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SparkTalks event at the University of Illinois Chicago. Nov. 2025

November 18, 2025

Photos: SparkTalks Nov. 13, 2025

This edition featured more than 30 speakers, presenting on topics ranging from Chicago hip-hop and AI in nursing education.

A 4D construct in a lab dish.

November 17, 2025

UIC engineers develop a new 4D platform to create artificial tissues

The materials, made of living cells, could be used for smarter tissue implants.

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland

November 17, 2025

UIC scientists recreate the universe’s first moments by slamming together oxygen ions 

At the Large Hadron Collider, physicists study quark-gluon plasma, which filled the universe right after the Big Bang.

Headshots of Ian Papautsky and Dr. Gina Votta-Velis

November 13, 2025

Pancreatic cancer research project attacks ‘seeds of metastasis’

UIC surgeons, anesthesiologists and engineers are collaborating to trap pancreatic cancer cells during a critical window.

Researchers collaborate on the development of quantum technologies at the SQMS Quantum Garage.

November 13, 2025

Energy Department funding extends UIC, Fermilab partnership

UIC students and faculty will continue cutting-edge quantum research in partnership with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory thanks to a $125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

several figures stand on top of a rocky, foliage-covered mountain

November 10, 2025

Thanks to the work of UIC researchers, five Vietnam War MIAs come home 

Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing helps recover servicemen missing in Laos.

Susan Magasi and Joy Hammel standing outside on the west campus.

November 7, 2025

UIC researchers awarded $4.5 million grant for community-engaged disability research

Center will serve as hub for training and outreach.

Zongmin Zhao and Luyu Zhang in their lab.

November 7, 2025

UIC researchers are using ‘nanopacks’ to develop a multiple sclerosis treatment 

UIC researchers created a way to treat autoimmune disorders like MS with special cells that deliver anti-inflammatory “nanopacks” to the nervous system.

November 5, 2025

UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science helps investigators overcome research roadblocks 

Grant renewal will allow the center to search for solutions to some of today’s most pressing health issues.

Three researchers in a lab

November 3, 2025

UI Health receives two research grants to focus on early detection of lung cancer

UI Health lung cancer researchers receive two grants during Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

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