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SHyNE Annual Meeting takes place November 14, 2018
On November 14, 2018, SHyNE Resource met for their annual meeting. Meeting highlights included discussion of the considerable growth in usage in the past year, Year 3, in which there was a 9% increase over Year 2 with a total growth of over 40% since the beginning of...
2018 SEED Funding Recipients
SHyNE Resource is pleased to announce the first recipients of the SHyNE External Experiment Development (SEED) program. Scientists from across the Chicagoland area submitted excellent proposals and the committee had a difficult time narrowing down their...
Simpson Querrey Institute is hosting a lecture by Sean Allen
The Simpson Querrey Institute is hosting a lecture by Sean Allen, of the Evan Scott Lab, titled, “Rapid, Sterile, and Clinical-Scale Synthesis and Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers for Applications in Nanomedicine."
3D printed bone may hold key to treating birth defects and accidents
By Puja Bhattacharjee Featured Image: A portion of 3D printed spine from hyperelastic bone The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year, about 2,650 babies are born with a cleft palate and 4,440 babies are born with a cleft lip with or...
Sodium-Ion Batteries May Power the Next Big Break In Tech
When researchers at Northwestern University started researching sodium-ion batteries, they had one uniform goal - find commonly abundant materials for a cheap alternative to lithium ion batteries. The depletion of lithium sources makes it essential to find alternative...
Fraser Stoddart: The Man Behind the Celebrity
Molecular machines can perform tasks such as removing toxins from chaotic environments. But Stoddart’s lab is a haven of tidiness and order. SHyNE spoke to members of his research team at Northwestern University to get know the mentor for whom they work. By Puja...