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"Applications of Health Assessment for Conservation" (Comparative Biosciences) #ResearchLIVE #2017ResearchLIVE #UniversityofILLINOIS Laura is a long-term lover of all things scaly…

"Your Brain is Talking Directly to Your Stem Cells" (Neuroscience) #ResearchLIVE #2017ResearchLIVE #UniversityofILLINOIS Can the sympathetic nervous system be used to stop cancer?…

"Harnessing Plant Compounds to Promote Healthy Aging" (Neuroscience) #ResearchLIVE #2017ResearchLIVE #UniversityofILLINOIS Can eating more licorice root help brain aging? Payel…

"Unearthing the Secrets of Volcanic Eruptions" (Geology) #ResearchLIVE #2017ResearchLIVE #UniversityofILLINOIS Robby a volcanologist wants to predict where and when the next volcano…

On the shoulder of giants. We may see further…but do we see more clearly? Derek researches constrained motion in space aka sub-Riemannian manifold geometry. (Mathematics) #ResearchLIVE…

"People were always imaging themselves as much more." Jenny studies the spread of Islam in East Africa by looking at how sandals operate as product of social interaction, expression and…

Oh no, astronomy can kill! Luckily Adrienne is researching how star dust is transported to Earth. She models dust grains’ interactions with supernova remnants and the ISM (interstellar medium).…

When Auxetics materials are stretched, instead of getting thinner they expand and become “like a deep dish pizza.” SreeKalyan designs engineered materials such as compliant mechanisms,…

Cassandra, a first-generation college student, studies community nutrition and food insecurity on campus. Accuracy in measurement is crucial to helping students who don't know where their next…

Diamonds are a physicist’s best friend. They are a great host for Nitrogen-vacancy centers and studying the neutron Electric Dipole Moment (nEDM). Sarvagy also says the centers can get…

Real-time video understanding by AI and deep neural networks is extremely important! Think: self-driving cars. Kartik is making sure our mobile phone chips are up for the task. (Computer Science)…

Elizabeth has developed “chemotherapy beads“ for locally aggressive cancer in cats - which are applied directly to the tumors (Soft Tissue Sarcomas). She is a veterinarian and small…

Huanci studies Atmospheric Rivers (AR) which are “rivers” of water vapor in the atmosphere. She has built models to better predict flood risk in the Pacific Coast of the Western United…