Over three days last week in London, England, a stable publishing industry clashed with the chaos of Brexit.
The stars are aligning to make this year’s event one of the association’s most highly attended conferences to date.
In the wake of its fifth anniversary, the Redwood, Calif.–based children’s digital reading platform has landed major funding.
We asked some educators how they are bringing the digital platform into the classroom.
Follett’s new Genre Solutions package is helping K–12 libraries transition from the traditional Dewey Decimal system to genre classification.
The Center for Responsive Schools, best known for its Responsive Classroom social-emotional learning program, has launched a children’s book imprint, Avenue A Books.
We spoke with school and public librarians about how they are harnessing Instagram for promotion, professional development, and fun.
Rowley’s 'The Editor' tells the story of a struggling writer whose novel gets acquired by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Two PR veterans offer guidance to publishers on working with outside publicists.
The Worcester State University softball team capped its Florida Spring Break trip with a pair of defeats Friday at the Osceola County Softball Complex. Worcester State lost the opener 8-0 to Potsdam, before falling 9-0 to Loras, both in five innings.
Junior Kenan Kolanda (Sterling, Mass.) broke an eighth inning tie with a home run over the left field wall as the Worcester State University baseball team defeated Husson University 5-3 Friday afternoon at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.
Myrtle Beach, S.C. – The Fitchburg State softball closed out its annual spring trip this afternoon after defeating Keystone College, 17-5 in the first game of the day before dropping an 8-0 decision to the Bears of Pikeville University in the nightcap at the Fast Pitch Dreams Classic.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- The Bridgewater State University baseball team cruised to a 20-6 victory over SUNY Canton in game one of a doubleheader on Friday afternoon at the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida. Game two of the twinbill is currently underway.
Bobby New tossed a complete game shutout with 10 strikeouts in leading MCLA to a game one win over Purchase State this afternoon in the RussMatt Invitational
Strength training over a short time period can reduce fat stores in the liver and improve blood glucose control in obese mice, according to a study published in the Journal of Endocrinology. The study reports that strength training over a short time-period, less than would be enough to change body fat composition in humans, was sufficient to reduce the accumulation of liver fat and improve regulation of blood glucose in obese mice, even without overall loss of body weight.
New research led by the University of East Anglia suggests that people with a positive attitude are more likely to eat healthily.The study examined the motivational role of a theory called regulatory focus on consumers' involvement in nutrition, that is, the time and effort they put in to finding out about nutrition and seeking out nutritious food.It also examined the effect of nutrition involvement on consumers' knowledge of nutrition and dietary behavior.
Tiny organisms in a child's nose could offer clues to improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe lung infections, research shows.
Millions of people work nights, but increasingly scientists are finding that night work is associated with health problems. Now a group of Italian scientists has found that nightshift workers also need to pee more, leading to a deteriorating quality of life for many workers, including care workers. This is also true of younger subjects, who would not normally be expected to report an overactive bladder. This work is reported at the European Association of Urology Congress in Barcelona.
Scientists have found that men with high neuroticism -- between a quarter and a fifth of men in developed countries -- are significantly more likely to suffer from adverse events such as erectile dysfunction and incontinence, which may put their recovery from prostate cancer surgery at risk. The researchers say that this means cancer teams may need to consider testing for personality types to try to ensure that patients being treated for prostate cancer receive the best care.
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology. While only a small proportion develop symptoms, virus reactivation rates increase with spaceflight duration and could present a significant health risk on missions to Mars and beyond.