This program is composed of two parts addressing the causes and effects of obesity. In part I, Chicago-based scientists will present the current science of obesity, describing the various ways obesity harms the body, how our food choices can impact our health and the different health-determinant patterns locally and nationally. Part 2 of the program features keynote speaker Bechara Choucair, M.D., Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, who will highlight the obesity problem and present his vision for a healthier Chicago.
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012Putting the Power of Science Into the Electric Car, By Eric Isaacs
Thursday, January 13th, 2011“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…
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.
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.
GE Acquires Argonne-UChicago Start-up SmartSignal, by Eleanor Taylor
Friday, January 7th, 2011GE Intelligent Platforms has purchased SmartSignal, a company started by the University of Chicago based on technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
Age doesn’t matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones
Monday, January 3rd, 2011New genes that have evolved in species as little as one million years ago — a virtual blink in evolutionary history — can be just as essential for life as ancient genes, startling new research has discovered. University of Chicago
Two Books Explore the History and Delights of Honey, Bees and Beehives, by Diana Yates
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Kritsky, a University of Illinois Alumnus, book traces the history of human exploitation of honey bees, starting with the honey hunters’ earliest forays into wild areas to look for swarms they could rob. Gradually humans learned that they could relocate bee swarms into logs, pipes or clay vessels placed closer to home.
C2ST Alum Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti Helps to Offer Obese Kidney Patients New Hope, by Sherri McGinnis González
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010UIC surgeons have transplanted 13 morbidly obese patients since 2009 and report that all were successful, 100 percent patient and graft survival, with no complications. The team of surgeons includes Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, head of robotic surgery, Dr. José Oberholzer, and Benedetti.
