A group of Argonne researchers will be studying methods and creating tools for building more resilient mass transit systems to evacuate major cities under a $2.9 million grant announced this week by the U.S. Department of ...
Engineering
Feb 13, 2015
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More than a dozen images of butterflies adorn the front of Claudia Galeno-Sanchez's home in the Pilsen neighborhood. There are monarch butterflies spreading their wings and many other colorful ones sprinkled in between. The ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2022
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Invasive silver carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes since their accidental release in the 1970s. The large filter-feeding fish, which are known to jump from the water and wallop anglers, threaten aquatic food ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2019
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New research from the University of Warwick serves as a warning to banks not to over invest in mortgages.
Economics & Business
May 24, 2016
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Comcast, the country's largest cable company, is offering its own online video alternative as people spend fewer hours watching live TV and more time using tablets and phones for entertainment.
Telecom
Jul 13, 2015
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In spring 2011, Groupon Inc. was said to be worth as much as $25 billion - an amazing valuation for a company that still isn't four years old.
Business
Sep 16, 2012
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Apple is adding the ability to use a digital pencil to draw and write on its cheapest iPad model in an attempt to make the tablet more compelling for creating, teaching and learning.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 27, 2018
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Peggy Stenger casually admits to having a freezer of dead birds.
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2022
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5
As another storm flung snow at Chicago, Alexandra Clark wondered how she'd get to work. Like an increasing number of snowbound city dwellers, she had a ready tool at hand: an app that tracks hundreds of city snowplows in ...
Software
Jan 19, 2015
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Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years ago in the Chicago area and researchers believe climate change is behind it.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2022
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