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Albert V. Crewe dies at 82; physics professor captured first image of an atom
Albert V. Crewe, a physics professor who captured the first image of a single atom and later obtained the first images of atoms in motion, has died. He was 82.
A former director of Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Crewe died Nov. 18 of...Tags: Death, Science, Applied Physics, Enrico Fermi, Colleges and Universities
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The Sims Take on Al Qaeda
Times Staff WriterInside a concrete-and-glass laboratory at the Naval Postgraduate School, a computer simulation of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network is beginning to take shape. Scientists are preparing to conjure deserts, urban landscapes, communications...Tags: U.S. Army, Transportation Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, University of Pennsylvania, Disasters and Accidents
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Girl Scouts add butterfly garden to Hinsdale park
A peaceful, tree-shaded park with a wooden gazebo in Hinsdale has barely drawn the notice of children walking or riding past on their bikes. "We'd eat in the gazebo. But then we'd leave because we thought it was somebody's lawn," said Catherine Dolan,...
Tags: New Year's Day, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations
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U. of C. to link up with marine lab
Add one more laboratory to the list of world-class facilities to be overseen by the University of Chicago. The internationally renowned Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., will be brought under the university's financial and...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Research, Science, Education
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Robert Lee Lyles Jr. of Annapolis, former Md. Health Care Commission member
Robert Lee Lyles Jr., who had two careers in his 69 years and excelled at each, died May 27 at his home in Annapolis. A scientist, physician and state policy adviser, Dr. Lyles "was a modern renaissance man with a tremendous curiosity," said Gene Ransom,...
Tags: General Electric Company, Research, Science, Healthcare Provider, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Gerard Pawlicki, 1921-2013
Gerard Pawlicki was just out of DePaul University when he joined Enrico Fermi, Walter Zinn, George Weil and other seasoned scientists as they lifted their paper cups filled with Chianti wine, celebrating the first controlled nuclear chain reaction under...Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Art Institute of Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Colleges and Universities
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North Central president has big plans
Raising $50 million to $60 million and then building a modern science facility is one of the first plans on tap for Troy Hammond, the new president of Naperville's North Central College. In his inaugural address this month, Hammond said the college...
Tags: Science, Colleges and Universities, Land Resources, Science and Technology, Technology
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Obama to visit Argonne
— President Barack Obama will travel to Argonne National Laboratory in the western suburbs Friday to promote his energy policies, according to White House officials. Aides would not say whether Obama also plans to talk about the sequester cuts...Tags: White House, Barack Obama
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7 seek school board seats in Batavia
The Batavia School District 101 School Board will have plenty of new faces after the April 9 election since only one incumbent is running for four open seats. Departing are board vice president Jack Hinterlong, president Ron Link and member Joseph...
Tags: Lobbying, Science, Chicago Public Schools, Personal Finance, Business
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Obama announces $2B alternative fuel research proposal
Tribune reportersPresident Barack Obama returned to Chicago Friday to push an energy policy aimed at weaning the country off of oil by using revenues from increased oil and gas production. In a roughly 20-minute speech at Argonne National Laboratory, Obama touched on...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Energy Resources, Science and Technology, Hybrid Vehicles, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Obama touts new energy trust at Argonne National Laboratory
With Washington in political gridlock over spending, President Barack Obama traveled Friday to Argonne National Laboratory to announce an energy proposal that would secure money for advanced vehicles by diverting federal revenue from offshore oil and...
Tags: State of the Union Address, John Boehner, White House, Republican Party, Parties and Movements
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Obama to visit Argonne next Friday
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago's western suburbs next week to promote his energy policies. The Friday trip to Argonne, near Lemont, is to "focus on American energy," according to an...Tags: Barack Obama
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