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WHAT: Chicago Council on Science and Technology Networking Event
WHERE: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park (just North of the Lincoln Park Zoo), Chicago
WHEN: Thursday, November 1, 2012, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
COST: Free to members, general attendees $15
If a threat arises that challenges the foundation of American society, the FBI is on the case.
Whether it’s a terrorist attack, a cyber-attack, white-collar crime, violent crime or espionage, the FBI must quickly and carefully gather evidence that can be introduced in courts throughout the U.S. and the World.
Continue reading “C2ST Presents: Crime, Evidence, and the Law”
By Stephanie Sunata, Medill Reports
It sits about two miles above sea level on an icy shelf at the most southern part of the globe. It probes microwaves from the farthest points in space. It surveys the southern sky and scientists hope it will help answer some of the universe’s biggest questions.
The South Pole telescope is one of the pivotal tools scientists use to study the universe. It explores the enigmas of dark energy and was the topic of cosmologist John Carlstrom’s recent public presentation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
By Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune
Some call the collaboration between the Art Institute and Argonne National Laboratory “Picasso CSI.”
It lacks a heart-pounding chase scene of a TV drama, though, and nothing explodes in flames. But there is a love story, cutting-edge science and a piece of equipment likened to the gun of adventurer Lara Croft, tomb raider in a tight outfit. And there’s eBay.
The end remains unwritten, but the partnership has produced an answer to a heated topic that has vexed the art world for decades: Pablo Picasso was the first artist to use common house paint in his work and spread that practice widely, Argonne said.
Continue reading “Physicists and X-ray help solve Picasso mystery”
Our quest to understand the origin, evolution and makeup of the Universe has undergone dramatic and surprising advances over the past two decades. Much of the progress in understanding the makeup of the Universe has been through observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Slight variations in the intensity of the CMB light provide a glimpse of the Universe as it was 14 billion years ago.
Continue reading “Exploring the Universe from the Bottom of the World”
Francesca Casadio PhD., joined the Art Institute of Chicago as its first A.W. Mellon Conservation Scientist in July 2003, filling a critical role in establishing and directing a conservation science program. Her primary activities focus on equipping an in-house laboratory with state-of-the-art instrumentation, and conducting analyses of works of art in the collections.
Continue reading “An Interview with Conservation Scientist Dr. Francesca Casadio”
