By the year 2035, it is estimated that our world’s dependent relationship with liquid fossil fuels will reach a staggering 110 million barrels a day, with the largest increase in consumption coming from the current developing world. Increased concern over global climate change and rising competition for dwindling fossil fuel resources will require scientifically advanced and environmentally friendly solutions to solve our worsening energy supply problems.

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How does policy, research and funding affect the value of science learning in today’s educational system?

Ask the Nobel Prize winning Physicist, Dr. Leon Lederman, anything you want about science, technology, and the physical world!

In conjunction with the traveling exhibit of one of the world’s most celebrated scientists in its first U.S. visit. Join us for a members-only exhibit preview, lecture and cultural celebration with representatives from the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade and leaders from the Chicago innovation community

This program will highlight the essentials of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology including its history, societal importance and future implications and will discuss the interplay between nanoscale structures, properties and functions