AI is changing the way we work, create, and share information — but brownies?

Two ACES faculty members have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Animal sciences professors Isaac Cann and Matthew Wheeler are among the 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators chosen by their peers for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. 

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability.

More than two-thirds of U.S. preschoolers attend childcare, where they consume daily meals and snacks. Part of the meal requirements include serving milk. However, up to 40% of the milk served by childcare staff is wasted. Wasted milk has obvious financial consequences, but there are also important nutritional and environmental concerns.

Adolescence is a critical time for developing social skills and youth often navigate difficult peer experiences. Parents can help their children by giving advice on how to deal with challenges, but it matters whether youth want support or not.

Dynamic and instantaneous information flows across the entire food complex demand next-generation approach, say two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences students participating in the National Ag Day celebration on The Cowboy Channel

Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in annual milk yield.