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A soybean protein blocks LDL cholesterol production, reducing risks of metabolic diseases

University of Illinois
Categories Health
The Jan. 8 insurrection in Brazil’s seat of government was styled after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says Jerry Dávila, the Lemann Chair in Brazilian History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and executive director of the Illinois Global Institute. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

What led to the attempted coup in Brazil, what comes next?

University of Illinois
Categories Social Sciences
The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research’s Coup d’État Project initially categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as an “attempted dissident coup.” But that classification has evolved to include the additional classification “attempted auto-coup d’état,” said Scott Althaus, the center’s director and a professor of both political science and communication at Illinois. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Why was the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol considered an ‘auto-coup d’état’?

University of Illinois
Categories Social Sciences
A new model will help biologists calculate the energy involved when one organism stabs another with its puncturing tools. Pictured: A viper skull.

Who does it best? Scientists study effectiveness of fangs, claws and other biological weapons

University of Illinois
Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics
People who strongly viewed sex as a leisure activity before and during the pandemic used their downtime to engage in more frequent, satisfying and creative sexual activity, according to a study by recreation, sport and tourism professor Liza Berdychevsky at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

People who viewed sex as a leisure activity enjoyed more, better sex during the pandemic

University of Illinois
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences
U. of I. natural resources and environmental sciences professor Eric R. Larson and retired Illinois State Water Survey engineer Sally McConkey explore the factors that support – and the methods for measuring – community resilience at the county level. In an interview, McConkey discusses their findings. Larson and McConkey are standing in the U. of I.’s Red Oak Rain Garden, which has won conservation awards for its incorporation of water runoff features into a functional landscape.

How do we measure community disaster resilience?

University of Illinois
Categories Social Sciences
A field photograph of the Anio Novus aqueducts of ancient Rome. Photo courtesy Bruce Fouke

Layered limestone deposits give unique insight to Roman aqueducts

University of Illinois
Categories Social Sciences, Technology

What’s the future of drones in counterterrorism operations and the Ukraine war?

University of Illinois
Categories Technology

Study links childhood poverty with insulin resistance, advanced cell aging

University of Illinois
Categories Health, Social Sciences
In a survey of more than 35,000 people, U. of I. anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy and her colleagues collected evidence that many individuals experience menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination.

COVID-19 vaccine recipients report changes in menstrual bleeding

University of Illinois
Categories Health

Poor diet, household chaos may impair young children’s cognitive skills

University of Illinois
Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Will renaming carp help control them?

University of Illinois
Categories Life & Non-humans
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