Article updated: 6/5/2013 12:44 AM The Freedom Plaza proposal includes a 156,000-square-foot Embassy Suites Hotel with 168 rooms that would include a 13,000-square-foot ballroom and four free-standing restaurants. Two years ago, Freedom Plaza and unanimous approval were not synonymous. Fast forward two years and a few major tweaks and everything has changed. Continue reading
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More Sleep Reduces Suicide Risk in Those with Insomnia, According to Penn Medicine Study
PHILADELPHIA Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that more sleep is associated with lower suicide risk in those with insomnia. The findings showed that in those with some suicide risk as exemplified by self-reports of suicidal thoughts there was a 72 percent drop in the likelihood of moderate or high risk of suicide for every hour of sleep that persons reported getting at night. The research team from the Penn Behavioral Sleep Medicine Research Program merged and assessed data from two studies of insomnia that included 471 total subjects. Continue reading
Liberty Reserve indicted for $6 billion in money laundering
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Why Entrepreneurs Choose Freedom Over Money
“Show me the freedom” doesnt have quite the same ring as “Show me the money,” but it could be the tagline for a movie about entrepreneurs. Despite reporting more day-to-day stress, lower earnings and more hours worked than people employed by others, research shows that entrepreneurs are more satisfied with their jobs — and happier in general. Continue reading
Top NASA Related Videos on YouTube Collection 10 For Space Enthusiasts – Video
Top NASA Related Videos on YouTube Collection 10 For Space Enthusiasts Be sure to subscribe more videos coming soon! http://m.youtube.com/user/MrChrislwells Video and Music Content courtesy of the public via YouTube Creative Com… By: Chris Wells Continue reading
NASA's asteroid sample return mission moves into development
May 16, 2013 NASA’s first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016. The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C. Continue reading
Hatch wants IRS probe to expand, include Freedom Path
(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is leading a group of Republicans seeking a new line of inquiry in the IRS scandal — one aimed at the release of confidential documents, including those from a group that spent $570,000 helping to re-elect the Utah senator Continue reading
To the space station and beyond with Linux
Summary: The International Space Station’s laptops are moving from Windows to Linux, and R2, the first Linux-powered humanoid robot in space, is now under-going in-flight testing. Unlike my recent spoof story about a Linux-powered Iron Man suitthat you could build at home, this story isn’t science fiction. NASA really has decided to drop Windows from the laptops on the International Space Station (ISS) in favor of Linux, and the first humanoid robot in space, R2, really is powered by Linux Continue reading
Penn Medicine Vice Dean Receives Prestigious Translational Science Award for Contributions to Public Health and Policy
Newswise PHILADELPHIA–Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, the executive vice dean for Institutional Affairs in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, was recently presented with a National Award for Career Achievement and Contribution to Clinical and Translational Science at the Translational Science 2013 meeting in Washington, D.C. Dr Continue reading
Penn receives prestigious national award for breakthrough in gene therapy
Public release date: 19-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Katie Delach katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5964 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M. Kirby professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and carried out in collaboration with Penn Medicine’s Albert M. Continue reading
Penn Researcher Receives Prestigious National Clinical Research Award for Breakthrough in Gene Therapy
PHILADELPHIA A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF). The study, led by Jean Bennett, MD, Phd, F.M Continue reading
Penn Medicine researcher awarded prestigious Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France
Public release date: 15-Apr-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Karen Kreeger karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu 215-349-5658 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA Garret FitzGerald MD, FRS, chairman of the Pharmacology Department and director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded the 2013 Grand Prix Scientifique by the Institut de France. FitzGerald shares the prize with Carlo Patrono MD, chairman of Pharmacology at the Catholic University, Rome. Continue reading
Children’s National Medical Center Unveils New Pain Medicine Care Complex
Pediatric Pain Medicine Program Uses Revolutionary Distract, Measure, Treat Approach to Tackle Pain in Children Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Childrens National Medical Center has opened a new Pain Medicine Care Complex, which aims to eliminate pain in children by addressing each patients pain from every angle. The Pain Medicine Care Complex combines new treatment approaches with sophisticated data collection via novel gaming technology that fully engage young patients and also objectively measures their treatment progress over time. Through a cost-effective, continuous loop where evidence drives clinical care, and clinical care drives research, Childrens National is advancing pediatric pain medical research to improve the lives of children and reduce health care costs, said Julia Finkel, MD, Lead Principal Investigator of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and Vice Chief of the Division of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Childrens National Continue reading
Charter Stock Soars on Liberty Speculation
By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News — Broadcasting & Cable, 3/18/2013 1:32:14 PM Charter Communications stock soared more than 10% Monday after a report in the Wall Street Journal said Liberty Media, headed by cable legend John Malone, was planning to acquire a 25% interest in the mid-sized market MSO for an estimated $2.5 billion. Citing unnamed sources, theJournal said Liberty was close to acquiring the stake, but offered no further details. Charter shares soared on the news – the stock was up as much as 10.5% ($9.49 per share) to $99.50 each in early Monday trading, settling down slightly to $96.10 per share by the afternoon, up 6.6% or 6.1% Continue reading
Congressman Suspects NASA Let in Chinese Spies
Given recent budget cuts, it’s refreshing to see a politician lobbying for additional NASA funding. Astrophiles may be less encouraged, however, to learn the rationale behind Congressman Frank Wolf’s plea. Wolf claims that a Chinese national with ties to a potentially dangerous organization brought sensitive NASA information back to his native country, and the representative wants to channel resources into tightening security at the space agency. Continue reading
Penn Medicine at the 2013 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions, March 9 11, San Francisco, CA
MEDIA TOOLKIT March 2013 Penn experts will present research findings that could come to define new standards of cardiovascular diagnostics and care at the 2013 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions. Cardiovascular experts from around the world will gather in San Francisco, CA March 9 – 11 to present and discuss the latest advances in cardiovascular medicine, science and education Continue reading
The Evolution of Nanotechnology Offers Great Hope for Energy Sector
By James Burgess of Oilprice.com – the No.1 source for Oil Prices Clean energy advances are made due to careful research and development in the fields of science and technology, with nanotechnology leading the way as the most exciting area and potentially the most influential breakthrough. Nanotechnology has slowly evolved over the past century, and will continue to evolve even further in the future. Around 50 to 100 years ago engineers and scientists were able to create devices on a macro-level, but now they reduced the scale substantially to be able to produce devices on a nano-level Continue reading
Penn Medicine Establishes New Institute for Biomedical Informatics
PHILADELPHIA ThePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvaniaannounces the creation of theInstitute for Biomedical Informatics(IBI). With support from the naming gift of theSmilow Center for Translational Research,the IBI will bring together the large number of Penn faculty who work in the broad field of biomedical informatics to inform science and medical care. We will expand the number of faculty even more to create a wide-ranging program of research and education to find and clinically apply the treatments of the future and to train the next generation of physician-scientists, saysJ Continue reading
Tulsa Astronomy Club Gives Insight Into Near Earth Objects
TULSA, Oklahoma – The meteorite that crashed Friday morning in Russia had the world talking, including Tulsa. The Astronomy Club of Tulsa said it’s a rare event to have such good video footage of a meteorite strike Continue reading
Medicine at Center of Debate as Iran Sanctions Tighten
By Negar Mortazavi, VOA Earlier this month, the U.S. government announced tighter sanctions on Iran. Continue reading