Patrick Stiff, M.D., awarded Loyola’s Stritch Medal
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Patrick J. Stiff, MD, a world renowned cancer physician, researcher and teacher, has received the Stritch Medal, the highest...
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Jean-Pol Dodelet is elected a Fellow of the AAAS
Honorary Professor Jean-Pol Dodelet, of Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He...
Power savings: ONR research helps Navy curb kilowatts
Credit: Photo: Bryce Vickmark ARLINGTON, Va.--With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a...
Our closest worm kin regrow body parts, raising hopes of regeneration in humans
Credit: Shawn Luttrell/University of Washington What if humans could regrow an amputated arm or leg, or completely restore nervous system function after a spinal cord...
Diane Spatz receives Lifetime Achievement Award from National Assoc. of Neonatal Nurses
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (November 28, 2016) - Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Professor of Perinatal Nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Term Professor...
Optimizing fertilizer rates for wild blueberry
KEMPTOWN, NOVA SCOTIA - The authors of a study in HortScience (September 2106) say that wild blueberry nutrient management varies considerably compared with typical tilled...
Program helps teens ‘get the message’ about distracted driving
November 28, 2016 - A program to educate teens about distracted driving--including a tour of a hospital trauma center and testimony from a trauma survivor--can...
Handheld, mobile data technologies compared for turfgrass
ATHENS, GA - Performance testing of natural turfgrass sports fields requires sampling to obtain information on surface properties (e.g., soil moisture, soil compaction, surface hardness,...
Compost establishes growing media pH similar to limestone
KENNETT SQUARE, PA - As concerns increase about the environmental impacts of harvesting peat and the rising costs of peatmoss used as a growing substrate,...
Most people at risk for osteoporisis fractures are not evaluated and treated
MAYWOOD, IL - Osteoporosis is preventable and treatable, but only a small proportion of people at risk for fractures are evaluated and treated, according to...
Missed connections
Credit: UCSB Studies of brain activity typically draw their findings from measurement averages across entire groups of subjects. But new research out of UC Santa...
How crop load density affects apple juice, hard cider quality
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gregory Peck. ITHACA, NY - Hard cider, an alcoholic beverage produced from fermented apple juice or apple juice concentrate, is gaining...
Survey of New York City soil uncovers medicine-making microbes
Credit: Zach Veilleux/The Rockefeller University Microbes have long been an invaluable source of new drugs. And to find more, we may have to look no...
Researchers propose low-mass supernova triggered formation of solar system
A research team led by University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Yong-Zhong Qian uses new models and evidence from meteorites to show...
Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It's a well-known fact that water, at sea level, starts to boil at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees...
