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LAS News

A precursor to invasive breast cancer
Study finds differences between benign and cancerous breast calcifications
Findings could assist biopsy decisions and guide therapy development, researchers say
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Property plat books in Champaign County
The covenants of racism
LAS professors join an effort to redact—and learn from—discriminatory property laws that remain on the books
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Cline Center researchers
Research: Police uses of lethal force dropped dramatically in U.S. from 2021-23
U of I provides the most comprehensive dataset on this issue
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Illinois researchers pair nanocatalysts, food waste to reduce carbon emissions in aviation
Research findings could help produce alternatives to traditional jet fuel
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Illustration of chemical compounds
Crowdsourcing chemistry: Gift cards serve as incentive in Kaggle competition for data-driven discoveries
Machine learners from across the globe accept the challenge to develop models to predict molecular photostability
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State farm scholarship winners
A celebration of scholarships
Actuarial sciences and risk management students and supporters honored at ceremony
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Fulbright winners
LAS students awarded Fulbright grants
Three will pursue prestigious opportunities around the world this coming year
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Illustration of supernova in the Milky Way
Unlocking the cosmos with AI
Professor leads efforts at an institute that could transform our knowledge of astrophysics
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