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Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House
Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model of affordable modern living. Most of the objects they lived with remain in place at the two-part,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Architecture, The Getty, Environmental Issues
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Erupting Alaska volcano spews ash, disrupts air travel
ReutersBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 20 (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists...Tags: Volcanic Eruptions, Science and Technology, Volcanoes, Air Transportation Delays, Landforms
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Exclusive: Japan Inc. averse to further yen drop, poll finds
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Signs are that most firms in export-driven Japan Inc, having got the weaker yen they craved, now want the currency to either stabilize or recover ground, rather than continue a slide that will increasingly raise their costs. About...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Canon Inc., Business, Services and Shopping, G7
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What do we eat? New food map will tell us
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has...
Tags: Chocolate Milk, National Government, Nestle SA, Lifestyle and Leisure, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance...Tags: Bribery, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Rentals, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge
Reuters* Drugmaker eyes Cambridge Biomedical Campus - sources * Relocation centrepiece of new CEO's restructuring plan * New research centre and corporate HQ to cost some $500 mln By Ben Hirschler and Tom Bill LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is...Tags: Cambridge (England), Cheshire, Entertainment Events, MedImmune Inc., England
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
ReutersBy Carey Gillam May 20 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Purdue University, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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Researchers reveal robots designed to help vets, others with disabilities
Beaver County Times, Pa.Robotics opened more than a few doors for the disabled. They revealed a whole new world. Researchers at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh swung open their doors Thursday as part of National Veterans Affairs Research Week....Tags: Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Veterans Affairs, Nursing Homes
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Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers with Carnegie Mellon University's...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Duke University, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Electronics, Politics
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City's rankings might matter little to companies
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Since 2008, Augusta has appeared in 20 national rankings, receiving high marks for being the "most resilient metro economy," providing its residents with the "best bang for their buck" and having one of the "strongest building markets for housing."...Tags: Labor Markets, Starbucks Corp., Business
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W.W. Keen Butcher, longtime CEO of Butcher & Singer
The Philadelphia InquirerWilliam Williams Keen Butcher, 97, of Chestnut Hill, CEO of the former Philadelphia brokerage firm Butcher & Singer and former chair of the Committee of Seventy public watchdog group, died at home Wednesday, May 15. A U.S. Army major who served in World...Tags: George W. Bush, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Walnuts, Ronald Reagan
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Plan to put juvenile court in former school moving forward
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.A proposal to turn the former Hill Middle School into a one-stop shop for juveniles caught up in the criminal justice system could go before the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners next month after a feasibility study is completed. Walter Robbs...Tags: Arts and Culture, Juvenile Delinquency, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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