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Recycling Scrap Metal

Recycling can be tricky--it may not always be clear what to put in those blue bins. Although we may have…

3 years ago

A Pill to Treat COVID-19 and the Shape of Things to Come

Pfizer recently used the Advanced Photon Source (“APS”), a powerful x-ray machine operated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne…

3 years ago

Happy Holidays from C2ST!

Thank you to all of the science enthusiasts from Chicagoland and beyond! We hope you and your loved ones are…

3 years ago

Diving into Ryan Lepak’s Great Lakes Research

Ryan Lepak is a post-doctoral researcher at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He previously did mercury and food web research…

3 years ago

Impacts of Climate Change: What’s up with Wildfires?

2020 was a difficult year for everyone. The global pandemic altered life as we knew it, and the world around…

3 years ago

NASA Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

The month of November is Native American History Month.  Native Americans have contributed to major discoveries and processes across the…

3 years ago

HeLa Cells: The Immortal Cell Line

The polio vaccine, HPV vaccine, and in vitro fertilization may sound familiar to many, but do you know where each…

3 years ago

The Race to Space: Who’ll be the First to Conduct Research on the Moon?

Sites for research in space are reaching astronomical levels, with some scientists proposing the idea of an international workstation on…

3 years ago

Just Keep Swimming: The Physics of Ducks

Have you ever wondered why you organize your ducks in a row? It’s physics!  Ducklings swimming behind their mother in…

3 years ago

Aging: The Race Against Time

From the moment we’re born, we have already begun the process of aging. As we grow and mature, so do…

3 years ago