comments politics
- 'Bad cholesterol' indicates an amino acid deficiency http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/0225cholesterol_fredkummerow.html 19 comments science
- Native American city on the Mississippi was America's first 'melting pot': New evidence establishes for the first time that Cahokia, a sprawling, pre-Columbian city situated at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, hosted a sizable population of immigrants http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/0303cahokia_thomasemerson.html 77 comments science
- The sacred lotus seeds can survive up to 1,300 years, its petals and leaves repel grime and water, and its flowers generate heat to attract pollinators. Now researchers have sequenced the lotus genome, and the results offer insight into the heart of some of its mysteries. http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/13/0510lotus_genome_rayming.html 3 comments science
- Study of pipestone artifacts overturns a century-old assumption http://news.illinois.edu/news/12/1218pipestone_thomasemerson.html 3 comments science
- In obesity, a micro-RNA causes metabolic problems. Scientists have identified a key molecular player in a chain of events in the body that can lead to fatty liver disease, Type II diabetes and other metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity. http://news.illinois.edu/news/12/0920obesity_jongsookkimkemper.html 11 comments science
- Oh, my stars and hexagons! DNA code shapes gold nanoparticles. University of Illinois chemists found that DNA can shape gold nanoparticle growth similarly to the way it shapes protein synthesis, with different letters of the genetic code producing gold circles, stars and hexagons http://news.illinois.edu/news/12/0808nanoparticles_yilu.html 4 comments science
- Researchers have developed a bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound. http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/1215blood_hyunjoonkong_rashidbashir.html 4 comments science
- Researchers track the secret lives of feral and free-roaming house cats http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/0526_cat_study_horn-mateus-warner.html 22 comments science
- U of Illinois develops acoustical cloaking device http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/11/0105sound_fang.html 34 comments science