Chicago Council on Science and Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is one of the best places in the country for postdocs to work, according to a survey released today by the life sciences magazine, The Scientist.

Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago In the 2009 report, projections for Chicago suggest that the average number of deaths due to heat waves could quadruple by 2050. The Chicago Climate Action Plan said greenhouse emissions could jump 35 percent by that time. Heat waves are the leading cause of weather-related deaths across the country. In July [...]

The two-month program has two parts, one for juniors and one for seniors. During their junior year, students learn about basic science related to oncofertility. During their senior year, students focus on clinical applications of what they learned the year before.

Courtesy: Phyorg.com The phenomenon, described as thermopower waves, “opens up a new area of energy research, which is rare,” says Michael Strano, MIT’s Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, who was the senior author of a paper describing the new findings that appeared in Nature Materials on March 7. The lead author was [...]

The debilitating movement disorder starts with tiny tremors and gradually seizes an individual’s ability to control movement, including speech. But it also often contributes to dementia, personality changes and other mental deficits, as countless doctors, researchers and families dealing with the disorder have documented.

Limits for large coal-burning power plants and industrial facilities would be phased in beginning in 2011, with no restrictions on smaller sources until 2016.

The U.S. Green Building Certification, which administers the LEED program, requires any LEED-certified newly constructed facility to be at least 15 percent more energy efficient than current building codes dictate. The KBS dairy facility is 38 percent more energy efficient.