“The future of the electric-car industry belongs not to the scientists and engineers who perfect the batteries we have now, but the ones who figure out what comes next, in the 2020s, the 2030s, and beyond…
Archive for January, 2011
Putting the Power of Science Into the Electric Car, By Eric Isaacs
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Prof Patents Chemical Process
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Late last year, Loyola University signed a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement for a fragrance and flavors technology with India-based chemical companies Raigad Petroleum and Privi Organics, one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of aroma chemicals in India. The technology was invented by James Babler, PhD, a longtime member of the University’s chemistry department.
Stand Tall, Get Ahead
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011To test their theory, the researchers conducted three experiments to explore the effects of body posture versus role on power-related behaviors. The first two experiments demonstrated that when individuals were placed in high- or low-power roles while adopting expansive or constricted body postures, only posture activated power-related behaviors…
Engineers Filter Runoff Water Polluting City Beaches, by Paul Francuch
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011“Ultimately our tests will result in a filter system design that’s hydraulically efficient with a lot of water flowing through it, but at the same time can retain a lot of types of contaminants.”
2009 H1N1 Pandemic Data May Drive Future Vaccine Design, by Rebecca Hernandez
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011For the study, white blood cells from nine infected patients (whose symptoms ranged from mild to life-threatening) were isolated and antibody genes analyzed. A total of 86 different antibodies were tested. Five of those bound to all seasonal H1N1 flu strains from the last decade as well as the deadly 1918 Spanish flu.
Drug Discovery: Ingenuity or Serendipity?
Mar 10, 2011Northwestern University Professor of Chemistry Dr. Richard Silverman explains what it takes to get a new drug to market and attempts to answer the question posed by the lecture title.
Environmentally Healthy Nanotechnology, by Vijayalakshmi “Viji” Kalyanaraman
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011About 100 billion plastic bags are used every year in the US alone. It is worth mentioning that plastic bags are produced from petroleum by-products; as we know, petroleum is a non-renewable source and its supply is diminishing day by day.
UMTRI Collaborates with Toyota on New Safety Research Center
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011The Collaborative Safety Research Center will be based at the Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor and will involve Toyota researchers and engineers from North America and Japan, as well as UMTRI researchers and those from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. Toyota will commit $50 million over the next five years to fund the center.
The Moon’s Geza Gyuk Talks Forensic Astronomy in this 2008 Cosmos Magazine Article
Monday, January 10th, 2011“It’s the work of an afternoon now to sort through all the autumn moonrises from a particular location on Earth during a particular span of years,” says Gyuk.
C2ST Welcomes Geza Gyuk to “The Moon” on January 25 at IIT
Monday, January 10th, 2011Geza Gyuk is the Director of Astronomy at the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Chicago. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics/ Mathematics from Brown University and went on to become an NSF Graduate Fellow, obtaining his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Chicago. [...]
