Stories from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
World-renowned interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Automatic speech recognizer learned to understand people with disabilities — by listening to them, Sept. 2024
Variety is the spice of learning, memory study suggests, Sept. 2024
Folded peptides are more electrically conductive than unfolded peptides, July 2024
With, not on: Reimagining autism in research, June 2024
Postdoc Dylan Burton puts exams for interpreters to the test, Dec. 2023
Microdroplets, macro results: Beckman researchers pursue Energy Earthshots, Oct. 2023
Bringing cells to life … and to Minecraft: $30 million NSF grant to support whole-cell modeling, Sept. 2023
Protein p53 regulates learning, memory, sociability in mice, Sept. 2023
Mix it, test it, create it: NSF funds automated polymer research instrument, Sept. 2023
Six researchers recognized in 2023 Beckman Institute Research Image Contest, Aug. 2023
Crossing paths: How hobbies shaped Yamuna Phal's research, July 2023
Renewable solar energy can help purify water, the environment, July 2023
Webb makes MRI work for research, clinics, and communities worldwide, June 2023
Don't wait, desalinate: the electrified future of clean water, June 2023
Seven things to know about the 7 Tesla MRI scanner, May 2023
Lydia Kisley, crossroads chemist, April 2023
Beckman announces 2023 research seed grant recipients, April 2023
Beckman Institute announces 2023 fellowship, award recipients, April 2023
Molecular teamwork makes the organic dream work, March 2023
The woman who made Beckman’s history, March 2023
Beckman Institute Open House scheduled for March 31, April 1, Feb. 2023
Teenage girls' self-esteem is a product of past experience, Jan. 2023
Student contest blends biology and computer science to advance AI, Jan. 2023
Beckman research to boost astronaut fitness on NASA’s mission to Mars, Dec. 2022
New method enables clear, precise imaging of human cells, Nov. 2022
Researchers receive $2M to develop next-generation 3D ultrasound imaging device, Oct. 2022
Beckman, DRES collaboration launches (dis)Ability Design Studio, Sept. 2022
New polymer property could give accessible solar power a boost, June 2022
Two challenges posed, two Beckman winners at AI Hackathon, April 2022
Expanded alphabet makes DNA the next data storage solution, March 2022
New year, new look for the Beckman Atrium, Jan. 2022
Listening to the leaves: bioinspired veins transport fluids in foamed polymers, Jan. 2022
Machine learning accelerates molten salt simulations for nuclear power applications, Oct. 2021
New Beckman microscope raises the bar... and ceiling, Aug. 2021
Keep your friends close, cortisol levels low for life, June 2021