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Nutrient-rich human waste poised to sustain agriculture

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Social Sciences

An artist’s impression of an accretion disk rotating around an unseen supermassive black hole. The accretion process produces random fluctuations in luminosity from the disk over time, a pattern found to be related to the mass of the black hole in a new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers.

Black hole size revealed by its eating pattern

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

Study offers insight into underlying causes of seizure disorder in babies

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Screenshot from a video of a black-crested titmouse stealing fur from a sleeping fox, from the YouTube channel Texas Backyard Wildlife.

Some birds steal hair from living mammals

Categories Life & Non-humans

New approach eradicates breast cancer in mice

Categories Health

2020 deadlier than previous five years, even with COVID-19 numbers removed

Categories Health

A new book by University of Illinois journalism professor Nikki Usher examines how the news media, and local newspapers in particular, are becoming increasingly focused on serving wealthy, white and politically liberal news consumers. Photo illustration by Fred Zwicky

Book contends that local newspapers bear brunt of news media’s increasing elitism

Categories Social Sciences

The entry-level jobs that used to help new graduates in law, medicine and other fields learn their craft are disappearing due to globalization, the gig economy and outsourcing, according to sociology professor Kevin Leicht. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Where have all the entry-level professional jobs gone?

Categories Social Sciences, Technology

Light-harvesting nanoparticle catalysts show promise in quest for renewable carbon-based fuels

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Physics & Mathematics, Technology

Head and neck cancer survivors’ tongues are less sensitive at the tip, and problems with taste dysfunction may persist for years after patients complete oncology treatments, a team led by food science and human nutrition professor M. Yanina Pepino found in a study.

Cancer survivors’ tongues less sensitive to tastes than those of healthy peers

Categories Health

An otter effigy pipe from White County, Illinois. Photo by Kenneth Farnsworth

Use of tobacco pipes by Native groups tells story of regional diversity

Categories Social Sciences

A new approach to brain imaging combines functional MRI, electroencephalography and a technique known as EROS, which shines near-infrared light on the scalp to capture brain activity. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Combining three techniques boosts brain-imaging precision

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology

Mantis shrimp-inspired camera provides second opinion during cancer surgery

Categories Health, Life & Non-humans, Technology

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