News tagged with ronald reagan
Vehicles of 2017 could get 54.5 mpg
One of the most powerful points in Thomas Friedman's book, "Hot, Flat and Crowded," was that when President Ronald Reagan rolled back fuel efficiency standards for American vehicles, it wasted an amount of petroleum equivalent ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Author says presidential primary debates allow audiences for candidates, can influence election
(PhysOrg.com) -- Primary debate season, an important time in each presidential election, is under way, and a Kansas State University political communication expert says these debates can influence the direction of the election.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet helps summer travelers beat jet lag
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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NuSTAR spacecraft arrives in California
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday morning after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Patient's lifesaving donor heart arrives 'warm and beating' inside experimental device
(Medical Xpress) -- When Rob Evans' new donor heart arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, the organ wasn't frozen on ice inside a cooler, as is typical. Instead, it was delivered in an experimental device that kept ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Being young improves survival odds in cold water
(AP) -- The 12-year-old boy who was rescued after spending 15 minutes or more in the cold Pacific likely survived because of his age, among other factors, experts say.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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ONR technology to aid in war on drugs
A multi-agency task force charged with eliminating illegal drug trafficking is installing a new software technology developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the command announced July 21.
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Calif. hospital system settles celeb records cases
(AP) -- Years after hospital employees were accused of snooping into the medical records of celebrity patients, UCLA Health System agreed to pay an $865,000 settlement for potential violations of federal privacy laws.
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Helping space shuttles achieve liftoff
Fridays scheduled liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis marks the beginning of the end of nearly four decades of collaboration between MIT and NASA on the nations space shuttle program -- a partnership that has shaped ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Thirty years of AIDS: A timeline of the epidemic
Thirty years into the fight against HIV/AIDS, UCSF has helped change the course of this deadly disease, which has claimed the lives of 33 million people worldwide. This timeline covers the highlights ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Key diagnostic deadline draws near for psychiatrists and 'new' DSM conditions
"Where are we going to put the narcissists?" It was a question asked urgently by one of the hundreds of psychiatrists gathered here last week for their professional society's annual meeting. With doctors in the thick of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 25, 2011 |
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Life satisfaction, state intervention go hand in hand, Baylor researcher finds
People living in countries with governments that have a greater number of social services report being more satisfied with life, according to a study by a Baylor University researcher.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 06, 2011 |
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Galifianakis, FunnyOrDie.com lead Webby winners
(AP) -- As a mock interview show host, Zach Galifianakis is accruing awards at the rate of a "60 Minutes" correspondent.
May 03, 2011 |
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