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Released: 24-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
DHS S&T Awards $2.9 Million for Mobile App Security Research
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $2.9 million cybersecurity mobile app security (MAS) research and development (R&D) award that will help identify mobile app vulnerabilities.

Released: 24-Jul-2015 7:50 AM EDT
National University of Singapore and Georgia Institute of Technology Launch New Centre for Next Generation Logistics
National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Faculty of Engineering at National University of Singapore (NUS Engineering), in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), has launched the Centre for Next Generation Logistics today. The virtual Centre will work closely with government agencies and the industry to perform cutting-edge research in logistics and supply chain systems for translation into innovations and commercialisation to achieve transformative economic and societal impact.

   
Released: 24-Jul-2015 7:05 AM EDT
Medicare Payment Cuts, Schizophrenia Gene, Leukemia Treatment, and More Top Stories 24 July 2015
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Other topics include ethnic disparities in pain treatment, colon cancer and IBD, halting Liver cancer, and more...

       
Released: 6-Jul-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Hispanic Health Disparities, Statins and Aggression in Men, Supercharged Stem Cells, and More Top Stories 6 July 2015
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Other topics include memories and protein, physics and gas mileage, agriculture and food safety, vaccine for Dengue, retinoblastoma proteins in cancer progression, and more.

       
Released: 2-Jul-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Should Attorney Whistleblowers Be Financially Rewarded?
Washington University in St. Louis

When lawyers blow the whistle on clients, should they be financially rewarded by the government? Kathleen Clark, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, and co-author Nancy Moore, JD, of Boston University School of Law, tackle this issue in their article, “Financial Rewards for Whistleblowing Lawyers,” slated for the November issue of the Boston College Law Review.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
American Icon: House Bill Re-Introduced to Make Bison the National Mammal of the United States
Wildlife Conservation Society

The Vote Bison Coalition applauded the introduction of legislation, H.R. 2908, in the U.S. House of Representatives to officially recognize bison as the National Mammal of the United States.

Released: 26-Jun-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Experts on SCOTUS ACA Ruling, Fewer Side Effects for Breast Cancer Treatment, Glacial Earthquakes, and More Top Stories 26 June 2015
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Other topics include resurgence of whales off southern California, treating chronic kidney disease, and a breakthrough in a heart-specific type of stem cell.

       
Released: 25-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
SCOTUS Experts, New Species in Antarctica, Genetics, Cancer, and More Top Stories 25 June 2015
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Other topics include weight loss, medical marijuana, smart traffic lights, diabetes, heart disease, and more.

       
Released: 24-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Medical Marijuana, Autoimmune Disorders, Diabetes, SCOTUS experts - Top Stories 24 June 2015
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Other topics include dietary guidelines, smart traffic lights, breast cancer, and biomarker tests for cancer treatment.

       
12-Jun-2015 6:05 PM EDT
California Leads the Way on Immigration Reform, State Citizenship
University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside researchers argue that some of the most important developments in immigration policy are now occurring at the state level.Their findings appear in the latest installment of Policy Matters, a public policy journal of the UCR School of Public Policy.

Released: 12-Jun-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Poll: Freedom of Expression Reigns Supreme, Except in Cases of Threats
Dick Jones Communications

Saint Leo University Polling Institute surveyed a national sample of 1015 adults on topics currently facing the Supreme Court.

9-Jun-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Connecticut Handgun Licensing Law Associated with 40 Percent Drop in Gun Homicides
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A 1995 Connecticut law requiring a permit or license – contingent on passing a background check – in order to purchase a handgun was associated with a 40 percent reduction in the state’s firearm-related homicide rate, new research suggests.

3-Jun-2015 8:00 AM EDT
Some Hospitals Marking Up Prices More Than 1,000 Percent
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The 50 hospitals in the United States with the highest markup of prices over their actual costs are charging out-of-network patients and the uninsured, as well as auto and workers’ compensation insurers, more than 10 times the costs allowed by Medicare, new research suggests. It’s a markup of more than 1,000 percent for the same medical services.

Released: 3-Jun-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Large Majority of Americans—Including Gun Owners—Support Stronger Gun Policies
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A large majority of Americans—including gun owners—continue to support stronger policies to prevent gun violence than are present in current federal and most state law, according to a new national public opinion survey conducted by researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Released: 2-Jun-2015 3:05 PM EDT
New Book Takes International Human Rights Laws to Task
University of Chicago

In his recent book, The Twilight of Human Rights Laws (Oxford University Press), Posner takes to task international human rights treaties. The Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law contends they have failed to accomplish their objectives because they are “too ambitious, even utopian and too ambiguous,” and there is little evidence that these laws have improved people’s well-being.

Released: 2-Jun-2015 4:05 AM EDT
3D Printing: A Technology That Could Revolutionise Our Lives
Bournemouth University

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the process of turning a 2D digital image into a 3D object through printing successive layers of materials until an entire item is created. Initial images are created in design software programmes before being realised through 3D printing. The advent of consumer 3D printing has the potential to revolutionise its use as a technology, but also opens up a whole host of intellectual property (IP) debates.

Released: 28-May-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 28 May 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: income inequality, climate change, genetics, cancer, precision medicine, medical imaging, schizophrenia, research funding, molecular biology and skin cancer.

       
Released: 21-May-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 21 May 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: gun regulation, psychology and altruism, big data, threats to coral reefs, extra-terrestrial life, personalized diets, metabolic syndrome and heart health, new drug target to treat arthritis, and archeologists find oldest tools.

       
Released: 18-May-2015 10:05 AM EDT
Exposed: Extreme Use of Assault on Officer Charge in Washington, D.C.
American University

A five-month investigation by Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University and WAMU 88.5 News, co-produced by Reveal, found DC Police over use the assaulting a police officer charge.

Released: 13-May-2015 10:25 AM EDT
Chicago Area Has Most Local Governments of All U.S. Metros
University of Illinois Chicago

In a report published in the May edition of the Urban Affairs Review, the researchers introduced a "fragmentation index" comparing 51 U.S. metro regions of at least one million residents. The index is intended as a tool for further research, the report's authors said.

Released: 7-May-2015 8:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 7 May 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: WWII and PTSD, stem cells, cancer, racial segregation, supplements and glaucoma, medical research, cybersecurity, vision research, and physics.

       
Released: 30-Apr-2015 9:05 AM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 30 April 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: new biotech treatment for radiation proctitis, 3D printing in children's health, work and brain health, the importance of medical research, multi-institute collaboration on medical education technology, tax cuts and the economy, cancer survival, and Alzheimer's research.

       
Released: 29-Apr-2015 1:05 PM EDT
Trending Stories Report for 29 April 2015
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Trending news releases with the most views in a single day. Topics include: lung cancer surgery, childhood obesity, physics, imaging, nutrition, civil unrest in Baltimore, Nepal earthquake.

       


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