A Day of Science
PHYSICS WITH A BANG!
Students, families, teachers and especially the curious are invited to attend our annual Holiday Lecture and Open House. Continue reading “Physics with a Bang!”
Originally published at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/04/21/guest-post-juan-collar-on-dark-matter-detection/
Courtesy: Discover Magazine (2008)
You may have heard some of the buzz about a new result concerning the direct detection of dark matter particles in an underground laboratory. The buzz originates from a new paper by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration; David Harris links to powerpoint slides from Rita Bernabei, leader of the experiment, from her talk at a meeting in Venice.
At this year’s Physics With a Bang! spectacular at the University of Chicago’s Kersten Physics Teaching Center, you’ll see sights and sounds like no other.
University of Chicago physicists Heinrich Jaeger and Sidney Nagel are at it again as they wow the crowd with their signature lectures that allow students, families, teachers and neighbors to participate in hands-on demonstrations and learn about some of the exciting science going on in the Gordon Center.
Continue reading “Ask a Scientist at Physics With a Bang to Feature Ka Yee Lee”
Did you miss Rebecca Skloot when she joined C2ST at Northwestern?
Well, here is your chance to check out our Flickr photostream from Rebecca Skloot’s book The Immortal Life of HEnrietta LAcks!
Below are photos from the reception, the lecture, and the question and answer section. Re-live the conversation that is taking place in classrooms, around water coolers, and in backyards all over the world!
Continue reading “New Photos! Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
The Chicago Council on Science and Technology & Children’s Memorial Research Center Present:
Lecture, Book signing and Dinner with
Best-Selling Author Rebecca Skloot
Featuring Special Guests, Veteran Journalist Bill Kurtis
and WLS TV’s John Garcia,
on November 16
If anyone knows about cells, it’s Dr. Linda Hicke. Former Assistant Professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology, Dr. Hicke is now Associate Vice President for Research at Northwestern University. Cell biology has been her entire career.
With funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Hicke’s research interest is the role of ubiquitin in regulating protein traffic in eukaryotic cells, a subject that she has published about widely in journals such as Cell, Molecular Cell, The EMBO Journal, Nature Cell Biology and the Journal of Cell Biology.
Continue reading “Interview with Dr. Linda Hicke of Northwestern University”
