Chi-Hing (Christina) Cheng, University of Illinois (IMAGE)

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Chi-Hing (Christina) Cheng, University of Illinois

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University of Illinois animal biology professor Chi-Hing (Christina) Cheng and her colleagues discovered that the proteins that bind to ice crystals inside the bodies of Antarctic fishes to keep the fishes from freezing also prevent the ice from melting at higher temperatures.

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