Imperial Valley News
Engineers build a one-of-a-kind wind tunnel for birds that paves the way for better drones
Stanford, California - Most people look at a pigeon and see a chubby, common, boring bird. A “rat with wings,” in common New Yorker parlance. When David Lentink watches a pigeon dart around a building and land perfectly in its roost, however, he sees the future of robotic flight.
Stanford historian studies how U.S. intervention in Afghanistan changed that country
Stanford, California - Among the more than a million refugees that have flooded into Europe over the past year are the Afghans, the second-largest group behind the Syrians. Yet the humanitarian crisis affecting this land-locked South Asian country, like most news regarding Afghanistan, has received little attention in the United States.
Do gut microbes shape our evolution?
Berkeley, California - Scientists increasingly realize the importance of gut and other microbes to our health and well-being, but one UC Berkeley biologist is asking whether these microbes - our microbiota - might also have played a role in shaping who we are by steering evolution.
Making sense of the 2016 Campaign for President, assessing the prospects
Berkeley, California - The United States’ 2016 presidential race so far has been ruled by drama, trauma and Donald Trump, and provided political scientists and reporters assembled at UC Berkeley on Friday for the 19th annual Travers Conference on Ethics and Accountability in Government no shortage of potential lessons.
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District Becomes Affiliate of Scripps Health Network
Brawley, California - After Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District and Scripps Health entered into a landmark affiliation agreement in late 2015, both organizations will be hosting a press conference to formally mark Pioneers joining the Scripps Health Network Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at Pioneer’s Walker Auditorium. Pioneers Memorial now can refer to itself as an affiliate of the Scripps Health Network in its marketing materials.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:
