New research Shows 'Perfect Twin Boundaries' Are Not So Perfect
University of Vermont One of the basic principles of nanotechnology is that when you make things extremely small—one nanometer is about five atoms wide, 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—they are going to become more...
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Professionals Can Gain Vital Career Skills and Knowledge, Plus Bonus: 50 of the Greatest Villanova Lectures Free With Enrollment in 3-Course Master Certificate Program. TAMPA, Fla., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Spring catalog from Villanova University - ranked the #1 Regional University in the North for 20 consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report - highlights new and updated Six Sigma and Project Management 100% online certificate programs. These programs give...
Studied for decades for their essential role in making proteins within cells, several amino acids known as tRNA synthetases were recently found to have an unexpected – and critical – additional role in cancer metastasis in a study conducted collaboratively in the labs of Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor of pharmacology, and Christopher Francklyn, Ph.D., UVM professor of biochemistry. The group determined that threonyl tRNA synthetase (TARS) leads a "double life,"...
A new imaging study has reportedly discovered a link between diminished activity in part of the brain with the likelihood that a teenager will start smoking, drinking, or abusing drugs. The research, said to be the largest imaging study of the human brain ever conducted, was completed by an international team of scientists including Robert Whelan and Hugh Garavan of the University of Vermont. The researchers looked at nearly 1,900 14-year-old participants, and discovered that many of the...
TAMPA, Fla., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizations of all types -- from multinational corporations to professional sport associations -- are continuously expressing their commitment towards a sustainable future. April 4-11, 2012, the National Basketball Association, through their partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, launched their third annual NBA Green Week with the primary goal of raising awareness for the environment and generating funds to protect the...
TAMPA, Fla., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of Earth Day 2012, ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, will host the 7th annual ECHO Earth Weeks' MudFest. From April 21-29, 10am-4pm, visitors will be educated and entertained with mud-themed interactive activities, games, eco-exhibitions and "Muddy Music" from acclaimed local musicians. ECHO hosts this annual event to help raise awareness of Earth Week and the importance of...
CHICAGO, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UHC, in collaboration with the Jefferson School of Population Health, has developed a 32-page supplement from its Annual Conference 2011, "LEAP: Lead, Excel, Achieve, Perform." The UHC Annual Conference 2011 issue is available as a supplement to the March/April 2012 issue of the American Journal of Medical Quality and online at uhc.edu. It provides a summary of the key presentations at UHC's first-ever annual conference, which brought...
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Increasing environmental awareness among consumers, coupled with rising operational costs, is creating unprecedented opportunities for businesses to become stronger, more socially responsible organizations through green innovation. As a result, sustainability training is in high demand for today's professionals. According to The Wall Street Journal, online job postings requiring sustainability skills have quadrupled in the past two years.*...
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As sustainable living grows increasingly crucial, higher learning institutions must take up the mantle of environmental leadership, advocacy and innovation to nurture tomorrow's sustainability champions and find practical, effective green solutions. U.S. News & World Report-ranked University of Vermont (UVM) has launched the new 100% online certificate in Sustainable Campus Innovation to help higher education institutions claim their...
“If it bleeds, it leads,” goes the cynical saying with television and newspaper editors. In other words, most news is bad news and the worst news gets the big story on the front page. So one might expect the New York Times to contain, on average, more negative and unhappy types of words — like “war,” “ funeral,” “cancer,” “murder” — than positive, happy ones — like “love,” “peace” and “hero.” Or take Twitter. A popular image of what people tweet...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) recently hosted Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin at its Vergennes, Vermont facility on October 31. The visit was an opportunity for Goodrich to update the Governor on the aerospace and defense work being performed at the site. The facility has approximately 800 full time employees, making it one of Addison County's largest private sector employers. During the visit, Goodrich also presented a $15,814 check from the...
