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 Top regional attractions (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Top Regional Attractions Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-299-1000. www.ansp.org. Includes Dinosaur Hall, Egyptian mummies, interactive, live animals, educational exhibits for children & more. Gregor Mendel: Plant
Cleanfield Energy Announces Award of Collaborative Research and Development Grant for Nanowire Photovoltaics Project (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Cleanfield Energy Corp a subsidiary of Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. announces that its project partner, McMaster University, has been awarded a Collaborative Research and Development grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Event to celebrate McNair’s birthday (Lake City News & Post) Walkers and runners dashed out of the National Bean Market Museum of South Carolina onto Church Street in Lake City on Sept. 1, 2007 to begin the third annual Dr. Ronald E. McNair 5K/Run Walk and Health Fair. This year’s event is scheduled for Oct. 18 with Claflin University School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dean, Dr. Verlie Tisdale as honorary chairperson.
Mark your calendar (The News & Observer) The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' lecture series, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition, will continue at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 with a talk by Pnina Shor, head of the Department for the Treatment and Conservation of Artifacts, Israel Antiquities Autho
Mark your calendar (The News & Observer) The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' lecture series, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition, will continue at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 with a talk by Pnina Shor.
Mendel exhibit nears conclusion (The Villanovan) As part of the 80th anniversary of the Mendel Medal Celebration, Villanova and The Academy of Natural Sciences have teamed up to bring the exhibit, "Gregor Mendel: Planting the Seeds of Genetics," to Philadelphia.
Galway, Ireland (Irish Emigrant) The School of Natural Sciences in Trinity College Dublin on Monday hosted an international conference on "Climate Change and Systematics"; the latter is the science of documenting, describing and explaining the diversity of living organisms.
Eidson named director for Baruch Institute (Anderson Independent-Mail) Clemson University has named Gene W. Eidson director of the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science
Business Buzz (The Tuscaloosa News) Patrice I. Jones has been named vice president of Patient Care Services at DCH Regional Medical Center. As vice president, Jones is responsible for the hospital's nursing staff, pharmacy, respiratory services and food and nutritional services. She replaces Eula Das, who has retired after holding the position since 1996.
Last of Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The last woolly mammoths had exclusively North American genetic roots, according to Canadian researchers who say their finding challenges conventional wisdom and could generate controversy.
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