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Our Top 10 Climate, Energy, & Environment Programs

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By C2ST Staff

As far as science and technology topics go, the environment is a broad, multifaceted, and vitally important subject to explore. Over the last few years, C2ST has held numerous talks, discussions, and events built around a variety of environmental challenges and opportunities. Naturally, many of our discussions were focused on climate destabilization–its origins, its implications, and the methods by which humankind can turn back the tide of impending collapse.

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A Time for Change

2020 has been a tough year for more reasons than we care to count. But we at C2ST, being glass-half-full kinds of folks, think that there’s no reason we can’t try and make the best out of what’s left of it. So as we gear up for a new season of eye-opening, thought-provoking digital content for the Chicago Community and beyond, we’re also going to be reaching out to the community for contributions to our organization.  Continue reading “A Time for Change”

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Chicago’s Animal Kingdom

Urban ecosystems were created by people, for people, but that doesn’t mean animals haven’t evolved to survive or even thrive within modern cities. Dr. Seth Magle and Dr. Maureen Murray highlight the importance of understanding human-wildlife interactions and the incredible research done by the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Biomineralization: Life Harnessing Mineral Growth Over Four Billion Years

The survival of all forms of Life on Earth through geological time has depended on controlling mineral growth within the environments they inhabit.  This process, called biomineralization, has been an essential unavoidable, and ubiquitously distributed force of nature that has caused essential strategic benefits (like forming bones for muscle attachment), as well as profound practical problems and impediments (such as the growth of kidney stones).

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Science Can Help Revive US Manufacturing

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By Robert J. Kriss, C2ST Editor

Many people think of science as a process for inventing things in a laboratory. But science need not stop at the laboratory door. The scientific method can also be used to develop economically competitive processes for manufacturing inventions on a commercial scale. “Smarter” manufacturing processes are key to the success of US manufacturing in the twenty-first century.   Continue reading “Science Can Help Revive US Manufacturing”