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C2ST Presents live streaming video of Sustainable Energy: Fact or Fiction Comments (0) 2/2/2012 The dependence on oil and other fossil fuels for over 80% of our energy and the continued emission of carbon dioxide threatening stable climate are captured in a single term: sustainability. More »

‘Historic transition’ to sustainability at a crossroads by Laura Mihelich Comments (0) Medill News 2/2/2012 The dependence on oil and other fossil fuels for over 80% of our energy and the continued emission of carbon dioxide threatening stable climate are captured in a single term: sustainability. More »

C2ST on CAN TV Comments (0) 1/10/2012 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. More »

Putting the Power of Science Into the Electric Car, By Eric Isaacs Comments (0) The Huffington Post 1/13/2011 "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... More »

Engineers Filter Runoff Water Polluting City Beaches, by Paul Francuch Comments (0) UIC News 1/12/2011 "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." More »

2009 H1N1 Pandemic Data May Drive Future Vaccine Design, by Rebecca Hernandez Comments (0) The Chicago Examiner 1/12/2011 For 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. More »

UMTRI Collaborates with Toyota on New Safety Research Center Comments (0) University of Michigan News Service 1/11/2011 The 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. More »

The Moon’s Geza Gyuk Talks Forensic Astronomy in this 2008 Cosmos Magazine Article Comments (0) Cosmos Magazine 1/10/2011 "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. More »

GE Acquires Argonne-UChicago Start-up SmartSignal, by Eleanor Taylor Comments (0) Argonne National Laboratory 1/7/2011 GE 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. More »

Argonne Strikes Licensing Deals with LG Chem, GM for Advanced Battery Technology Comments (0) Argonne National Laboratory 1/7/2011 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and LG Chem, Ltd., announced today that they have reached a licensing agreement to make and use Argonne's patented cathode material technology in lithium-ion battery cells. More »

Michigan State Leads First Study of Resiliency on the Battlefield, by MSU News Comments (0) Michigan State University News 1/5/2011 Many researchers have studied the psychological effects of combat after the fact, but this appears to be the first study to scientifically investigate resilience during wartime. More »

New Painkiller May be More Effective Than Morphine with Less Side Effects, by Rebecca Hernandez Comments (0) Chicago Examiner 1/5/2011 An experimental painkiller may be more effective and less dangerous than morphine, says a new study led by a Loyola University Health System anesthesiologist. More »

Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM) Mentoring Program to Bridge Gap Between Ideas and Innovation Comments (0) University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Technology Management 1/4/2011 One of the biggest challenges to early stage innovation is that it most needs experienced advice when it is least able to attract it, says Alan Thomas, director of UChicagoTech, the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual Property. “A structural problem in Chicago is that at this embryonic point there have been very few resources to turn to,” he says. More »

Neighborhoods Still Working to Close Digital Gap, by Jeffrey Steele Comments (0) Chicago Tribune 1/4/2011 Studies have shown that cost is a major barrier to Internet access, especially in the home. In Chicago, nearly 40 percent of residents do not have the broadband connections required to compete in the Digital Age. More »

Age doesn’t matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones Comments (0) The University of Chicago Medical Center 1/3/2011 New 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 More »

Two Books Explore the History and Delights of Honey, Bees and Beehives, by Diana Yates Comments (0) UIUC News 1/3/2011 Kritsky, 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. More »

C2ST Alum Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti Helps to Offer Obese Kidney Patients New Hope, by Sherri McGinnis González Comments (0) UIC News Bureau 12/28/2010 UIC 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. More »

Smarter Systems Help Busy Doctors Remember, by Marla Paul Comments (0) Northwestern University News Center 12/22/2010 After one year, the software program significantly improved primary care physicians’ performance and the health care of patients with such chronic conditions as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The program, a new comprehensive approach tied to a doctor’s performance review, also boosted preventive care in vaccinations and cancer and osteoporosis screenings. More »

Drugs Appear to Stop PTSD in its Tracks, by Rebecca Hernandez Comments (0) The Chicago Examiner 12/9/2010 PTSD is a debilitating mental illness that affects around 8 million Americans. Symptoms include depression, panic attacks, flashbacks and chronic fear and anxiety. More »

New Institute to Tackle Exascale Computing, by Eleanor Taylor Comments (1) Argonne National Laboratory Newsroom 12/8/2010 Exascale computing represents the next generation of supercomputers, systems that will be 1,000 times more powerful than the Tianhe-1A—a supercomputer in China that was recently named the fastest in the world... Exascale machines will be measured in exaflops, which are the equivalent of a quintillion, or one million trillion floating point operations per second. More »

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