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The nationally famous Fightin' Texas Aggie Band! Whoop!

Purdue student startup technology could reduce the waiting period for computer science students to receive grades.     Purdue University students have developed a cloud-based technology that could reduce the amount of time it takes for professors to grade coursework in computer sciences.

Fighting Pneumonia. With a $1.5 Million Grant, YSPH Scientist Seeks to Improve Vaccine Delivery in Developing World.           While considerable progress has been made in improving children’s health globally, pneumococcus remains a stubborn problem. The bacterium is a major cause of pneumonia, the world’s leading cause of respiratory deaths in children under age 5. The vast majority of those deaths occur in the developing world, where the vaccine is expensive, and has not been widely introduced.

Ancient, hydrogen-rich waters discovered deep underground at locations around the world. A quantum change in our understanding of how much of Earth’s crust may be habitable.           A team of scientists, led by the University of Toronto’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar, has mapped the location of hydrogen-rich waters found trapped kilometres beneath Earth’s surface in rock fractures in Canada, South Africa and Scandinavia.

Santa conducting the trombone Choir 2014

During Finals      Finals week is the culmination of months of hard work, effort, preparation and perseverance. But it's also very much a stress-filled time. Below are some helpful ways to manage your stress during even the most demanding times. So before you pull your hair out, try out some techniques designed to prep your body and mind for conquering what lies ahead.

7 Research Breakthroughs This Year You May Have Missed.     It's that time of year again. No, I don't mean the time for mistletoe, reindeer and maxed out credit cards. It's time for the annual "best of" lists. You can find lists of the year's best movies, books, songs, hairstyles, cars, wines … there are even lists of best of lists.

Wishing you all merry christmas and happy new year in advance.....

Exposure During Pregnancy to Common Household Chemicals Associated with Substantial Drop in Child IQ. Children exposed during pregnancy to elevated levels of two common chemicals found in the home—di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) and di-isobutyl phthalate (DiBP)—had an IQ score, on average, more than six points lower than children exposed at lower levels, according to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

A behind-the-scenes tour of the technology at Husky Stadium. Some of the renovations made to the University of Washington’s new Husky Stadium in Seattle are easily noticeable. There is no longer a track separating the first row of fans from the field. There are many, many more concession stands and bathrooms. And those rickety wooden bleachers have finally been replaced.

Curiosity rover finds organics on Mars.           Not life, but its chemical building blocks, have been detected on Mars and University of Michigan engineers and planetary scientists played a role in the discovery. This week, NASA reported that the Curiosity rover found organic molecules—spike of methane in the planet's atmosphere and carbon in Martian rock. Organic molecules are carbon- and often hydrogen-based compounds that make up living things. But they're also found elsewhere.

Cornell engineers join $2M DARPA Robotics Challenge. Cornell engineers are adding their expertise in robot autonomy to the DARPA Robotics Challenge(DRC), a multi-year, international prize competition sponsored by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Military veterans losing ground on jobs as disability enrollment increases, Stanford research shows. Research by Stanford economist Mark Duggan shows that the significant rise in disability coverage for veterans may be hurting them in making employment gains. He suggests possible reforms, such as time limits for applying, more frequent medical reviews and building job skills among veterans.

Trapping light with a twister New understanding of how to halt photons could lead to miniature particle accelerators, improved data transmission. David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Researchers at MIT who succeeded last year in creating a material that could trap light and stop it in its tracks have now developed a more fundamental understanding of the process. The new work — which could help explain some basic physical mechanisms — reveals that this behavior is connected to a wide range of other seemingly unrelated phenomena.

Harvard to Participate in 2015 Diamond Head Classic HONOLULU, Hawai'i -  The field is set for the 2015 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The field for the seventh annual event – to be played Dec. 22, 23 & 25, 2015 – includes Auburn, BYU, Harvard, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, Washington State and tournament host school Hawai'i.

A northern white rhinoceros  has died at a San Diego zoo, leaving only five worldwide and bringing the species closer to extinction

Going to bed late can increase negative thinking Are you a chronic worrier? The hour you’re going to sleep, and how much sleep you’re getting overall, may exacerbate your anxiety, according to a new study published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research.

Math Extravaganza Accelerates Study and Retention of Science Most high school sophomores participating in November’s “Skatepark Mathematics Extravaganza” thought parts of their campuses were turned into X Games-style skate parks, but to UTEP’s Bill Robertson, those skate parks were outdoor research labs.

When worlds combine, the possibilities are limitless In the early days of the environmentalist movement, the line was sharply drawn between the tree-huggers and the suits. People had to choose between the two shades of green – the planet or the money.

The Ocean Spiral, an underwater metropolis that generates energy from the seabed and is capable of providing homes and accommodation for 5,000 people. Sure, such blue-sky thinking may only seem plausible in the world of Hollywood CGI, but this is the futuristic concept proposed by Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corp. According to literature released by the company, expertise is being sought from Tokyo University, Japanese government ministries as well as energy firms to bring the project to life.

  The two hostages who died in the Sydney siege have been named as Katrina Dawson, 38, and the manager of the Lindt cafe Tori Johnson, aged 34. The gunman at the centre of a 16-hour siege at a cafe in Sydney's CBD was also killed. Ms Dawson was a Sydney lawyer and mother of three and Mr Johnson had worked at the Lindt cafe since October 2012.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

How Women Achieve Healthier Weight May Impact Long-Term Health of Offspring New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the healthy weight and glucose control women achieve through weight-loss surgery don’t necessarily translate into health benefits for their future children.  An animal study featured in the Aug. 21, 2013, edition of the journal  Science Translational Medicine suggests that treatment with vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) weight loss surgery of a female rat prior to conception has no positive impact on—and could even impact negatively—the metabolic health of her offspring.