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  Researchers create room-temperature 1,000+ cycle solid-state Li-air battery

  Mar 21, 2023 10:00 am

  Senior author Mohammad Asadi said the battery design could store 1 kWh/kg or more, four times more than current Li-ion batteries. 

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  UIC Engineering faculty win $2M grant to improve power grid transmission, security

  Mar 13, 2023 1:30 pm

  UIC College of Engineering faculty members Sudip K. Mazumder and Mohammad B. Shadmand believe these substations will detect power grid anomalies faster, and will better resist cyberattacks on the power grid.

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  New 'biohybrid' machines weave electronics with living cells

  Mar 6, 2023 12:30 pm

  A long-time staple of science fiction, biohybrid tech now appears within reach. UIUC researchers are working towards creating these machines, made from both living and artificial parts, that can behave with similar dexterity to living creatures.

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  Engineering building first to go zero-energy on UIUC campus

  Feb 27, 2023 10:00 am

  The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) building on the north end of campus is the university’s first zero-energy-certified facility. All of the energy comes from solar panels on the roof and a solar farm in Savoy.

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  Edgar County to be pilot in rural broadband improvement project

  Feb 13, 2023 12:30 pm

  The project's goal is to get accurate data that can be used for designing opportunities to bring high-speed internet to all of rural Illinois.

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  UIUC team transforms abandoned oil well into geothermal energy storage 'battery'

  Feb 6, 2023 11:45 am

  The researchers successfully turned an abandoned oil and gas well into a geothermal energy storage system, repurposing a once-polluting resource extraction site into what they say amounts to a green energy battery.

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  Click beetle-inspired robots jump using elastic energy

  Feb 2, 2023 10:00 am

  Researchers made a significant leap forward in developing insect-sized jumping robots capable of performing tasks in the small spaces often found in mechanical, agricultural and search-and-rescue settings.  

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  Nature-loving maker converts food waste into Pyrus, a wood proxy

  Jan 24, 2023 11:45 am

  Gabe Tavas founded SymmetryWood, one of many startups born at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his alma mater. A research powerhouse, UIUC is part of the University of Illinois System, which prioritizes innovation that improves lives in the state and beyond. 

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  In-development app will help providers spot misinformation

  Jan 6, 2023 10:15 am

  University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign researchers are partnering with healthcare professionals so they're able to dispel incorrect perceptions their patients have based on unreliable sources.

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  USDA grant to support processing pig waste into binders for asphalt

  Dec 21, 2022 12:45 pm

  A team of UIUC researchers have been awarded a $2.7M grant to investigate the conversion of swine manure and food waste into materials for road pavement and roof shingles.

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