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WASHINGTON- A George Washington University biologist and a team of researchers have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe. The findings were recently published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Alex Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Assistant Professor of Biology in GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, ...

SALINA -- Four Kansas State University Salina students placed at SkillsUSA's recent aviation maintenance technology state competition at Wichita Area Technical College. Adam Sollenberger, senior in aviation maintenance technology and professional pilot, Hutchinson, placed fourth; Steven Gish, freshman in aviation maintenance technology, Olathe, placed eighth; Linfeng Jin, junior in aviation maintenance technology, Shanghai, China, placed ninth; ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Though the Appalachian region is home to less than 10 percent of the United States’ population, the region’s traffic fatality rate is 45 percent higher than that of non-Appalachian areas, according to faculty at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health. “The elevated traffic fatality rate in Appalachia was largely due to a ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – It was during a flamenco class at the University of Maryland that School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies professor Karen Kohn Bradley and Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal realized they shared a common interest in movement analysis.  Curious about the effects that dancing has on the brain, the duo ultimately decided to ...

IceCube Neutrino Observatory reports first evidence for extraterrestrial high-energy neutrinos A massive telescope in the Antarctic ice reports the detection of 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos that might have their origin in cosmic sources. Two of these reached energies greater than 1 petaelectronvolt (PeV), an energy level thousands of times higher than the highest energy neutrino yet ...

Students from the University of Wyoming and Jackson State University will pair up this summer to focus on research projects centered on hydrology, ecology and geophysics in the Laramie and Snowy ranges. A contingent of Jackson State University (JSU) students and faculty will visit UW for the field course, which runs June 13-27. “It’s a chance for ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) – The University of Alabama is preparing to defend their claim to an international championship. Last year, the University’s team took home the prize in NASA’s Lunabotics Competition. On May 20, 2013, the students will return to the Kennedy Space Center to compete again. The 20-person team has built a lunar robot this year. The robot is ...