The universe is twice as old as current estimates suggest, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on what is known as the impossible problem of the first galaxies. Our newly developed model lengthens the galaxy formation time by several billion years, making the universe 26.7 billion … Read more
The Maryland Prescription Drug Monitoring Program has internally tracked the increase in stimulant prescribing from 2018 to the present. There was a notable increase from 2020 to 2022 in the number of stimulant prescriptions, said Chase Cook, acting director of communications for the Maryland Department of Health. FILE – Adderall XR capsules appear on February … Read more
Names in the News: People shaping the future of Lake Area business Posted at 4:47am Sunday July 9, 2023 Hidalgo joins Lake AreaAdventures Lake Area Adventures took over Erica Hidalgo as director of marketing and business development for all of its business operations, including Lake Area Adventures Family Entertainment Complex at 1337 Country Club Road, … Read more
KCCI-TV Chief Meteorologist Chris Gloninger stands outside his home, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Gloninger has announced that he will be leaving the Des Moines station due in part to threats he has received for his on-air coverage of climate change. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall DES MOINES, Iowa The harassment … Read more
The remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, Norway, the world’s northernmost settlement, have been called a canary in the coal mine of climate change, warming more than twice as fast as other areas in the Arctic and five to seven times faster than the rest of the planet. Because of this warming, Svalbard is offering climate … Read more
By Jonathan Amos BBC science correspondent To play this content, please enable JavaScript or try another browser video caption, Watch: Europe’s latest Ariane-5 rocket takes off 6th July 2023, 02.26am BST Ariane-5, Europe’s heavy lift rocket, has flown its last mission. The vehicle, which supported the continent’s entry into space for nearly three decades, ended … Read more
Don’t be surprised if the next time you’re at Edward Hospital you hear a jazz tune coming from the heart hospital management. NaperVoice founding director Philip Spencer spends Tuesdays and Thursdays tickling the ivories of a grand piano tucked away in the atrium. Sometimes, David Kim, a cardiologist at Naperville hospital, stops by to sing … Read more
Charles Sanders, PhD by Herschel Pollard Vanderbilt University scientists Charles Sanders, PhD, and Roy Zent, MD, PhD, received a $1.2 million award from the WM Keck Foundation for their groundbreaking project, Genetic Intolerance Patterns as a Treasure Map to Genes that Define Us as Human. This groundbreaking project led by Professors Sanders and Zent underscores … Read more
The European Commission (EC) has approved nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the neoadjuvant treatment of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of recurrence with PD-L1 expression in cells tumors of at least 1%.1 The regulatory decision was supported by data from the Phase 3 CheckMate 816 study … Read more
