If you enjoyed Creatures of Light: Nature’s Luminescence at the Field Museum and want to learn more about bioluminescence and the natural history, evolution and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light, visit Chicago Council on Science and Technology’s YouTube Channel to hear from an expert!
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Enjoy Jellies at the Shedd Aquarium but want to know more about the mysterious way that some of the jellyfish produced light? If you want to learn more about bioluminescence and the natural history, evolution and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light, visit Chicago Council on Science and Technology’s YouTube Channel to hear from an expert!
How can spy satellite images help archaeologists? And what use is GIS technology in uncovering centuries-old, long-gone trade routes? Come join the Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) at the Oriental Institute of University of Chicago for Spies, Satellites and Archaeology: Mapping the Ancient Middle East on Thursday, March 7.
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From a flash of light in the deepest trenches of the ocean floor to a red tide bloom set aglow in the moonlight, bioluminescence enlivens many ocean organisms, from angler fish and jellyfish to tiny single-celled organisms.
Seventy years ago on December 2, 1942, 49 scientists at the University of Chicago, led by Enrico Fermi, made history when Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) went critical and produced the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction.
