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Coleman elected to National Academy of Engineering

Photonics pioneer James J. Coleman has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

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Title: Coleman elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Photonics pioneer James J. Coleman has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Coleman is the Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois.

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Title: Vishveshwara Receives 2012 Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics

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Associate Professor of Physics Smitha Vishveshwara will receive an inaugural Simons Foundation Fellowship in Theoretical Physics for the 2012/13 academic year.

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Title: New Quantitative Microscopy Method Offers Stain-free Cancer Detection

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The century old process of staining biological tissue for examination under a microscope remains today as the standard assessment tool for pathologists looking for signs of cancer. Now a new stain-free imaging method for cancer diagnosis has been developed that provides images that rival or surpass those from histological staining. In addition, the technique is automated, and it provides quantitative data on structures at the cellular level.

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