Late 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.
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Prof Patents Chemical Process
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Stand 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…
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.
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. [...]
Solar Cells – Brian Albert
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Why aren’t we using solar technology already?
Move Things With Your Mind… With the Help of Wearable Robots, by Minna Krejci
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011The idea for the use of the robot came from what is known about how the brain usually controls movement of the body. Imagine moving your arm: first, your brain tells your arm where to go. As your arm moves, nerves in your arm relay information back to the brain about the arm’s position.
C2ST Welcomes Artist and Astronomer Jose Francisco Salgado to talk about “The Moon”
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Come to “The Moon.” An visual exploration into what we know about the Earth’s only natural satellite and what the government is doing to get us back there. http://c2st.org/uncategorized/the-moon. José Francisco Salgado is an astronomer and visual artist at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and Executive Director of KV 265, a non-profit organization whose mission is the communication of science through art.
Electrons, Molecules, and the Bigger Pictures, by Sarah Plumridge
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010Mark Ratner, chair of Northwestern University’s chemistry department, Dumas University Professor of Chemistry, and co-director of the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN), talked to Medill Reports about molecular electronics, what it means to be a theoretical chemist, and the gratification that comes with science.
