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Tagged: chemistry and biochemistry

NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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Linda Yasui, Professor of Biological Sciences

NIU earns grant to acquire high-tech microscope

NSF funding will boost scientific research and academic programs

  • October 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $250,000 in grant money to NIU for the acquisition of a cutting-edge high- microscope that will bolster university research and academic…

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NIU, Argonne scientists turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Electrocatalyst discovered in NIU lab efficiently converts CO2 into ethanol

  • August 10, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. —  A research team, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with Northern Illinois University, has discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon…

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Scientists develop safer lead-based perovskite solar cell

  • February 19, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, are reporting today (Feb. 19) in the journal Nature…

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NSF awards more than 300k to NIU’s Tao Xu for research on making a better solar cell

  • August 23, 2018
Tao Xu is on a mission to harness the sun, and he plans to have NIU students give him a hand. The NIU chemistry and biochemistry professor has been working…

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Making a better solar cell

Researchers discover technique to improve perovskites

  • August 17, 2016
An international team of scientists that includes NIU researchers has mapped out a pioneering route to improve the performance of hybrid perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells are not yet…

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