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Climate change affects the same plant species differently in different regions of the U.S., a new study finds. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/study-finds-... @lasillinois.bsky.social @ibioillinois.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Kicking off a new environmental DNA study for freshwater mussels in the Embarras River of Illinois

The U.S. is widely expected to lose its measles elimination status in November. A few thousand cases can quickly snowball when there are gaps in immunity, says pathobiology professor Nídia S. Trovão. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/what-would-i...

🎉 Great news! The Illinois State Archaeological Survey at PRI has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board. The funding will support a project to organize and digitize archaeological spatial data from past excavations at Cahokia.

Tiny pollen, big discoveries! SIB researchers are combining advanced microscopy and machine learning to uncover grass diversity and trace ecosystem changes over the past 25,000 years. 🧪 🧪 Read more: buff.ly/Lc6nEJI #UIUC #PlantBiology #ILLINOIS

Illinois researchers Diwakar Shukla and Diego E. Kleiman mapped the moving parts of more than 18,000 proteins in the human body in less than two days, a feat that used to take months on a supercomputer. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/ai-model-off...

Bird flu doesn’t stop at birds: The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory found spillover from a backyard flock to a cat and a rat on an Illinois farm. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/avian-influe...

The University Archives is hosting an exhibit of its records on the Morrow Plots, showing the history and impact of the longest-running agricultural experiment in the U.S., to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/university-a...

Scientists used machine learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a decadeslong obstacle to categorizing grass pollen fossils. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/pollen-study... @lasillinois.bsky.social @uofilsystem.bsky.social @ibioillinois.bsky.social

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Hundreds of children and parents enrolled in long-term study of the effects of common chemicals on #brain development and #cognition. They've been at this for more than a decade and have findings to share. #plastics

So how do we describe neural networks?

Health and kinesiology Ph.D. student Kaitlyn Thornton travels with a team of researchers to bring wheelchair rugby to Armenia. @ahsillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/bringing-whe...

A new exhibit at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library explores the life and career of author Mary Shelley and the context for her novel “Frankenstein.” Read more here: news.illinois.edu/rare-book-an...

Postpartum women reported in a new U. of I. study that lingering pain, particularly after C-sections, and depressive symptoms hampered their ability to care for themselves and their infants. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/postpartum-p... @ahsillinois.bsky.social @ahsillinois.bsky.social

Yukio Katsuda (Japanese, born 1941) Horned Owl and Autumn Colours, 1985

Book recommendation: PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED by Kate Clancy. This is one of the most important books I’ve read this year. I hope everyone will read this book that can (I know this content is really tough for about half the population). Please take care while reading! (See CW in the next post)

Go on an adventure with graduate student Wardah Noor Syeda as she and her colleagues capture dragonflies and cockroaches in the Peruvian Amazon. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/chasing-inse...

If you value reliable information sources that are not based on #AI, do one thing today (and every day): Click on @wikipedia.org or Wikimedia Commons and look something up. I rely on both sites now more than ever because they cite checkable sources and are based on human intelligence and integrity.

Installed one this summer and already seeing the savings.

Tomorrow is the day!!! @kateclancy.bsky.social is celebrating the launch of her next book "Pregnancy interrupted: the science and stories of how pregnancies really end" University Y (1001 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL) 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. See you there!

Turns out you really do need food inspectors after all

Are you also vaping lead or other metal contaminants in your e-cigs?

@newsweek.com 's Daniella Gray writes thoughtfully about @kateclancy.bsky.social 's new book, "Pregnancy Interrupted." Frankly, it's rare to find a reporter to pick up this subject matter, and to cover it so well.

I planted ornamental goldenrod because the blooms show up at the end of summer when almost every other flower is fading. It's mobbed by insects. Makes me happy.

I always forget how much I love the Ig Nobel awards until I see "winner figured out that upper-class people are more likely to steal candy from children" arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Kelli Trei of the University Library oversaw the relocation of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, the world’s largest digital library dedicated to biodiversity literature, from the Smithsonian Institution to other institutions across the U.S. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/what-is-the-...

A bacterial protein fragment called corisin drives the process of pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting the cell’s quality-control system, researchers at Illinois and Mie University in Japan found in a new study. Meanwhile, blocking corisin with an antibody impeded the damage.

A new book by professor of African American studies Bobby J. Smith II tells how the New Farmers of America taught tens of thousands of rural Black boys about farming and transformed rural Black life. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/book-tells-t...

Pregnancy losses are often seen as failures, the result of bad genetics or bad behavior on the part of the pregnant person. Clancy's book sees #pregnancy losses differently, a necessary part of the process and a result of the "hot mess of mammalian evolution." #reproductive @kateclancy.bsky.social

Or an eagle.

College students trained in "emotion-regulation" techniques were less reactive to negative images and memories, with corresponding changes in the connectivity of their brains. Story in Inc.com.

Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1934. Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Training helped college students better regulate their emotions in response to negative events or memories. Functional MRI scans revealed corresponding changes in the spontaneous functional connectivity of their brains.

Fluctuating work hours have significant adverse effects on employees’ health, but men and women respond in different ways, a new study by Tim Liao and Sinyee Qianyi Lu found. @lasillinois.bsky.social @uofillinois.bsky.social Read more here: news.illinois.edu/volatile-wee...

Raindrops falling on bioluminescent water off Puerto Rico: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

Join us Thursday, Sept. 3 to meet the 18 undergraduate #Illini who spent the summer at Mayo Clinic. They will present their research and discuss their summer research experience. Light refreshments will be served. Register by Thursday, Aug. 27. Details: calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5589/...

50 high school students from Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood traveled to the College of Veterinary Medicine to learn hands-on about veterinary medicine career options. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/exploring-ve...

Schroedinger's war.

#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a handheld device that could help shape the future of cancer detection. The VPodDuo can accurately detect genetic markers indicating the possible presence of cancer cells. 🔗 go.illinois.edu/VPodDuo

Never write with A.I. “The problem with writing with A.I. is that it’s mentally enfeebling — an escalator toward a result when you really need to make a daily habit of taking the stairs.” — Bret Stephens, an Opinion columnist, NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

A new gene editing tool to treat Huntington’s disease was successfully demonstrated in mice. Read more here: news.illinois.edu/genetic-base...