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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Aerospace professor awarded division's first Fulbright fellowship
Earth System Science & Policy faculty member Rebecca Romsdahl to study climate policy in the UK ByJuan Miguel Pedraza Rebecca J. Romsdahl, assistant professor in the UND Department of Earth Sy...
Posted on 6/11/13 at 2:15 PM
SUNDOG: MARKETING + TECHNOLOGY Google Glass - Pinch to Zoom and Wink to take Picture
Image Source: Google Google might be planning on bringing some really awesome gestures to Glass. This information was leaked to The Next Web by reddit user fodawim. According to the information, t...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 10:14 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Popular times...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 7:35 AM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Facebook Fear Factor: Cake and Pancake Mixes
What the warning (incorrectly) says: When they get old cake mixes grow spores that can kill you, which is why it's so important to throw out your expired cake mix -- it is toxic. What the warning lea...
Posted on 4/8/13 at 9:17 PM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Cool it: the good, the bad and what you can do about global warming
Is there anything better than a warm, sunny day? All winter, we wait for the weather to warm up so we can throw off our sweaters and pull on our shorts. Warm days let us play in the parks and playgrou...
Posted on 4/5/13 at 9:05 AM
Court ruling may open up breast cancer gene tests
A ruling by the Supreme Court that human genes can't be patented is expected to increase access and drop the cost for tests for gene mutations that greatly raise the risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer.
By Marilynn Marchione , June 13, 2013
High-speed rock hits rural Hatton, N.D., home, where it came from remains a mystery 
Elsie Pierce has a hole in her screen window, a hole in her glass window, a dent in her wall and splintered glass that appears as if it had spent time in a blender. What she doesn’t have is an answer for what caused all of the above.
By Ryan Bakken , June 09, 2013
Dean of U of M agriculture school stepping down
The University of Minnesota says Allen S. Levine is stepping down at the end of August as dean of its College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
By Associated Press , June 06, 2013
ND high school students selected for science camp
Two high school students have been selected to represent North Dakota at a national youth science camp in West Virginia this summer.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
UND grad blasts off for International Space Station
She launched along with other members of the Expedition 36 team from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the seven-hour trip to the ISS, more than 200 miles above the earth.
By Will Beaton , May 28, 2013
NDSU professors getting noticed in world of art restoration
Art and science are often thought of as opposites, but a few professors at North Dakota State University might argue they’re more like two sides of the same coin.
By Charly Haley , May 12, 2013
Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reaches highest level in human history
Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air have hit a milestone of 400 parts per million. Pieter Tans, who monitors levels for the U.S. government, said the last time carbon dioxide levels were this high was about 2 million years ago.
By Seth Borenstein , May 10, 2013
Cancer, work in taconite industry linked
Researchers at the University of Minnesota told Iron Range workers on Friday to protect themselves from taconite dust, despite a new study that was unable to prove that exposure to the dust causes the rare cancer mesothelioma.
By Elizabeth Dunbar, Dan Kraker and Stephanie Hemphill , April 12, 2013
Minnesota lab records 3D image of elusive neutrino
A University of Minnesota physics lab has recorded its first three-dimensional image of a key subatomic particle. It's part of research that scientists hope will give them a better understanding of the universe.
By Associated Press , March 30, 2013
University of Minnesota defends drug study
University of Minnesota officials say there's no foundation for concerns that its psychiatrists might have "rubber-stamped" vulnerable schizophrenic patients into a drug study.
By Associated Press , March 21, 2013
UND grad returning to space in May for six months on the International Space Station
Karen Nyberg will spend six months on the International Space Station. Her launch is scheduled for May 28.
By Jennifer Johnson , March 19, 2013
UND hosts science and engineering fair
UND is hosting the annual Northeast Regional Science and Engineering Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 13 at Memorial Union Ballroom.
By Herald Staff Report , March 08, 2013
'God particle': Confirmation is 'achingly close'
Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle." They need to eliminate one last remote possibility that it's something else.
By Seth Borenstein , March 06, 2013
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