NIH-funded study suggests role for adenosine in molecular processes involved in epilepsy Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, silk implants placed in the brain of laboratory animals and designed[Read More…]
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Chicago High School Grad Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Julia Cuscaden, a 2013 graduate of Trinity High School in River Forest, Ill., is one of four highly accomplished high school graduates to receive a Robert G. Porter scholarship at the American Federation of Teachers national TEACH Conference. Each year, the AFT presents an $8,000 scholarship to[Read More…]
Teacher Turnover Harms Student Learning
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Teacher turnover negatively affects student learning in math and English, a researcher from the University of Michigan School of Education and colleagues found. The impact is particularly strong in low-performing schools and among black students, they say. Matthew Ronfeldt, U-M assistant professor of educational studies, and[Read More…]
Catamaran Corporation and Mayor Emanuel Announce Catamaran Innovation Center to Be Located in Chicago
New Center will draw top healthcare and business thinkers from across the country to Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Catamaran Corporation and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced yesterday that the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) will locate its national Innovation Center in Chicago, drawing top healthcare and business innovators to the city from[Read More…]
Tar Sands Oil Well Blowout: ‘Nobody Really Understands How to Stop It’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013 – A tar sands oil well blowout enters its 10th week out of control in Canada’s Boreal forest, as an in-depth study finds the industry has had more than 9,000 environmental mishaps in 16 years and Alberta’s oversight is lax and failing. Danielle Droitsch, director of the[Read More…]
Toxic Trade Deal: Friends of the Earth Decries Industry Efforts to Weaken Regulation of Chemicals Associated with Breast Cancer, Autism, Infertility
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Yesterday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on the launch of negotiations for a U.S.-Europe trade deal, the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As suggested by the hearing title, “The U.S.-E.U. Free Trade Agreement: Tipping Over the Regulatory Barriers,”[Read More…]
4 Steps to Defuse Congo Crisis, Prevent Regional Conflict: Enough Project
GOMA, DR CONGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. In advance of the U.N. Security Council’s special session on Africa’s Great Lakes region, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair on July 25, the Enough Project has released a new policy paper, “Four Steps for the U.S. and U.N. to Defuse Congo’s[Read More…]
UN Chief, United States Secretary of State, Urge Political Solution to Syrian Crisis
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 July 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking to the press at United Nations Headquarters in New York, stressed that a political solution is the only way to end the Syrian conflict, adding that they would step up efforts to facilitate[Read More…]
Sierra Club, U-M Study of Veterans Finds Link Between Outdoor Activities and Improved Mental Health
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. According to the results of a new study from the University of Michigan, commissioned by the Sierra Club, veterans participating in outdoor group recreation reported improvements in psychological well-being, social functioning and life outlook, suggesting a link between nature exposure and enhanced well-being. Participants were surveyed[Read More…]
Kawasaki Recall of Certain Model Year 2013 EX300BDFAL Motorcycles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 25, 2013. SUMMARY: Kawasaki Motors Corp. is recalling certain model year 2013 EX300BDFAL motorcycles manufactured August 16, 2012, through April 2, 2013. Due to a manufacturing error, the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS) may malfunction and lose anti-lock functionality. CONSEQUENCE: The anti-lock function may not perform properly allowing for[Read More…]
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