Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Science Daily – Ron Chesser, director for the Center of Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, said that though reports have stated the reactors were shut down safely, the reactors still must be cooled constantly to avoid a meltdown of the core.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
USA Today – Texas Tech, which started its recovery program more than 20 years ago, has literally written the book on starting such programs, recently publishing Substance Abuse Recovery in College.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Stephenville Empire-Tribune – Joel Schlegel won the bareback riding average at RC and moved to fifth in the overall standings. Schlegel’s 80-point ride in the short go round was enough to win that round and place him one point ahead of second place average finisher Luke Creacy of Texas Tech University.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Southwest Farm Press – The study by economists from Texas A&M and Texas Tech also shows that U.S. taxpayers are better off because the cotton checkoff program has reduced government outlays directed to cotton farmers.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
NewsOK.com – As part of the research, biologists with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will trap quail and send the birds to Texas Tech University for research.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Wall Street Journal – Based on a widely used definition of average normal exposure for humans —360 millirems per year of radiation from rocks, cosmic rays and manmade sources—even those levels would be safe for humans, said Ron Chesser, director of the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal – Institutions cooperating in the institution besides NMSU include Abilene Christian University, the University of Arizona, Colorado State University, Oklahoma State University, Tarleton University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, the University of Florida, West Texas A&M University and Washington State University.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Gizmodo – According to Ron Chesser, director of the centre for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, both of those levels are technically safe for humans, who absorb an average of 360 millirems of radiation per year from cosmic rays and manmade sources.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Foreign Policy – And a big BD thanks also to Texas Tech for putting on line a bunch of stuff-for example, here is MACV’s near-contemporaneous summary of the Tet Offensive.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Independent – We think that’s where this animal was trapped and evolved into the species that it is now,” says Dr James Cokendolpher, assistant curator of invertebrates at Museum of Texas Tech University.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Emerging technology forum offers matchmaking prospects for new technologies.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Chicago Tribune- Officials ordered the evacuation to protect civilians in the event that radiation leaked from the plants. “You want to err on the side of being cautious,” said (Ron) Chesser, director for the Center of Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
New York Times – Jennifer Rice, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Texas Tech in Lubbock, worked on the Jindo project when she was a doctoral student under Spencer. She and her group devised much of the software that conserves power on the network. Instead of having the radios constantly beaming information and using power, the software wakes up sensors for a few minutes so they can collect and analyze data, then switches on the radio to transmit it.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Bangkok Post – Ron Chesser, director for the Center of Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, was the first American scientist allowed inside the exclusion zone in 1992 in Ukraine following the Chernobyl disaster.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
news.au.com – 5.36am Ron Chesser, director for the Centre for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, said it’s critical to cool the reactor core to avoid a meltdown that would result in “a large release of radiation.”
Monday, March 14th, 2011
KXAN – Researchers at Texas Tech’s Center for Geospatial Technologies have created a near-real-time map of the aftershocks occurring globally following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan Friday.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Arab Times – Ron Chesser, director of the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, said it was critical to cool the reactor core to avoid a meltdown that would result in “a large release of radiation”.
Monday, March 14th, 2011
Written by Kate LepardTexas Tech University’s Presidential Lecture & Performance Series will present Celia Sandys, Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, at 7 p.m. March 30 at the Museum of Texas Tech University Helen Devitt Jones Auditorium.
Sandys is the daughter of Churchill’s eldest child, Diana, and Cabinet Minister Duncan Sandys.
An internationally acclaimed author, journalist, television presenter and [...]
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Texas Tech University will host the 2011 Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) Spring Invitational Saturday-Wednesday (March 12-16) in the English and Philosophy Building.
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Researchers at Texas Tech University’s Center for Geospatial Technologies have created a near-real-time map of the aftershocks occurring globally following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan Friday.
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