http://c2st.org Chicago Council on Science and Technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:18:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago Illinois is on board while Texas is resisting Illinois supports planned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse gases as pollutants detrimental to public health. But a Texas lawsuit challenges the EPA's authority and the science behind it. Alabama and Virginia have filed petitions also questioning the EPA's authority. The EPA announced in December ... http://c2st.org/press/tackling-greenhouse-gases-as-a-pollutant-by-kate-howard Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago Tandra Giles knows how to take your vitals. She understands how cancer survivors can have children after chemo. Heck, she even knows how to preserve sperm. Is she a doctor? Nope. Try high school senior. Giles, a 18-year-old South Sider, learned these skills as one of 16 young women ... http://c2st.org/press/program-piques-young-womens-interest-in-science-careers-by-allison-stevens 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. ... http://c2st.org/press/mit-researchers-discover-new-way-of-producing-electricity-by-david-chandler Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago People with Parkinson’s disease often can’t differentiate between a sweet smile or an angry grimace, a warm welcome or a rude remark. And one of the major treatments may be making this worse, according to new research. The debilitating movement disorder starts with tiny tremors and gradually seizes ... http://c2st.org/press/parkinsons-impairs-emotional-communication-and-one-treatment-may-make-that-worse-by-elizabeth-brandon-and-daniel-peake Courtesy: The New York Times (Science) Coal-country lawmakers moved Thursday to impose a two-year moratorium on potential federal regulation of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering gases. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia, said the Environmental Protection Agency should refrain from issuing any new rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants ... http://c2st.org/press/lawmakers-from-coal-states-seek-to-delay-emission-limits-by-john-m-broder Courtesy: Research!America With the release of his FY 2011 budget proposal, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to science and research by making them a priority amid efforts to limit spending. Although Obama recommended a freeze on the part of the budget that includes research, he opted to increase funding for ... http://c2st.org/press/research-a-priority-in-tight-presidential-budget-by-researchamerica Courtesy: Michigan State University News Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station dairy herd set itself apart last summer when it moved to a new pasture-based facility featuring robotic milking and an energy-efficient design. The facility is again being recognized as a pioneer facility, this time for its Leadership in Energy and ... http://c2st.org/press/msu-dairy-facility-garners-silver-leed-certification-by-tom-oswald Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago Last March 9, months after taking office, President Barack Obama lifted the ban imposed in 2001 by the Bush administration on providing federal funding for stem cell research. One year later, while researchers across the country are actively pursuing that funding and available embryonic stem cell lines, some ... http://c2st.org/press/stem-cells-one-year-later-a-long-way-to-go-by-tina-amirkiai Although the number of women pursuing scientific careers is growing, women are still largely underrepresented in most scientific and technical fields. In recognition of Women's History Month, Fermilab's Diversity Office will sponsor a talk at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, in Ramsey Auditorium about the continued shortage of women ... http://c2st.org/programs-partner/gender-race-and-science-education Courtesy: Medill Reports Chicago Mussels and geckos just may be some of the stickiest creatures in nature, and scientists such as biomedical engineer Phillip Messersmith are harnessing their adhesive properties. In a recent lecture, Messersmith outlined how he is stuck on these creatures for applications that could aid insurgery and the treatment ... http://c2st.org/press/stuck-on-mussel-research-to-develop-medical-adhesives-by-rebecca-dolan