ITHACA, N.Y. - Many New York City eighth-graders – particularly those from underserved communities – aren’t applying to academically competitive high schools where they could succeed, according to new Cornell University research.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) today kicked off the American Innovation Campaign with the announcement of three new prestigious awards that recognize excellence in innovation philanthropy, mentorship and innovation leadership, and intellectual property and innovation education.

More than two-thirds of adults (68.6 percent) reported viewing their test results before hearing from a provider. Those who immediately viewed results were more likely to be older and female, and have a higher income, multiple chronic health conditions, higher digital literacy, and greater use of health-related social media. 

People rarely think about culverts until they are gone. These plain pipes and boxes carry roads over streams and span less than 20 feet -- the federal cutoff for what counts as a bridge. That means road-stream crossings stay out of the National Bridge Inventory and therefore, off the inspection schedule. Yet, when Tropical Storm Irene tore through New England in 2011, it destroyed more than 960 of them in Vermont's Green Mountains alone and left 13 communities entirely cut off for days.

Biobanks are collections of biospecimens and associated data from animals, humans, environments, microbes, geological deposits, botanicals and crops or historical artifacts that can be used in critical scientific research. In the case of human and animal biospecimens, these may also be able used in direct clinical interventions such as precision medicine. Despite being a foundation and linchpin of modern science, with major contributions in nearly every sub-discipline of scientific research around the world, biobanking as a discipline remains somewhat in obscurity. This unfamiliarity represents an ongoing threat to the sustainability of biobanks, which includes reductions in funding, government and public support, and ultimately scientific impact. Therefore, awareness of biobanking’s global impact must be the foundation for further advocacy and education, and with this in mind, a new international initiative, ‘Global Biobank Awareness’ (GBA) has been launched to propel biobanking into the public consciousness.