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Person walking through the rain on the west side of campus. Photo by Martin Hernandez/UIC

September 26, 2024

Climate change will lead to wetter US winters, modeling study finds 

Most regions will see higher and more intense winter precipitation by the end of the century

A black and white rock embedded with small bronze-colored crystals.

August 5, 2024

New model refutes leading theory on how Earth’s continents formed 

Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren’t necessary for early continents

Lola Eniola-Adefeso is the new dean for the college of engineering.

July 26, 2024

Distinguished chemical, biomedical engineer named dean of UIC College of Engineering

Omolola “Lola” Eniola-Adefeso to join UIC from the University of Michigan

A cluster of yellow and red spheres sitting inside the cavity of a blue molecule.

July 23, 2024

Dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible 

A new drug that disrupts two cellular targets would make it much harder for bacteria to evolve resistance

Fishing boats and oil spill

July 18, 2024

How pollution may remain in water after oil spill cleanups 

The way oil drops break up at the water’s surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a spill

Two men in lab coats crouch to examine tubing in a laboratory.

May 30, 2024

New method makes hydrogen from solar power and agricultural waste 

Biochar-assisted electrolysis from UIC reduces energy use sixfold

March 6, 2024

UIC-led effort to protect the monarch butterfly surpasses 50 industry partners

Approximately 915,000 acres will be managed as monarch habitats across 41 states

One woman and two men pose in a laboratory.

February 15, 2024

UIC research helps create new antibiotic that evades bacterial resistance 

New drug inspired by images that captured how bacteria block antibiotic activity

November 28, 2023

Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt

Experiments find that impure ice is less sticky than ice made with pure water

October 3, 2023

New strategy for eye condition could replace injections with eyedrops 

New compound developed at UIC could help people with wet age-related macular degeneration

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