The Western Illinois University Chemistry Department hosted high school and middle school students from across central Illinois during the Spring 2026 semester as part of a partnership aimed at ...

Both funders and researchers would find it useful to know which areas of inquiry are most likely to lead to important findings. A new metrics-based approach aims to analyze paper citations, patents, ...

Sometimes the most powerful tool in research is people spending a few minutes to record their observations while going about their daily lives. An early example of this sort of “citizen science” is ...