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Biotech Companies Look To Break Through The Coastal Divide
by JON VAN | Mar 13, 2010
Dr. Boris Pasche had worked for years with a battery-operated device to treat insomnia, but as he followed his research, he discovered that electromagnetic radiation from the apparatus might slow or stop tumor growth in some cancer patients, and he thought he could perhaps build a business around the idea.
At Argonne Lab, a Shift From Radioactivity to Supercomputers
by JON VAN | Jan 1, 2010
Argonne National Laboratory, the nuclear research facility in the Chicago suburbs that midwifed the atomic bomb, is ending its use of highly radioactive materials — much to the relief of its neighbors — in favor of supercomputers that will allow it to pursue a broader palate of scientific research. Argonne hopes to lure more federal
Goldfinches Leaving For Cooler Climates
by JON VAN | Dec 11, 2009
As climate experts and government leaders meet in Copenhagen hoping to forge an agreement on how to slow global warming, Chicago bird watchers are noticing a subtle but telling impact of climate change: Goldfinches and some other migratory species are not as numerous as they were a few decades ago. Over the last 40 years,