More than 6,200 cattlemen and women from across the country are registered to attend the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show, which kicked off today at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. The ...
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A new systematic review of data published in more than 40 studies of freshman alcohol interventions finds that there are many effective ways for colleges to mitigate common drinking patterns and problems among new students. Based on their ...
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(Phys.org) —NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014—a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control ...
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With all the buzz around the Internet of Things,it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the electricity grid already operates with millions of connected meters and sensors.Yet writing applications for these programmable machines is too ...
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TT File Photo Consumer spending rose 0.4% in December, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 31. Commerce also said purchases rose 0.6% in November, a larger figure than was originally announced. Economists had projected spending ...
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Thirteen U.S. cotton producers have been selected to participate in the 2014 National Cotton Council Policy Education Program (PEP) – which will give them an opportunity to learn more about the NCC's policy development/implementation ...
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Ram Trucks will be promoting youth in agriculture and the National FFA Organization (FFA) with the first ever FFA Day at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show on Thursday Feb. 6, during the Cattle Industry Convention. ...
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The Washington Post: Making Progress On Inequality Intense as it is, the current debate over rising income inequality is hardly new. ... The good news is that there's more good news than one might expect. ... In addition to avoiding ...
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Photo: Scott Stephenson King Under The Mountain: In the PandaX experiment, a vat of liquid xenon is stored beneath hundreds of meters of rock. With luck, the isolation will keep things quiet enough to sense signs of dark matter. In the ...
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US-based FOB Synthesis and AstraZeneca have entered into a research and development option and license agreement for the development of a novel antibiotic for the treatment of drug-resistant bacterial infections. The new antibiotics will ...
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Medtech giant St. Jude Medical announced a major reorganization and leadership changes on Tuesday. The Little Canada, MN–based company says its two operating divisions will be integrated into one research and development ...
Veniti has announced that patients in the EU were successfully treated for symptomatic venous outflow obstruction of the lower extremities with the Veniti Vici venous stent system. These procedures mark the first uses in patients of this ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: States Consider Labels for Genetically Modified Foods A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Sisters Have Lung Transplants at the Same Time Two sisters who needed lung transplants and insisted that the other should be first ...
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Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:HITK), a specialty pharmaceuticals company, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration, (FDA) granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application, (ANDA) for Bromfenac ...