January 12, 2012, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell ordered state flags lowered to half-staff on Friday, January 13, in honor and memory of former Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Robert Boochever. He passed away in October. A memorial service is being held in Pasadena, California on Friday.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A large and growing number of Americans are poor, or at risk of becoming poor, as a result of the Great Recession of 2007-09, and many will continue to struggle during the recovery, according to a white paper released yesterday, Jan. 11, by broadcaster Tavis Smiley and the Indiana University School of […]
Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery in a report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry.
Troy, N.Y. – A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the ancient culture. Dmitri Zagorevski, director of the Proteomics Core in the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary […]