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Bioluminescence: Jellies

Enjoy Jellies at the Shedd Aquarium but want to know more about the mysterious way that some of the jellyfish produced…

12 years ago

Spies, Satellites and Archaeology: Mapping the Ancient Middle East

How can spy satellite images help archaeologists?  And what use is GIS technology in uncovering centuries-old, long-gone trade routes?  Come…

12 years ago

Brain Fair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shoai Hattori shattori@u.northwestern.edu NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LENDS STUDENTS' BRAINS TO SCIENCE, TO BENEFIT CHICAGO FAMILIES Free Citywide…

12 years ago

Bioluminescence

From a flash of light in the deepest trenches of the ocean floor to a red tide bloom set aglow…

12 years ago

Policy, cost pose challenges to future of nuclear energy

Nuclear energy continues to play an important role in meeting U.S. energy needs, the source of 20 percent of the…

12 years ago

Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1)

Seventy years ago on December 2, 1942, 49 scientists at the University of Chicago, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when…

12 years ago

PLUG YOUR PEER REVIEWED PAPER

PLUG YOUR PEER REVIEWED PAPER is a new blog series where we recognize new members and donors by uploading their…

12 years ago

Bestselling author talks about Alzheimer’s and aging

Harvard-trained neuroscientist Lisa Genova broke into fiction after watching the progression of her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s disease. In a talk at Northwestern…

12 years ago

Alzheimer’s and Aging

It is hard to escape the grasp of Alzheimer’s disease—according to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in eight older Americans has…

12 years ago

Science film series to launch with ‘A Beautiful Mind’ screening, discussion

The University of Chicago’s new Science on the Screen series will begin with a showing of the Academy Award-winning movie,…

12 years ago