Imperial Valley News Center
Khmer New Year
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- Written by State Depoartment
Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, it is my great pleasure to wish the Cambodian people a happy and prosperous Khmer New Year.
Shorter, Intensive Radiation Can Be Recommended in Early Prostate Cancer
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- Written by Sarah Avery
Durham, North Carolina - Giving early-stage prostate cancer patients a slightly higher daily dose of radiation can cut more than two weeks from the current treatment regimen without compromising cancer control, according to a national study led by a Duke Cancer Institute researcher.
Team stores digital images in DNA
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- Written by Jennifer Langston
Seattle, Washington - Technology companies routinely build sprawling data centers to store all the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos and email messages its users hoard.
The Twittersphere does listen to the voice of reason... sometimes
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- Written by Jennifer Langston
Seattle, Washington - In the maelstrom of information, opinion and conjecture that is Twitter, the voice of truth and reason does occasionally prevail.
Sugar shock: Insulin costs tripled in 10 years, study finds
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- Written by Kara Gavin
Ann Arbor, Michigan - People with diabetes who rely on insulin have seen the cost of that drug triple in just a decade - even as doctors have prescribed higher doses to drive down their blood sugar levels. Meanwhile, the cost of other diabetes drugs has stayed about the same or even gone down.
Physicists discover rare brown dwarf, essential for testing theoretical models
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- Written by Gene Stowe
Notre Dame, Indiana - A team led by Justin Crepp, the Frank M. Freimann Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has discovered a rare brown dwarf, a faint object with properties in between that of a star and planet. In addition to taking its picture for the first time, Crepp’s team also determined the brown dwarf’s mass, age and composition - essential information that can be used to “benchmark” the study of these elusive objects.
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