2026-05-06 - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCETechnology Networks (with audio; Suffolk, England, May 6) — Jimeng Sun, a computer science professor at the U. of I., used training data from over 8,000 past trials to predict the outcome of more than 3,400 recent drug studies in a prediction model. “All this...
2026-01-16 - Today we know that our brains re-write our memories each time we recall them, but what if we could control that process? We're exploring the science of memory manipulation, which could transform treatments for Alzheimer's, PTSD, and more. To answer our questions, KCBS Radio news anchor Steve Scott...
2025-10-22 - "Today, my laboratory looks more like a scene from a sci-fi film than a psychology research space. Wires snake across tables, sensors lay carefully arranged on trays, and a bucket of ice water sits in the corner, quietly waiting its turn." Manuel Hernandez is an NSP faculty member and...
2025-08-28 - Engaging your brain can have benefits—but not all mental exercises are created equal.Can Brain Games Really Preserve Cognition?When it comes to your brain, there’s some truth to the saying “use it or lose it,” experts said. “Your brain is an organ, and if you’re not using all parts...
2025-06-11 - From The New York Times: In the northwest corner of Washington State on Friday morning, the authorities issued a most unusual all-points bulletin, rather, an A.P.Bee.“250 million bees are now loose,” the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department...
2025-06-10 - Children who eat foods containing soy are more focused at school, according to a study.American researchers found that school-aged youngsters who consumed more isoflavones from soy foods...
2025-05-01 - Bioengineering, Mechanical Science and Engineering, and The Grainger College of Engineering community recently celebrated a new named appointment for professor Taher Saif. In an investiture ceremony held in the Beckman Institute...
2025-04-29 - Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. History...
2025-04-22 - Two articles were recently published highlighting the work of Neuroscience Program faculty, Manuel Hernandez and Neuroscience Graduate student Jonathan Cerna:Wearable...
2025-02-28 - Shared from UIUC Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau, 2/18/25 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare finding of a direct genetic...
2024-12-04 - Adapted from Meet the 2024 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellows "The Beckman Institute has announced seven University of Illinois students as Beckman Institute Graduate...
2024-11-04 - Shared from Bioengineering News The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded a $5.6 million grant to the Neuroproteomics &...
2024-10-15 - Shared from MCB's News page The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and ...
2024-09-24 - Shared from Beckman Institute News Stories Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the...