Oldest-known arm bone found in Pennsylvania
How land-living animals evolved from fish has long been a scientific puzzle. An important part of the mystery is the transformation of the fins of fish into the arms and legs of our ancestors. Paleontologists Neil Shubin and Michael Coates from the University of Chicago, and Ted Daeschler from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia found a 365-million-year-old fossil that sheds light on...Research to create lung-cancer blood tests receives $3.4M in Pennsylvania tobacco settlement funds
(PHILADELPHIA Thursday, March 11, 2004) A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $3.4 million to pursue development of blood tests for lung cancer. The need for such tests is great lung cancer kills more Americans by far than any other form of cancer, according to statistics compiled by the American Cancer Soc...Pennsylvania chemist wins national award for drug research
Roger M. Freidinger of Lansdale, Pa., will be honored March 25 by the world's largest scientific society for his achievements in designing and making compounds to treat disease, especially drugs based on the building blocks of proteins. He will receive the 2003 Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in New Orleans.... ...Peptides,...Pennsylvania chemist wins national award for drug research
Bruce E. Maryanoff of New Hope, Pa., will be honored March 25 by the world's largest scientific society for his leadership in discovering and developing new drugs to treat disorders, including topiramate for preventing epileptic seizures. He will receive the 2003 Award in Industrial Chemistry from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in New Orleans.... ..."My job involves designi...Pennsylvania's West Nile Virus surveillance system gets an assist from NASA data
Recently, NASA has contributed weather and climate data to assist Pennsylvania state agencies in their response to the incidence of West Nile Virus throughout the Keystone state. ... ...Multiple state agencies in Pennsylvania are working with NASA, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, and other federal agencies in an environmental and public health alliance that is focusing on re...University of Pennsylvania announces largest-ever U.S. purchase of wind energy
PHILADELPHIA The University of Pennsylvania has announced that it will make the largest U.S. purchase of wind energy to date through an agreement with Community Energy Inc. ... ...The announcement was made Wednesday at the dedication of Pennsylvanias two newest wind farms, the Exelon-Community Energy Wind Farms at Somerset and Mill Run, coinciding with Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweikers proclama...WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25 - A Louisiana researcher and companies in Washington, Pennsylvania and North Carolina were honored here today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for using creative chemistry to improve the environment.... ...The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge awards have been presented annually since 1996 to recognize businesses and individuals who have discovered innova....Washington, DC -- March 4, 1998-- Pennsylvania's overall economy is getting a.boost from recent increases in federal funding for research and development.(R&D), despite decreases in defense spending. Increased funding for non-defense.agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the.National Science Foundation (NSF), could make up for dollars lost from further.potenti...