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Fred Zwicky

  • Senior Photographer, University of Illinois
Champaign
As seen in: University of Illinois News Bureau, Medical Xpress, New Atlas, Daily Herald, The Columbus Dispatch, Newswise, Roanoke Times, Bryan-College Station Eagle, Daily Chronicle, Laredo Morning Times and
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To overcome antibiotic resistance, new research says to let it flow

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By Fred Zwicky
| Newswise
BYLINE: Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, Biomedical Sciences Editor CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid flow found in the body than standard cultures.
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Extracting green gold, PGMs from waste

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By Shane Lasley Verified, Xiao Su, Fred Zwicky
| Metal Tech News Verified
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a cleaner and more efficient method of recovering gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) from electronic waste and other discarded materials. Even though it costs anywhere from $925 to $4,500 to buy just one ounce of these precious metals, gold and PGMs have special properties that make them worth their high price for electronics and clean energy technologies.
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Unique fern sucks nutrients from the soil using dead "zombie leaves" Original

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By Ben Coxworth Verified, Fred Zwicky, Michael Vincent, Camila Pizano
| New Atlas Verified
Ordinarily, once a fern's leaf fronds have died, the plant has no further use for them. Such is not the case with the Cyathea rojasiana fern, though – a scientist has discovered that its dead fronds become "zombie leaves" which suck nutrients from the soil. While studying another type of plant in a Panamanian forest reserve, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Prof.
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