tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65800362572382004032024-03-07T20:54:53.435-08:00Science Café RaleighScience Café is an event where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can participate in topical discussions with leaders in the fields of science and technology. Hosted by local Sigma Xi chapters and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, these monthly talks are located in coffee shops, bars and restaurants around Raleigh and promote discussion of science in an informal community setting.KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-81743103080656132952009-06-08T06:49:00.000-07:002009-06-08T06:53:08.034-07:00Healthy ChocolateDiscover this brand of chocolate that was developed by scientists at NC State University. This treat really can be good for your health!<br /><a href="http://www.cocoavia.com/products/">http://www.cocoavia.com/products/</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com285tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-72887580325404372162009-05-21T07:58:00.000-07:002009-05-21T08:07:00.441-07:00New Website!As you may have noticed the Museum has an updated website. We are happy with all of the new possibilities it gives us. As with all new things though, we are working out some bugs. In case you have trouble finding the Raleigh Science Cafe webpage when you search with Google, just use this url in your browser...<br /><a href="http://www.naturalsciences.org/programs-events/?select=1076">http://www.naturalsciences.org/programs-events/?select=1076</a><br /><br />I hope everyone will be able to come to next month's cafe on June 16th,<br /><em>The Science of Chocolate,</em> with Dr. Gabriel Keith Harris from NCSU Department of Food Science<em>.</em>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-11881582453190011032009-04-14T10:49:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:51:10.816-07:00Local FoodsI hope that you can make it to next week's Science Cafe on local foods. Here is an interesting story that was on WRAL last week.<br />http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4936391/KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-4438624155440605882009-02-05T08:50:00.000-08:002009-02-05T08:55:41.545-08:00Interested in Dinosaurs?If you are interested in dinosaurs and paleontology, come down to the Museum tomorrow night! <br />We are pleased to host a special presentation by Dr. Phil Currie Friday, February 6, 6:00 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.<br /><br />Paleontologist Phil Currie will discuss what recent findings tell us about the Museum's iconic dinosaur specimen, the Acrocanthosaurus. Currie is Canada Research Chair at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and an associated researcher with the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. He helped describe some of the first feathered dinosaurs and is one of the primary editors of the influential "Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs."KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-15986401386966274332009-01-20T07:37:00.000-08:002009-01-20T07:39:06.712-08:00So Much Snow!Hi Science Cafe friends, <br />We have re-scheduled Dr. Reynold's Science Cafe for next Wednesday night (1/28). Same place (Tir Na Nog) - same time (6:30-8:15) - different day (1/28). I hope everyone can come. <br />Thanks very much, and be safe and have fun in the snow!KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-35345312026999800912009-01-15T08:59:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:07:28.090-08:00Astronomy throughout the month!I hope everyone can come to our Super Nova Science Cafe on Tuesday January 20th. It will be a great cafe to start off 2009.<br />Other astronomical events that are happeninig in the area include an event hosted by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Chemical Society on January 21st (Information listed below) and our special Museum Astronomy Days on January 24th and 25th. <br />If you are interested in what is known about outer space and our universe January is a great month for you!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Astrochemistry:<br />What’s New in the Field of Astrochemistry?<br />Wednesday, January 21, 2009<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />RADISSON GOVERNORS INN<br />150 Park Drive, Research Triangle Park NC 27709-2168, USA. <br />Telephone: (919) 549-8631<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.radisson.com/researchtrianglenc"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">http://www.radisson.com/researchtrianglenc</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br />5:30 pm – Social Hour<br />Cash Bar (Wine/Beer), Soft Drinks hosted; Social/Networking<br /><br />6:30 pm – Fixed-Menu Dinner*<br />Tossed salad ● Beef/potato or Chicken/rice, Mixed vegetable medley ● Chocolate cake<br /><br />7:30 pm – Speaker, Dr. Yorke E. Rhodes<br /><br />You do NOT have to be an ACS member to attend!<br />You may attend the presentation ONLY at no cost (7:30pm)!<br /><br />*Fixed-Menu Dinner - Subsidized Advance Registration: $20 per person; $10 per student; limited to the first 40 persons and Advanced Registration payment must be received by Friday, January 17 (to meet the Radisson headcount deadline). See the Registration Page for dinner choices and advance registration instructions. Call (below) if you have registration questions.<br /><br />Directions: From I-40 [Dan K Moore Freeway], exit at Davis Drive.