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Skull pushes back clock on early human migration
Aug 20, 2012 21:42 EDT
An ancient skull discovered in a cave in Laos has pushed back the clock on human migration to Southeast Asia by as much as 20,000 years, a study has found.
Cray wins $188 million deal to build supercomputer, shares up
Nov 14, 2011 13:25 EST
(Reuters) - U.S. supercomputer firm Cray won a $188 million contract with the University of Illinois to provide a supercomputer for the Blue Waters project, three months after technology giant IBM pulled out of the venture.
Electronic skin tattoo has medical, gaming, spy uses
Aug 11, 2011 20:00 EDT
A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday.
Soggy fields put U.S. farmers on a tight deadline
Apr 29, 2011 08:41 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Incessant rains have turned Indiana farmer Larry Winger's grain fields into ponds, making it impossible for him to seed his corn crop.
Soggy fields put U.S. farmers on a tight deadline
Apr 29, 2011 08:41 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Incessant rains have turned Indiana farmer Larry Winger's grain fields into ponds, making it impossible for him to seed his corn crop.
Bumper U.S. crop planting may tame high food prices
Mar 28, 2011 16:04 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The bumper crops expected to be planted by U.S. farmers this spring could be the first big step toward alleviating global food price inflation.
Giant crayfish found in Tennessee is new species
Jan 19, 2011 21:05 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new species of giant crayfish literally crawled out from under a rock in Tennessee, proving that large new species of animals can be found in highly populated and well-explored places, researchers said on Wednesday.
More support for soy after breast cancer
Oct 18, 2010 15:19 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More evidence suggests eating soy may pose a slight benefit to some women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, but it's too early to recommend cancer survivors change their diets, some experts say.
Genetically altered salmon? It doesn't stop there
Sep 22, 2010 16:27 EDT
Genetically altered salmon is only the beginning; more engineered animals, food are to come. We've always played with our food ? even before we knew about genes or how to change them.
Genetically altered salmon? It does not stop there
Sep 22, 2010 16:06 EDT
We have always played with our food ? even before we knew about genes or how to change them.
Walking helps keep body and brain young
Sep 13, 2010 06:00 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Everyone knows that walking limbers the aging body, but did you know it keeps the mind supple as well?
Ninja in training? Parkour fans leap, flip for sport
Aug 27, 2010 10:13 EDT
COLUMBIA, Missouri (Reuters Life!) - For student Mike Heaviland a picnic table presents a unique challenge -- should he try a monkey vault to a precision landing, or an advanced kong vault, lunging over it head first?
Potash calls Billiton bid "grossly inadequate"
Aug 17, 2010 17:36 EDT
Potash rejects unsolicited $38.49B bid from BHP Billiton, adopts poison pill defense. A global race to snap up fertilizer companies accelerated Tuesday, when fertilizer producer Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. rejected a buyout offer worth $38.49 billion, calling it "grossly inadequate."
Oil spill taints UC Berkeley's BP-funded research
Jul 31, 2010 15:27 EDT
Gulf of Mexico oil spill fuels controversy over BP-funded energy research at UC Berkeley. BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus calling for a severing of ties.
Wheat prices end July with huge monthly gain
Jul 30, 2010 16:47 EDT
Wheat prices jump more than 5 percent; end July with biggest monthly rally in 51 years. Wheat prices surged in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops.
Biographical information on Hugh Hefner
Jul 12, 2010 17:58 EDT
Biographical information on Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine. NAME ? Hugh Hefner.
Looking for family tree? Head to Salt Lake City
Jun 07, 2010 12:46 EDT
700,000 genealogy tourists a year hit Salt Lake City library in search of family tree. When Jan Gow makes her annual pilgrimage from New Zealand to Salt Lake City, it's not to enjoy Utah's ski resorts, red rock canyons or five national parks. It's for the ribbons of microfilm and endless volumes of maps, cemetery and property records tucked inside the Family History Library.
Ed Secretary Duncan faces questions on admissions
Mar 24, 2010 21:36 EDT
Obama ed secretary, former Chicago schools CEO Duncan facing questions about admissions calls. Revelations that President Barack Obama's top education official kept a log of calls from powerful people trying to get students into top Chicago high schools when he ran the massive district have raised new questions about the city's admissions practices.
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
Mar 10, 2010 22:03 EST
CDC uses supermarket shopper-card data to zero in on source of salmonella outbreak. As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time ? the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
Mar 10, 2010 21:58 EST
As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time ? the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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| Motto | Learning and Labor |
| Established | 1867 |
| Type | Flagship, land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant, public university |
| Endowment | US$2.197 billion[1] (systemwide) |
| Chancellor | Robert Easter (interim)[2] |
| President | B. Joseph White ending 31 December 2009, Stanley Ikenberry (interim effective 1 January 2010) |
| Provost | Robert Easter (interim)[3] |
| Faculty | 2,971 |
| Staff | 8,085 |
| Students | 41,495 |
| Undergraduates | 31,173 |
| Postgraduates | 10,322 |
| Location | Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, United States |
| Campus | Micro-urban (1,468 acres) |
| Former names | Illinois Industrial University |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I-FBS, 21 varsity teams (10 men's, 11 women's) |
| Colors | Orange and navy blue |
| Nickname | Fighting Illini |
| Mascot | None. Previously Chief Illiniwek, (1926 - 2007) |
| Affiliations | Worldwide Universities Network Big Ten Conference Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| Website | http://illinois.edu/ |
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