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Can You Turn a Mouse into a Mammoth?

1 month ago | iit.edu | Tom Linder

Imagine a world where once-extinct species roam the Earth again. That sounds a lot like something from Jurassic Park, right? Thanks to a groundbreaking achievement by biologists in Texas, the woolly mammoth—extinct for thousands of years—may be on the verge of being brought back to life. The breakthrough has come as biologists have engineered mice with traits from the woolly mammoth, most notably sharing the long, wavy hair that made the mammoth so distinct.
May the Memories Be with You: Professor’s Documentary Explores Impact of Star Wars Experience

1 month ago | iit.edu | Tom Linder

For Star Wars fans around the globe, launching into space, building your own lightsaber, enjoying a meal at the cantina, and racing droids once seemed like a far-off fantasy only attainable in a galaxy far, far away. Here on planet Earth, starting in 2022, however, those fans could live out their wildest Star Wars fantasies onboard the Halcyon as part of Disney World’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser attraction.
Blue Bee Baffles Biologists

1 month ago | iit.edu | Tom Linder

When you think of a bee, what do you picture? If the image in your mind was of a blue insect doing handstands, you may be envisioning the world’s newest species of bee: Andrena androfovea. After having first observed this new bee decades ago, researchers published their findings in November 2024.
A Quantum Leap in Dark Matter Detection

2 months ago | iit.edu | Tom Linder

In the field of physics, scientists have long been puzzled by dark matter. Though it is five times more abundant throughout our universe than the ordinary matter that make up all we can see, dark matter rarely interacts with ordinary matter, making its detection a challenge.
Raspberry Razzle Dazzle

2 months ago | iit.edu | Tom Linder

In a fusion of food science, technology, and innovation, six teams of Illinois Tech students gathered at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations in Chicago in November 2024 to compete in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition’s Food Product Innovation Student Competition. With frozen raspberry puree from Washington Red Raspberries as the star ingredient, each team was tasked with developing a new beverage product using the puree in a way that best combines flavor with functionality.
A Call for Quality Connections

Jan 22, 2025 | iit.edu | Tom Linder

Author By Tom Linder In today’s digital age, where so many connections are at our fingertips, recently outgoing United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has sounded the alarm on a growing health crisis: loneliness. In Murthy’s “My Parking Prescription for America” report, he outlines some of the health risks associated with loneliness, including an increased risk of heart disease, dementia, depression, anxiety, and premature death.
Double the Data: Neutrino Hunters Nearing Long-Sought Answer in Fundamental Physics

Dec 10, 2024 | iit.edu | Tom Linder

A presentation at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan in June 2024 included twice the data since the team comprising Fermilab’s NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance (NOvA) experiment had last presented its findings, meaning that NOvA is well on its way to meeting the high threshold of certainty required to declare a discovery. By reaching such a high-level threshold, the results are overwhelmingly likely to be evidence of a new phenomenon, not just noise or statistical fluctuations.
Einstein May Have Been Right, but Is Our Understanding of Dark Energy Wrong?

Dec 3, 2024 | iit.edu | Tom Linder

For more than a century, astronomers around the globe have been challenging renowned physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. While the latest findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration further confirms general relativity, the findings have also upended astronomy’s understanding of dark energy. Our universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, but astronomers don’t yet understand exactly why or how.
Are Shuttered Nuclear Power Plants the Solution for Powering AI?

Oct 30, 2024 | iit.edu | Tom Linder

Author By Tom Linder The site of one of the United States’ worst nuclear accidents is making history again. Located just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant that experienced a partial meltdown in 1979 is now set to reopen—to power Microsoft data centers. After years of decreasing electricity demand, the plant was shut down in 2019. With the rise of artificial intelligence, however, a massive increase in demand could become inevitable.
Lewis College Welcomes Four New Faculty Members

Oct 14, 2024 | iit.edu | Tom Linder

Author By Tom Linder Lewis College of Science and Letters is proud to introduce four new faculty members who join their respective departments ready to make a lasting impact on their students and advance their fields of research.