Sunday Newscape Magazine

Los Angeles, California - Scientists, doctors, politicians and community members must work together in order to save black babies, concluded a panel of USC experts who participated in a forum to discuss the persistently high rates of infant mortality, preterm delivery and low birth weight among African Americans.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - An MIT-led team recently won a $2 million contract from NASA to develop concepts for commercial airliners that could go into service beginning around 2030. This sleek-looking airplane is among the team's preliminary concepts.

Tempe, Arizona - Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, former Vietnamese ambassador to the European Union and Brussels, and former vice chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly in Vietnam, visited ASU as part of an initiative by the Tri Viet University Project to establish an international university in Ba Ria-Vung Tau (southern Vietnam).

Los Angeles, California - The human papillomavirus (HPV) allows infected cervical and head and neck cancer cells to maintain internal molecular conditions that make the cancers resistant to therapy and more likely to grow and spread, resulting in a poor prognosis for patients, researchers with UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have found.

Redmond, Washington - During the past few months, astonishing changes have shaken the global economy. The world has witnessed the bankruptcy of financial stalwarts such as Lehman Brothers, and the forced takeover of Washington Mutual in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.