<br />- Coming from the east (Raleigh), bear RIGHT onto Davis Dr. Ramp turning LEFT (south) across I-40 turning RIGHT into the Service Park bearing RIGHT at the 4-way STOP to the Radisson. <br />- Coming from the west, bear RIGHT onto the Davis Dr. Ramp continuing straight across Davis Drive (light) into the Service Park bearing RIGHT at the 4-way STOP to the Radisson. <br />- Enter the Radisson through the main lobby. Dinner/presentation in the 2nd Floor Ballroom A<br /> (see also the Radisson web site above for a map)<br /><br />For questions, please contact either of the following:<br /><br />John Hines (919) 541-6647; </span><a href="mailto:hines@rti.org"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">hines@rti.org</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Melissa Pasquinelli (919) 515-9426; </span><a href="mailto:Melissa_Pasquinelli@ncsu.edu"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Melissa_Pasquinelli@ncsu.edu</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Or the NC ACS Web Site at </span><a href="http://membership.acs.org/N/NCarolina"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">http://membership.acs.org/N/NCarolina</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br />Abstract “Astrochemistry: What’s New….”<br /><br />At the dawn of the space age in the 1960s, a handful of molecules were known to exist off Earth. Since those days of early robotic exploration of the Moon and Mars, fly-bys with spectroscopy of the outer planets, and radio astronomy of distant areas of our own galaxy and parts of the universe have brought forth a burst of molecular information. About 120 molecules, some new and some known, have been identified to date. What types and kinds of molecules exist? What varieties of molecular species have been found? How did they form, where do they occur, and what mechanisms exist for molecular formation? Can we model and predict what other molecules may occur? How has interstellar organic chemistry evolved? The content of the talk varies and the level of the talk is adaptable to the audience present.<br /><br /><br />Biography<br /><br />Yorke Rhodes received a B. S. in soil chemistry from the University of Delaware in 1957, as Senior of the Year in the College, and then earned an M.S. in organic chemistry in 1959 with William A. Mosher and Darrel Lynch. After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1964 with Prof. James C. Martin, he was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow with Kenneth B. Wiberg at Yale University. He joined the faculty of New York University at the University Heights campus in 1965 and developed research areas in SO2 solvent chemistry, electrocyclic reactions, small ring chemistry, and carbocations, especially neighboring group cyclopropane-assisted cation rearrangements. He moved to the Washington Square campus in 1973 after a sabbatical leave with Horst Prinzbach at the Universitat Freiburg in West Germany. Work at he Square continued in carbocations, led to alkyl group migratory aptitude studies and to synthetic studies in silyl ketene acetal chemistry for synthesis of quaternary neopentyls. He was a State Department exchange visitor to Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1977 and was also Gastprofessor with Ivar Ugi at the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM)in 1977, followed by a stay in 1978 as Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Awardee at the TUM with Ugi. NASA/IEEE Summer Fellowships were held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories at Cal Tech in Pasadena with Wes Huntress in 1980 and 1981 (astrochemistry). In 1987, he was professor associe at the Centre d'Astrophysique, Universite de Grenoble, France, with Alain Omont (astro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry). Rhodes was awarded the Golden Dozen Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts and Science in 1991, and again in 1996. Professor Rhodes has been director of the Dual Degree Program in Science and Engineering at New York University and Stevens Institute of Technology, Professor in a Residence in a University residence hall, and is very active in the New York Academy of Sciences and American Chemical Society local section activities, sponsoring a variety of symposia, poster sessions and other activities for students. He was chair of the ACS New York Section in 1998 and as an ACS Councilor was also a member of the “Local Section Activities Committee” and welcomes discussions about local sections. He has served on Department of Education review panels and is an educational consultant/evaluator for several undergraduate and high school research mentoring programs.<br />ADVANCE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS<br /><br />ACS Tour Speaker, January 21, 2009 at the Radisson Governors Inn, RTP sponsored by the NC ACS. Social (5:30pm), dinner (6:30pm), and presentation (7:30pm).<br /><br />Advance registration payment must be received by NC-ACS by Friday January 17th (final head count required by Radisson). Mail check together with the Advance Registration form (below) to: <br />John Hines<br /> P.O. Box 12194<br /> RTI International<br /> Research Triangle Park, NC 27709<br /><br />All advance registrations will be confirmed by email on or before Monday, January 20th. Cancellations are subject to discretion of NC-ACS. Guests may also be able to attend without Advance Registration by making payment directly to the Radisson at the event for their own fixed-menu dinner costs (~$31-33 with tax and gratuity). Call John Hines (919-541-6647 work) to determine whether this is possible. <br /><br />You do NOT have to advance register UNLESS you wish to participate in dinner!