Ten cool research stories you might have missed this year

There's been a lot going on in 2020, so nobody can be blamed for missing a few things. But amid a tumultuous year in which many pivoted to COVID-19 research , University of Chicago scholars and scientists have also been hard at work continuing to understand the planet and the universe we live in, to improve our lives, and to build a future that's clean, safe and sustainable. Here are a few interesting research findings from the University of Chicago in 2020: - Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue . While eating takeout one day, University of Chicago scientists Bozhi Tian and Yin Fang started thinking about the noodles-specifically, their elasticity. When they ordered pounds of noodles to experiment with, the restaurant thought they were trying to steal the recipe to open a rival restaurant. But what they were preparing was a recipe for synthetic tissue-that could much more closely mimic biological skin and tissue than existing technology. Breakthrough mouse model of celiac disease could lead to new treatments .