Mexico’s murder rate has led to decrease in men’s life expectancy
- Details
- Written by Enrique Rivero
- Category: News
Los Angeles, California - Mexico’s staggering homicide rate has taken a toll on the mortality rate for men and it could be even worse than the statistics indicate, a new study from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health suggests.
How the market for human organs is destroying lives
- Details
- Written by UC Berkeley
- Category: News
Berkeley, California - In December, Turkish authorities detained a man accused of recruiting desperate Syrian refugees to sell kidneys in exchange for legal protection. The arrest put the focus on a shadowy but thriving industry - the international trade in human organs - and the thorny questions of ethics and equity it raises.
Tracing a cellular family tree
- Details
- Written by Anne Trafton
- Category: News
Cambridge, Massachusetts - By combining sophisticated RNA sequencing technology with a new device that isolates single cells and their progeny, MIT researchers can now trace detailed family histories for several generations of cells descended from one “ancestor.”
Physicists offer theories to explain mysterious collision at Large Hadron Collider
- Details
- Written by Gene Stowe
- Category: News
Notre Dame, Indiana - Physicists around the world were puzzled recently when an unusual bump appeared in the signal of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, causing them to wonder if it was a new particle previously unknown, or perhaps even two new particles. The collision cannot be explained by the Standard Model, the theoretical foundation of particle physics.
Tanalís Padilla brings alive the history of political struggles in Mexico
- Details
- Written by Peter Dizikes
- Category: News
Cambridge, Massachusetts - The murder of Rubén Jaramillo caused a brief international sensation in 1962. Jaramillo was a veteran of Mexico’s revolution, which lasted from 1910 to 1920. Yet by the 1940s, he had become the leader of a regional protest movement in Mexico that, after being stymied by the government, wavered between legal and violent tactics. Although he had been issued an official pardon by the Mexican president, Jaramillo, his wife, and three sons were subject to a gruesome execution by assailants who were never formally identified.
White House Announces Guests in First Lady’s Box - State of the Union Address
- Details
- Written by White House
- Category: News
Washington, DC - The following individuals will be seated in the box with the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden and Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President, at the State of the Union Address on Tuesday.
Page 1241 of 3785