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U.S. News ranked the Best Engineering Graduate Schools or the Top Engineering Graduate Schools / Universities in the U.S. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the 2011 graduate school rankings. Here is a list of the Top 25: Rank…
U.S. News released the results of the survey for the 2011 rankings of the best graduate business schools or universities on the U.S. Here are the Top 20 best business schools in America: Rank 1 – Harvard University, Boston, MA…
Williams syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that can lead to problems with development. Williams syndrome is a rare condition caused by missing genes. According to a new study that people with Williams Syndrome tend to be inordinately friendly, and…
Space Shuttle Launch – Kennedy Space Center: NASA Space Shuttle launched at the Kennedy Space Center early today. Shuttle Discovery lifted off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 6:21 a.m. E.D.T. after a problem-free countdown. The crew…
Hurray! Physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research celebrated on Tuesday as the Large Hadron Collider finally did its purpose – colliding subatomic particles. Following two false starts due to electrical failures, protons whipped to more than 99 percent…
An international team of scientists, including several who are affiliated with UC Santa Barbara, has discovered a new planet the size of Jupiter. The finding is published in the March 18 issue of the journal Nature. The planet, called CoRoT-9b,…
At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature, Lyssianasid Amphipod, managed to brighten up an otherwise gray polar day in late November 2009. This three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod was found beneath the…
The Earth’s axis is now 3 inches off from the previous location and the our days are now 1.26 milliseconds short. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile last Saturday have changed the earth’s axis and shortened the length of…
Several previous studies have identified intake of 100 percent fruit juice as a possible factor in obesity in young children, since some studies found that preschoolers who drank 100 percent juice were more likely to be overweight. The American Academy…
Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month, according to confidential government reports that recommend the drug be removed from the market. The reports, obtained by The New York Times,…