by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 8, 2017 | Press release
Bridging Students to STEM Skills “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin The future of employment is increasingly STEM-related. To prepare its students for higher-paying, computationally savvy jobs in...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 4, 2017 | Features
The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? Zebrafish Study Reveals First Fine Structure of a Complete Vertebrate Brain May 10, 2017 Zebrafish larva head in cross-section. Note this isn’t a single electron microscope image, but many thousands of slices seen on edge. The large...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 2, 2017 | Press release
Blue Acres? PSC, XSEDE Support Gene Assembly of Key Aquaculture Species May 2, 2017 Why It’s Important: Commercial abalone “aquaculture”—farming the shellfish in enclosures—has exploded over the past decade, becoming a $100-million global industry. Red abalone, a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 28, 2017 | Features
Modest Increase in Kids’ Exercise May Yield Outsized Benefits May 2, 2017 Getting just a few more American kids to run and play for 25 minutes three times a week could have outsized benefits in reducing obesity and save tens of billions of dollars, according to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 24, 2017 | Features
Heat Stable Vaccines Could Save Lives, Money April 26, 2017 Health care workers in low-income nations often have to deliver vaccines on rugged footpaths, via motorcycle or over river crossings. On top of this, vaccines need to be kept refrigerated or they may degrade...
