Sure, they look good in their swimwear, and they can even be seen working out if you get to Texas Gulf beaches early enough, but the Galveston Beach Patrol emphasizes preventive lifeguarding over dramatic rescues.
NASA scientists are studying a type of radar that uses laser light instead of microwaves to provide snapshots of the winds that travel the globe.
June 25 marks the 50th anniversary of the Korean War. University of Georgia historian William Stueck says that the Korean conflict may have served as a substitute for World War III.
The job market has never been better for liberal arts graduates. The vast majority of liberal arts graduates are "ordering" the fries, not serving them, and Ursinus College graduates are a case in point.
Although weapons violence in Israeli schools is low compared with the U.S., school violence is nevertheless a serious problem among Jews and Arabs in Israel, according to a new study by University of Michigan and Hebrew University in Jerusalem researchers.
Determining when a crime victim died can make the difference between a criminal going free or being brought to justice, and researchers at ORNL are developing a system that could help justice prevail.
The accepted theories of how businesses compete are wrong, according to Shelby Hunt in Texas Tech University's College of Business Administration. His recently developed Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition makes clear the uselessness of long-accepted theories of competition.
A 1999 survey on the public's understanding of science shows that while Americans' confidence and interest in science and technology is very high, their understanding of basic science facts and principles remains quite low.
New information technologies are reshaping the U.S. work force and are now widely used in the home, but the adoption of IT varies greatly by industry, individual income level, ethnicity and geographic location.
Lewis University expert available to discuss implications the Korean summit will have for North Korea, including international relations, U.S. involvement and economic development.
1- How the Holocaust is remembered in the land that gave birth to Nazism; 2- A Microsoft-funded program teaches Philadelphia teachers how to use technology in the classroom; 3- Intergenerational retreat links ages.
Increasing globalization of research and development and the prolific growth of information technology are major elements in a science and engineering enterprise that is in transition.
Research and development in the U.S. is continuing to provide impetus to a booming economy, according to the latest National Science Board biennial report to the President.
More than 7,500 pharmaceutical scientists will gather in Indianapolis, October 29-November 2, at the 2000 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition to explore Unmet Medical Needs: Therapies for the New Millennium.
In the first study of its kind in families, researchers have shown that elevated triglycerides -- a blood fat -- sharply increase a person's risk of dying from a heart attack, even if a person's blood cholesterol is normal (Circulation, 6-19-00).
Stanford and Packard hospitals are dismayed that while the nurses' union was still at the bargaining table Friday, union spokespeople were informing the media that talks had collapsed.
Environmental engineer Charles O'Melia wins $50,000 prize for career studying water pollution; he plans to give the money to educational institutions where he and his wife studied.
In a study of rhesus monkeys, it was found that those monkeys without functioning ovaries performed better on spatial memory tasks than monkeys with intact ovaries (Behavioral Neuroscience, 6-00).
Ion propulsion has now entered the mainstream of propulsion options available for deep-space missions.
An abnormality in a protein that helps clear fat from the blood may explain the greatly increased risk of heart disease that people with diabetes face, according to research published by Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons colleagues in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (6-00).
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