School facilities is second only to highways as the largest sector of public infrastructure spending, but it’s been more than 20 years since the federal government conducted a comprehensive review of the nation’s school buildings. The fill this void, the Center for Green Schools teamed up with 21st Century Fund ... Read More »
In order for clinical trials to be worth the time and money, researchers must enroll enough participants to fairly judge the effects of treatments. Nearly a quarter of trials for cancer drugs, however, fail to enroll enough people for reliability, representing a waste of what researchers in a new study ... Read More »
The Zaatari camp in northern Jordan opened in 2012 as a temporary refuge of tents for Syrians fleeing the civil war. Today, this camp alone is home to nearly 80,000 people. The tiny kingdom with a population of 8 million struggles to cope with its 2 million migrants. Zaatari camp, ... Read More »
You might be tempted to say that Todd Rose isn’t your “average” high school dropout. He is, after all, currently on the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. But Rose is also author of a new book that explains why you shouldn’t refer to him, yourself or anyone around ... Read More »
Smoking cigarettes and exposure to secondhand smoke are well known threats to health. Particles contained in cigarette smoke that settle on surfaces, known as thirdhand smoke, also pose a significant health danger. Although the number of smokers in the United States has reached an all-time low, researchers say a residual ... Read More »
Teenagers treated at the hospital for violent, drug- or alcohol-related, or self-inflicted injuries have a higher long-term risk of death, according to a study in England. Researchers at University College London said the three types of injuries have similar risk factors — nearly three-quarters of girls and one-third of boys ... Read More »
Samsung’s operating profits were up 10.4 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier on strong sales of the Galaxy S7, the latest iteration of its flagship smartphone line, the company said Thursday. Operating profit was around 6.6 trillion won for the quarter, while sales reached 49.0 trillion ... Read More »
Los Angeles (dpa) – The brave new world of visual effects opens a door for cinema audiences into otherwise inaccessible worlds: Mars, space, and the farthest corners of the imagination. In Disney’s new film version of The Jungle Book, the voyage is across the boundaries of nature, to a wilderness ... Read More »
If you’re the kind of person who really likes chatting with the mail carrier, Dispatch won’t be your favorite startup. That’s because the four-person South San Francisco company is working on technology that could replace postal workers, Instacart couriers, UPS and FedEx drivers, or anyone else who gets paid to ... Read More »
Kariyappa, a farmer from Turakanadoni village in Raichur taluk, has filed a private complaint with the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raichur, against 15 Bt cotton seed companies, with regard to crop loss caused by pink-bollworm pest this year. The accused companies are Nuziveedu Seeds Private Limited, Kaveri Seeds Private Limited, Shriram ... Read More »
The National Assembly of Vietnam on Thursday elected and swore in Nguyen Xuan Phuc to serve as prime minister for the next five years. The 61-year old politician, who had served as Deputy Prime Minister since 2011, won 90 per cent of the vote in the National Assembly. The process ... Read More »
Egyptian and Italian prosecutors and police are to start a two-day round of talks in Rome on Thursday to speed up the investigation in the case of Giulio Regeni, an Italian university researcher brutally killed in Cairo two months ago. The Egyptian delegation landed in the Italian capital late Wednesday and ... Read More »
