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Is This Safe to Eat? with IFSH (Institute for Food Safety & Health)

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CHICAGO, IL February 18, 2014

Chicago Council on Science and Technology presents: “Is This Safe to Eat?”—with IFSH (Institute for Food Safety and Health at Illinois Institute of Technology)

Salmonella in chicken. E coli in spinach. Listeria in hot dogs. Outbreaks of foodborne illness can affect large and small numbers of the population, and have dire consequences. The safety of the food supply has emerged as an important and complex global public health, social, and political issue.

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The Nature of Nano 2

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Chicago Council on Science and Technology and Argonne National Laboratory present “The Nature of Nano 2”

CHICAGO, Illinois (January 11, 2014) –From tennis rackets to sunscreen, from stained glass windows to computer memory, the applications of nanoscale materials research are all around us. New television displays, cell phones and other digital devices incorporate nanostructured polymer films known as light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs.

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The Order of Crystallography

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Chicago Council on Science and Technology presents “The Order of Crystallography”

CHICAGO, Illinois (January 13, 2014) Crystallography, or the science of how matter is arranged, has been around for a long time—the birth of X-ray crystallography was 100 years ago.  Using the science of visualizing molecules in 3D has helped society build everything from better medicines to stronger materials. Despite huge advances in the field, and advantages to society, most folks remain unaware of the implications to materials engineering and on research methods today. UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has named 2014 the International Year of Crystallography. Help Chicago Council on Science and Technology celebrate crystallography’s place in our lives—and in Chicago.

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