Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a cutting edge catalyst made up of 10 different elements each of which on its own has the ability to reduce the combustion temperature of methane plus oxygen. This unique catalyst brings the combustion temperature of methane down by about half, from above 1400 degrees Kelvin down to 600 to 700 degrees Kelvin. What it means is that natural gas can burn cleaner and emit far less carbon dioxide. Once again science shows that fossil fuels like natural gas can be and are clean and just fine for the precious environment. And, fossil fuels are getting cleaner all the time with breakthroughs like the one outlined below. Rather than ban fossil fuels, reasonable people look to improve them. Natural gas is the cleanest traditional fossil fuel source because it produces relatively low amounts of pollutants like carbon dioxide a potent greenhouse gas and major contributor to climate change. But greenhouse gases and pollutants releas
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IMAGE: A new computational technique that uses heat map data to reverse engineer highly detailed models of chromosomes and researchers have uncovered new information about the close spatial relationships that chromatin. view more
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Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of DNA, but such analysis reveals little about their spatial location in relation to one another within chromosomes the highly complex, three-dimensional structures that hold genetic information.
Chromosomes resemble a fuzzy X in microscopy images and can carry thousands of genes. They are formed when DNA winds around proteins called histones which are further folded into complexes called chromatin, which make up individual chromosomes.
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For Immediate Release – January 13, 2021
Illinois Board of Higher Education Announces Members of New Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Board of Higher Education is announcing the members of its Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, which will develop a draft plan to fulfill the board’s which will lay out a set of strategies to achieve the board’s vision and priorities (See https://www.ibhe.org/pdf/sp/Strategic Direction Revised 120320.pdf). The plan aims to create an equitable, accessible and innovative higher education ecosystem across Illinois that ensures students and communities thrive.
“The members of the advisory committee bring expertise from education, business, policy, community, and philanthropic organizations to shape the blueprint for our students and our higher education ecosystem for the next 10 years,” said IBHE Board Chair John Atkinson. “The members of the advisory committee will identify the highes