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Released: 28-Mar-2016 5:05 PM EDT
U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey to Deliver George Washington University Commencement Address
George Washington University

U.S. Senator Cory Booker announced through Snapchat that he will be the 2016 commencement speaker for GW

Released: 28-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Structure of Parkinson's Protein Could Lead to New Diagnostic and Treatment Options
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chemists have identified the complex chemical structure of the protein that stacks together to form fibrils in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients. Armed with this knowledge, researchers can identify specific targets for diagnosis and treatment.

Released: 28-Mar-2016 10:40 AM EDT
American University President Cornelius M. Kerwin to Step Down in 2017
American University

American University President Neil Kerwin announced today that he plans to step down after more than a decade of leadership that transformed the institution in academic quality, campus facilities, and national standing.

Released: 28-Mar-2016 10:05 AM EDT
World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtle Species in Even More Trouble Than We Thought
University of Alabama at Birmingham

UAB researchers use novel approach with historic film to discover just how endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are.

Released: 25-Mar-2016 4:05 PM EDT
Saving the Worlds Seagrass Meadows Isn't Just a Pipefish Dream
Swansea University

Saving seagrass isn’t just a pipefish dream. That’s the claim of a new Practitioners perspective article written by researchers from Swansea University and Cardiff University who help run the marine conservation charity Project Seagrass.

Released: 24-Mar-2016 5:05 PM EDT
Autonomous Cloud Seeding Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada
Desert Research Institute (DRI)

A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone America’s DAx8 UAS aircraft flown in Reno in late January.

Released: 24-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Self-Repairing Cancer Cells Future of Cancer Treatments
Cornell University

A research group at Cornell University has been studying cancer cells' ability to migrate through to tight spaces and self-repair to develop both treatment and diagnostic solutions for the millions of people who deal with cancer every day.

Released: 23-Mar-2016 4:05 PM EDT
AARDA Celebrates 25th Anniversary by Saluting #Autoimmune Heroes
Autoimmune Association

First Honorees Include Actress Kellie Martin and Actress Haley Ramm and her mother Barbara Ramm for their Work in Public Education and Awareness.

Released: 23-Mar-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Can Too Much Talent Harm Your Team's Performance
Columbia Business School

Research from Columbia Business School shows why a team needs a range of talent levels to be most successful.

Released: 23-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
After a Horrific Car Crash and Multiple Broken Bones, a Grateful Loyola Patient Is Able to Walk Again
Loyola Medicine

Bill Brennan is walking again after surviving a terrible car accident in which he suffered multiple broken bones, six broken ribs, a shattered kneecap, a fractured hip and a punctured lung.

Released: 23-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
How the Largest Lab Experiment in Earth Sciences Was Built
University of Arizona

Designing and building three massive hill slopes, known as LEO, was no ordinary undertaking for the UA's Biosphere 2.

Released: 23-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Caught for the First Time: the Early Flash of an Exploding Star
University of Maryland, College Park

Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, an international science team that includes two astronomers from the University of Maryland has found the brilliant flash of an exploding star. This is the first time astronomers have seen what they call the “shock breakout” of a supernova in visible light wavelengths.

Released: 22-Mar-2016 6:05 PM EDT
Fun and Inspiration for 575 Young Women at PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory hosted a Young Women's Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for 575 girls. The conference is aimed at sparking young women's interest in STEM and encouraging them to consider STEM careers. Women still lag behind men in STEM careers, especially in certain fields such as computer science, physics, and engineering.

Released: 22-Mar-2016 5:45 PM EDT
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Salutes Autoimmune Heroes: Kellie Martin, Haley Ramm and Barbara Ramm
Autoimmune Association

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association Salutes Autoimmune Heroes: Kellie Martin, Haley Ramm and Barbara Ramm

Released: 22-Mar-2016 4:05 PM EDT
CFO Survey: 31 Percent Chance of U.S. Recession; Significant Workforce Reductions at $15 Minimum Wage
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business

There is about a one-third chance of many major economies being in recession at year-end 2016, including the U.S., Mexico, France, Nigeria, Japan and China, a new survey of chief financial officers finds. More than half of Brazilian, South African, Greek, Russian and Portuguese financial executives polled believe their economies will enter or remain in recession by year-end.

Released: 22-Mar-2016 3:05 PM EDT
UCLA Researchers Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Sustainable Concrete
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete is everywhere — on our roads, our driveways, in our homes, bridges and buildings. For the past 200 years, it’s been the very foundation of much of our planet.

Released: 22-Mar-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Natural Ways to Reduce Blood Sugar for Prediabetes/Diabetes Patients?
Mercy Medical Center

Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore's Dr. Supneet Saluja, The Endocrinology Center, discusses whether natural supplements like apple cider vinegar and cinnamon may be used to reduce blood sugar levels in patients with pre-diabetes or diabetes.

Released: 21-Mar-2016 3:00 PM EDT
Astrophysicists Catch Two Supernovae at the Moment of Explosion
University of Notre Dame

For the first time, a "shock breakout" in an exploding supergiant star has been discovered at visible wavelengths.An international team of astrophysicists led by Peter Garnavich, professor of astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame, has caught two supernovae in the act of exploding.



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