Chicago Council on Science and Technology brings military, climate experts together to discuss “The Multiplication of Threats: Climate Change & the Risks to National Security”

Climate security has brought environmentalists and militaries across the world into a unique accord: both are concerned by the effects that climate change does and will have on existing situations of insecurity. The U.S. Department of Defense declared the threat of climate change impacts a very serious national security vulnerability that, among other things, could enable further terrorist activity. They deem climate change a “threat multiplier.”

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CHICAGO, IL March 18, 2014

Chicago Council on Science and Technology presents: “The Real Science Behind Star Trek: Predicting the Technologies of Our Future.”

Star Trek is a story of exploration that has fascinated us for the last 50 years.

Gene Roddenberry and the writers of Star Trek started with the science we know to be true, and stretched the boundaries with unbelievable scientific and technological advances — warp drive, wormholes beaming technology, holodecks — to make the exploration of the universe possible, and immensely entertaining in a one-hour show.

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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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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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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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The impact of 3D printing is expected to affect all of our lives at some point in the near future—whether it will be the products we buy, the educational tools we use or the medical care we seek.

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