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Big challenges. Bold solutions. See how Grainger engineers are shaping tomorrow's world.

Researchers develop compact, sustainable nitrogen reactor

The modular reactor generates ammonia with nitrogen and water instead of hydrogen, with the ultimate goal of turning air, water and electricity into food using as few resources as possible.

Engineers Without Borders students assist local and global communities

The award-winning student organization is updating a water treatment plant facility in Woodford County, Illinois, and building a gravity-fed water distribution system in Rwanda.

Chicago missed the tech boom. Quantum computing gives it a second chance.

The Wall Street Journal spotlighted Chicago's quantum computing ambitions and the University of Illinois' pivotal role in the region's emergence as a global hub for the technology.

Copper cold plates could slash data-center energy usage

The researchers estimate that if used to cool an entire data center, the technology would contribute only around 1.1% of the data center’s total energy usage compared to more than 30% for conventional air-cooling methods.

Grainger Engineering student chases two dreams at full speed

When Yana Kapoor isn't hard at work studying materials science, she's competing on the track as a Formula 4 auto racer. "I feel like right now I’m on an incline upward, and I just want to see how far it can take me," she says. 

New study reveals how to estimate land sustainability in river deltas

As densely populated coastal communities struggle to keep up with rising sea levels, the research shares a way to predict how river deltas build land and protect coastal regions from encroaching oceans.

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