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This is the repository for all things C2ST. You can learn with videos of our past events, read articles concerning cutting-edge research and development in Chicago and elsewhere that will change our lives, check out C2ST in the news, and more! Use the Filter Media options below to browse C2ST’s content and discover something new!
We graciously thank The Brinson Foundation for their generous sponsorship of the C2ST Science Communication Internship in 2021-2024. As a result, an incredibly talented group of diverse STEM undergraduate and graduate scholars at area colleges and universities researched and developed over 100 blogs.* Enjoy-If you like, please share!
*As of 10.25.24
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Let’s build a museum to honor Nikola Tesla
Fans of Nikola Tesla are hard at work raising funds for a museum to honor their hero, at the site of his last remaining laboratory in Shoreham, NY.
Tesla, who registered over 700 patents, brought electricity to the World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893. His discoveries include the alternating current, Tesla Coil, AC induction motor, fluorescent light, laser beam, remote control and wireless communications.
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The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
If you missed our program on Dark Matter and Dark Energy listen now the latest updates from the Aspen Center for Physics from Cosmologists Lisa Randall and Michael Turner or come to our fall program to learn the latest about the Universe.
Higgs Boson Program @ Fermilab
Over 500 people curious about the Higgs boson visited Fermilab in Batavia on Sunday, July 29, to participate in ‘Ask A Scientist’ day, a program Chicago Council on Science and Technology was pleased to partner on with the National Laboratory.
Fermilab
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Katie Yurkewicz, Fermilab Office of Communication, 630-840-3351, media@fnal.gov
What’s a Higgs boson? Has it been discovered?
Find out at Fermilab on July 29
Science in the Second City
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Science and Technology are the Stars this Thursday at the Adler Planetarium
Some of Chicago’s political and business leaders will be joining top scientists and philanthropists to celebrate science and technology in Chicago today–this Thursday, June 14, at the Adler Planetarium. Chicago Council on Science and Technology will host its second annual gala fundraiser, Science in the Second City, at 6:30 p.m.
