Research

A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. The technique has been experimentally validated in both the mouse genome and the fruit fly genome.

A novel microscopy technique—fluctuation transmission electron microscopy—allowed researchers at Illinois to detect subcritical nuclei in a glassy material, the first such measurements of the earliest stages of crystallization.

Mating man and machine may be closer than we think. As an extension of their earlier work with flexible, bendable, and stretchable electronics, an Illinois team, in collaboration with researchers at Tufts University, have developed a new class of implantable biomedical devices based on ultrathin, ultrasmall silicon electronic devices mounted on silk substrates that completely resorb inside the body over time.