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Detailed age map shows how Milky Way came together
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- Written by Brian Wallheimer Brian Wallheimer
- Published: 07 September 2016 07 September 2016
Notre Dame, Indiana - Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, University of Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago.
Do You Write Like Mark Twain or Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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- Written by Natalie Tripp Natalie Tripp
- Published: 07 September 2016 07 September 2016
Provo, Utah - In designing a tool to help students write better essays, BYU English Professor Pat Madden and graduate students Shelli Spotts and Courtney Bulsiewicz looked to biology for inspiration.
New project to study why certain predominantly Muslim nations have higher rates of women engineers than U.S.
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- Written by Emil Venere Emil Venere
- Published: 06 September 2016 06 September 2016
West Lafayette, Indiana - New research aims to help reverse decades of failed efforts to increase the percentage of women in engineering in the United States by studying nations where the disparity is not as severe: Jordan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.
Vice President Biden’s Call with His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 06 September 2016 06 September 2016
Washington, DC - This morning, the Vice President spoke with His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Travel to Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 05 September 2016 05 September 2016
Washington, DC - Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Sarah Fox will travel to Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador September 6-13.