Mycology is an ever-expanding field
By Serina Taluja, Assistant Technograph Editor
March 7, 2019
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
The study of the vast natural world around us is something humans have participated in since long before the term “ecology” was coined. Similarly, people studied things like plants, animals and fungi for thousands of years before words like “botany,” “zoology” and “mycology” were developed. The ...
Quantum Information Science emerges in University’s physics department
By Molly Nguyen, Technograph Writer
March 7, 2019
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Quantum Information Science, or QIS, may not be present in everyday life, but pretty soon, it will be. According to the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology center’s newly named director Paul Kwiat, professor in LAS, this area of research may be the future’s foundation for solving...
Microplastics found to infiltrate Illinois groundwater
By Zack Fishman, Technograph Writer
March 7, 2019
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Samuel Panno is concerned about plastic pollution in the environment. He recalled clusters of water bottles in the ocean while in North Carolina and described images of washed-up whale carcasses full of plastic as “shocking.” The geochemist said 8 million tons of the petroleum-based material is added to the ocean every year, and the statistic elicited a sigh of exaspera...
Urban planning research targets Chicago heat vulnerability
By Molly Zupan, Technograph Editor
March 7, 2019
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
When we think about climate change, immediate thoughts jump to extreme storms or rising sea levels. But the repercussions of excessive greenhouse gas emissions and the depletion of natural ecosystems are much greater than the average person acknowledges, particularly in metropolitan regions where residents a...
University experts warn of false information regarding vaccinations
By Ava Traverso, Technograph Writer
March 7, 2019
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
In a time where health sciences are more advanced than they have ever been in human history, many health issues remain highly politicized. One of the most hotly debated issues in modern times is vaccinations. Whether or not to get vaccinated in today’s society has become a hot-ticket issue and has re...
Researchers invent ‘microbubblers’ to destroy harmful bacteria
By Zack Fishman, Technograph Writer
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Biofilms, or surface-sticking clusters of bacteria, cover everything from bathroom floors to medical devices and are a major cause of hospital infections. These collections of dangerous cells are tough to crack and require thorough scrubbing to be removed, but what if they live in spaces too small to ...
Tap water filter aims to remove potentially harmful pharmaceuticals
By Rachael Bolek, Managing Editor for Online
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Tap water: It’s a norm in households around the world, and people don’t often give it a second thought after turning on the faucet. However, what happens when the water that comes out is contaminated? Dipanjan Pan, associate professor in bioengineering at the University, is working on a way to remove those...
Capturing an absence of light: First black hole to be imaged in 2019
By Molly Nguyen, Technograph Writer
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
It's an exciting time for astrophysicists as our working knowledge of outer space expands and our ability to visually capture its greatest wonders grows as well. The first image of a black hole is soon to be captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, which is a large collaboration of nearly 200 scientists...
Study reveals climate change, hurricane size go hand-in-hand
By Ava Traverso, Technograph Writer
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Florence, Helene, Leslie and Michael: These are the names of the four hurricanes that have occurred in 2018. The rate of severe weather occurrences has appeared to be on the rise over the past few years. The rapidly growing danger is becoming a concern for more and more people, and society is desperat...
Infants show ability to recognize distinctions between social powers
By Serina Taluja and Serina Taluja
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Every single person on the planet begins his or her life the same way: as babies. As adults, we can look at babies and describe them as sweet, innocent or cute. However, we unfairly overlook the intelligence that babies possess. In a recent study done by Dr. Renée Baillargeon, a professor of psychology at the Un...
CAPSat revolutionizes space research
By Aayush Aggarwal, Technograph Writer
November 15, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
We live in a world where space research has become a goal for multiple corporations. From Elon Musk’s SpaceX project to Lockheed Martin’s Orion spacecraft, unravelling the mysteries of the world beyond the exosphere has taken precedence over other scientific research, and justifiably so. Earth ...
‘Women in Microbiology’: breaking into STEM
By Serina Taluja, Assistant Special Sections Editor
September 20, 2018
Filed under Special Sections, Technograph
Women in STEM-related fields have faced various forms and degrees of discrimination since the beginning of coed universities. In many cases, women have been told they simply aren’t good at math by nature, or that only men should want to go out and collect microbe samples from the dirt, or that the...
