Category: Research

NIU biologists plan to keep smile on this turtle’s face

State grant will help lead recovery of endangered Blanding’s turtle

  • November 17, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – It’s a creature with a perpetual smile, even in the face of adversity. Found in northern Illinois and other Great Lakes regions, the Blanding’s turtle can live to…

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NIU research firing on all cylinders

External funding to university reaches 10-year high

  • September 24, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – Despite the pandemic, the university’s research, service and engagement enterprises are firing on all cylinders. External funding awarded to faculty and staff hit a 10-year high in Fiscal…

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Portrait of Xueying Lu

NIU physicist receives DOE Early Career Research Award

The award will support her work on innovative wakefield acceleration technologies at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator.

  • August 23, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — Xueying Lu, an NIU assistant professor of physics, was one of 83 scientists selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive funding through its Early…

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You can’t judge a pygmy marmoset by its fur

NIU-led study sheds new light on world’s smallest monkeys

  • May 27, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – A new study confirms that there are two separate species of threatened pygmy marmosets but finds they can’t be distinguished by fur coloring, as was previously thought. The…

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NIU celebrates Fermilab’s latest landmark finding

Over the years, nearly 50 faculty and students have contributed to experiment

  • April 22, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. – NIU can take more than a little pride in its contributions to the latest landmark finding at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in…

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