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WATCH VIDEO: [Is Organic Food Healthier?] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Fruit flies that ate organic food were in better health overall than those that ate conventionally grown food, researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas claim in a new study. The research, which was conducted in the laboratory of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, was an attempt to determine the potential health benefits of organic food, which is grown without...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online White dwarf supernovae that occurred millions of years ago have popped up in the Virgo Cluster galaxy and part of the sky labelled as "anonymous." Southern Methodist University (SMU) researchers say they've confirmed two bright stars that showed up in our skies in February and November are supernovae. Supernovae are the result of stars that have reached the end of their life, resulting in a large explosion that can consume anything...
DALLAS, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the George W. Bush Presidential Center publicly announced the date for its invitation-only dedication ceremony on Thursday, April 25, and its public opening on May 1, 2013. The Bush Center, which houses the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and the George W. Bush Institute, combines the nation's 13(th) Presidential library and museum with a leading-edge policy organization that continues the public service of President and...
Rayshell Clapper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According to Southern Methodist University paleontologists Timothy S. Myers, Louis L. Jacobs, and SMU sedimentary geologist Neil J. Tabor, the modern relationship between animals and vegetation is similar to millions of years ago. In their study, the SMU scientists used fossil soils from the Late Jurassic age gathered from locations where animal fossils were previously found to determine the levels of carbon isotopes. The team...
DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SMU will begin taking applications in December 2012 for North Texas' first interdisciplinary graduate program in sport management. Faculty from the SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development and the SMU Cox School of Business will direct the program, which combines finance, economics, management strategies, sports marketing, facility and event management, sports law, ethics and sports communication. (Logo:...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online 100-million year old pieces of tiny fossil skull found in Fort Worth, Texas, have been identified as a new species of coelacanth fish, according to paleontologist John F. Graf of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. At 400 million years, the coelacanth has one of the longest lineages of any animal. The coelacanth is the most closely related fish to vertebrates, including humans. The findings of this discovery were published...
John Neumann for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online America has seen its share of wars, but did you hear about the Bone Wars? The late 1800s found archeologists digging furiously throughout the newly settled American west in a mad dash to find fossils. This lead to fighting in academic circles, and occasionally in the field itself, over disputes that became known as the Bone Wars. Leading the search in western Texas were geologist Robert T. Hill, now acclaimed as the Father of Texas...
Sprinting performance isn’t a factor of conserving energy; rather, forces applied by the foot hitting the ground maximize all-out bursts of sprinting Sprinters competing in the 2012 Olympics might assume their championship performance is the result of their fuel-efficient physiology. But a new study disproves the classic scientific view that conserving energy maximizes performance in a sprinting event. The study by biomechanics researchers Matthew W. Bundle at the University of...
DALLAS, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has hired Stacey Paddock Malcolmson as the agency's new Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer (CDO). Malcolmson is poised to successfully lead United Way in its effort to raise $300 million for the North Texas community by 2015. Funds raised will support United 2020 efforts to spark forever change throughout the region, by breaking destructive cycles of high school dropouts, poverty and...
Result from first-of-its-kind study builds on earlier research that found public health insurance coverage is more comprehensive and costs less than private plans In the fierce national debate over a new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, it's widely assumed that private health insurance can do a better job than the public insurance funded by the U.S. government. But a first-of-its-kind analysis of newly available government data found just the opposite...
