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Scientists fool bacteria into killing themselves to survive
Like firemen fighting fire with fire, researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found a way to fool a bacteria's evolutionary machinery into...

Within the College of Engineering, the breadth, scope, and variety of research activities are enormous--more than 1,900 projects are under way. A more than $170-million endeavor, the research programs involve some 650 researchers and thousands of graduate and undergraduate students working on projects directed by engineering faculty.

Summary of Engineering Research - a searchable database of research projects and publications by College of Engineering faculty.

Research centers, laboratories, and industrial affiliates programs - centers and laboratories organized to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations and focus on nationally important areas of research.

University of Illinois research parks - facilities housing a variety of corporations and start-up companies designed to bring corporations closer to university research, to encourage collaborations, and to encourage economic development.

Research: campus resources and contacts - includes conflict-of-interest guidelines, the Illinois Researcher Information Service, the Office of Technology Management, the Office of Research Administration, and federal research funding agencies.

Campus Limited Submission Programs (included in IRIS) are posted at UI Now.

Office of Interdisciplinary Programs - the primary contact for corporate and government research relationships.