Faces of Discovery

A promising clinical treatment for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis using “good” bacteria
Balfour Sartor, MD A promising clinical treatment for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis using “good”
A new technology to remove and reuse vital phosphate
via Northwestern University A new technology to remove and reuse vital phosphate Phosphate pollution in
A major breakthrough in Quantum Dot Technology
A research team led by Prof. Sean Chen of the Department of Materials Science and
A greener way to make solar cells: Replace the toxic and unsustainable solvents
Researcher Carys Worsley at work in the SPECIFIC labs, identifying a safer, greener way to
A new creation could give machines a human-like sense of touch
AiFoam was created by a team led by Asst Prof Benjamin Tee (left). Mr Guo
Harvesting WiFi signals to power small electronics
The research breakthrough was achieved by a team led by Professor Yang Hyunsoo (left). Dr
Using enzymes instead of platinum for hydrogen conversion
Dawit Filmon belongs to the research team publishing the results in Nature Catalysis. Credit: Jan
Artificial intelligence could monitor water quality more effectively highlighting quality shifts due to climate change or pollution
Mortimer Werther, of Biological and Environmental Sciences, led the study Artificial intelligence could monitor water
A stable and efficient anode-free sodium battery
Bingyuan Ma holding a transparent capillary cell. Bai’s Lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering
A gene has been identified that could help prevent or delay onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Matt Huentelman A gene has been identified that could help prevent or delay onset
CPU algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15 times faster than top GPU trainers
Anshumali Shrivastava, Shabnam Daghaghi, Nicholas Meisburger CPU algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15
Using a series of small molecule inhibitors, not antibiotics, to treat deadly tuberculosis
Zhong-Yin Zhang, head of Purdue’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, developed highly potent
A new smart device can harvest daylight and relay it to underground spaces
via NTU A new smart device can harvest daylight and relay it to underground spaces
Prime editing is the latest gene-editing technology that is simpler and more precise than CRISPR
Drs. Xiaochun Long and Joseph Miano. CREDIT: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Prime editing is the latest
A new artificial intelligence agent gets turned loose to conduct research experiments at superhuman levels
NSLS-II scientists, Daniel Olds (left) and Phillip Maffettone (right), are ready to let their AI