<br />(dinner will be held in the same room as the Social and Presentation)<br /></span>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-58533217185704516962008-11-07T06:21:00.000-08:002008-11-07T06:36:36.365-08:00What have you been drinking?I hope that you can make it to our next science cafe that will be held on November 18th at The Irregardless Cafe on Morgan Street. We will be discussing water quality in our area. <br /><br />Here are a couple of websites that you might find interesting. The first gives information about how populations of some animals (such as freshwater fishes and mussels) are doing in our waterways ... these animals are often good indicators of the health of our water resources. <br />The second website is from the city of Raleigh and gives information about the quality of Raleigh's water supply as well as a list of volunteer opportunities for those of you who might want to get involved in helping to keep our streams and rivers clean.<br /><a href="http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_07_conservation.htm">http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_07_conservation.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Stormwater/Cat-Index.html">http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Stormwater/Cat-Index.html</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-9977511375072692462008-10-03T11:26:00.000-07:002008-10-03T11:34:31.798-07:00Its A Dog's LifeI hope you can come to our next cafe (<em>Behavior and Misbehavior of Dogs</em>) on October 14th at Tir Na Nog. <br /><br />If you would like to read about canine behavior here's an article that might be of interest... <a href="http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2008/jeab-89-02-0247.pdf">http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2008/jeab-89-02-0247.pdf</a>.<br /><br />Also, a resource book for those who would like to read more is;<br /><em>Dog Behavior, Evolution, and Cognition</em>, by A. Miklosi, Oxford University Press, 2007.KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-69260801888441465042008-09-09T07:03:00.000-07:002008-09-09T07:06:34.735-07:00Did you knowthat Science Cafes are happening all over the world? Check out this website that is maintained in the UK, and see if you can find our cafe on their world map. <a href="http://www.cafescientifique.org/">http://www.cafescientifique.org/</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-68993896462582429172008-08-25T11:15:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:17:48.082-07:00Coming next monthEntomophagy, or the practice of eating insects for food, is the topic for our next Science Cafe, on Tuesday September 16th. At this cafe, (if you feel adventurous!) you will have the opportunity to nibble on a bug yourself..... :-)<br /><br />To read about entomophagy, go to:<a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/32443/title/Insects_(the_original_white_meat">http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/32443/title/Insects_(the_original_white_meat</a>)KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-2965512915042426572008-07-30T07:14:00.000-07:002008-07-30T07:17:48.431-07:00Hurricanes and global warming?Here is an interesting article to read before our next cafe...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/science/earth/29hurr.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/science/earth/29hurr.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin</span></a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-68483990413563742042008-07-25T10:27:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:32:53.914-07:00Science Cafe Location - August 19th<span style="font-size:100%;">For those of you who have not been to Tir Na Nog, this link has directions to the restaurant (218 S. Blount Street, downtown Raleigh):</span><br /><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&2a=218+S.+Blount+St.&2c=Raleigh&2s=NC&2z=27601&2y=US&1a=&1c=&1s=&1z=&1y=US&dir=Get+Directions&CID=lfddwid"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&2a=218+S.+Blount+St.&2c=Raleigh&2s=NC&2z=27601&2y=US&1a=&1c=&1s=&1z=&1y=US&dir=Get+Directions&CID=lfddwid</span></a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-31639820770854285792008-07-22T12:19:00.001-07:002008-07-22T12:28:57.622-07:00Tropical StormsThis is the season when hurricanes become front page news. Be sure and mark your calendars for our next Science Cafe on Tuesday, August 19th at Tir Na Nog. Our speakers will be Dr. Ryan Boyles and Dr. Anantha Aiyyer from NCSU, who will give us information and answer questions about tropical storms and the science of predicting their behaviors.KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-3419597881315976902008-06-23T10:36:00.000-07:002008-06-23T10:38:21.480-07:00<h3>June 17</h3><br /> <p><span class="subheader">One Medicine Approach to a Changing World</span><br /><br /> Dr. Slenning, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University</p><br /> <ul><br /> <li><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/NCMNS61708ScienceCafe_1">Video Podcast</a></li><br /> </ul><br /> <h3>May 20</h3><br /> <p><span class="subtitle"><strong>Genetically Engineered Insects: A New Kind of Pest Control<br /><br /> </strong></span>Fred Gould, PhD., William Neal Reynolds Professor of Entomology at NC State University <br /> <ul><br /> <li><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/52008ScienceCafeDiscussion">Video Podcast, Discussion </a> </li><br /> <li><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/NCMNS52008ScienceCafeQuestionspt1_0">Video Podcast, Questions Part 1 <br /> </a> </li><br /> <li><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/52008ScienceCafeQuestionspt2">Video Podcast, Questions Part 2</a><br /><br /> </li><br /> </ul>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-81717577031319175822008-04-15T11:34:00.000-07:002008-04-15T11:37:03.590-07:00Biofuels in Today's paperJust in time for tonight's Science Cafe on biofuels. Here's an interesting article that was published in today's Raleigh News and Observer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/growth/traffic/gas/story/1037548.html">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/growth/traffic/gas/story/1037548.html</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-32306625331292934212008-04-04T13:21:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:38:29.101-07:00Remember Earth Day!If you missed our March Science Cafe "Forests and Forecasts", you can listen to a podcast of that evening's discussion...<br />part 1: <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts01.mp3">http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts01.mp3</a><br />part 2:<a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts02.mp3">http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts02.mp3</a><br /><br />We hope that everyone can come out for the many events we have going on in April. Help us celebrate Earthday!<br />April 15th ... Science Cafe: "Going Green with Alternative Fuels: Not so Fast! "<br />April 19th ... "Celebrate Planet Earth Day" Event<br />April 22nd ... Ground breaking for the Museum's new wing!KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-2335578384829102772008-02-25T12:11:00.000-08:002008-02-25T12:18:30.625-08:00Altered States Podcast now availableIf you weren't able to join us on February 19th - here is a recording of the Science Cafe discussion from Tir Na Nog that evening.<br />part one<br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates01.mp3">http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates01.mp3</a><br /><br />part two<br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates02.mp3">http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates02.mp3</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-58078300678705863882008-01-18T13:29:00.000-08:002008-01-18T13:32:24.841-08:00Drought Podcast now available<a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-01-15_ScienceCafe_DroughtInNC01.mp3">Part one</a><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-01-15_ScienceCafe_DroughtInNC02.mp3">Part two</a>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-42417344291431788572007-12-18T08:27:00.000-08:002007-12-18T08:43:34.717-08:00Happy Holidays! We hope to see you in JanuaryWe will not being hosting a cafe in December. <br />Our next Science Cafe will be held on January 15th at The Irregardless Cafe in Raleigh. Our topic will be the 2007 drought that is occurring in the Southeast. We hope that you will be able to come to the cafe and join in the discussion about our valuable water resources.KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-60964077208930421832007-11-30T09:23:00.000-08:002007-11-30T09:42:15.729-08:00"Our Future State" PodCast now availableListen to Robert McMahan, Senior Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina for Science and Technology and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology, as he discusses the importance of science and technology to the businesses of North Carolina, as well as the importance of teaching science, mathematics and engineering to the young people of our state.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/H2Opodcast/2007-11-27_ScienceCafe_OurFutureState01.mp3">Part One</a> (31:16) (21.4MB)<br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/H2Opodcast/2007-11-27_ScienceCafe_OurFutureState02.mp3">Part Two</a> (36:48) (25.2MB)KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580036257238200403.post-26869415560201966232007-11-14T12:40:00.000-08:002007-11-14T12:51:16.137-08:00Our Future State<p><span class="datetime"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time/Date: </span>Tuesday, November 27, 2007; 6:30–8:30 p.m.<br />with discussion beginning at 7 p.m. followed by Q&A</span><br /><span class="info"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span class="info"><strong>Location</strong>: Tir Na Nog, 218 South Blount St., 833-7795<br /><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Topic: </span>The governor's science advisor shares his thoughts on new technologies and economic growth in NC. What is the future for nanotechnology, alternative energy, biotechnology and other promising industries? What do these developments mean for our livelihoods and lifestyles?<br /><br /><span class="info"><strong>Speaker</strong>: Robert McMahan is Senior Advisor to the Governor </span>of North Carolina for Science and Technology and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. In this role he advises the Governor, the Secretary of Commerce, the General Assembly, and the Boards of Science and Technology and Economic Development about science and technology matters and supports and advises the state government on science, technology, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development. </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">RSVP</span> to <a href="mailto:katey.ahmann@ncmail.net">katey.ahmann@ncmail.net</a>.<br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">For more information</span>, contact Katey Ahmann at 919.733.7450, ext. 531.</p>KAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15359139110505819241noreply@blogger.com23