A California teacher died in a hiking accident on a steep and difficult mountain trail near Sedona, Arizona, this week, authorities said. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office identified the woman as Zaynab Joseph, 40, of California, who it said was staying with her family at an Airbnb in Sedona. Joseph was hiking with her husband and 1-year-old child on Bear Mountain, about 9 miles west of Sedona, when she fell on Monday morning, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. She fell down a 140-foot...
University of Sheffield mechanical engineers are putting their skills to good use by helping businessman Nick Thompson create the ultimate footwear – gel-lined socks designed to ward off blisters. Students teamed up with Nick as part of the Sheffield Innovation Programme and the University’s Made Together programme – a series of pledges designed to make South Yorkshire healthier, more vibrant, more sustainable and more innovative. Nick’s company, Zurego, already has Blis-sox trademarks covering...
For the past few years, it has seemed like tech’s future might be not in Silicon Valley, but in Texas. In the early years of the pandemic, Austin shaped itself into a tech hotspot: Tech workers, rendered nomadic by COVID-19-related remote work policies, eyed the city for its affordability and more relaxed pace of life, and companies eyed its comparatively lower taxes and looser regulations. The state’s government raced to poach California tech companies, playing into the hype and touting...
Since the launch of the University of Iowa’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering artificial intelligence chatbot DINA, answering student advising questions has been easier than ever, according to students and faculty. UI engineering professor Tyler Bell created the chatbot as an example of what students can do with artificial intelligence. UI professor Er-Wei Bai
A little after 6 p.m. on Saturday, Resilience will be pulled from his stall in Barn 19 and readied for the walk from the backside to the paddock at Churchill Downs. He’ll be accompanied by his trainer, Bill Mott, who will make the walk for the 11th time with his 13th entrant in the Kentucky Derby. Also in tow will be owners Emily Bushnell and Ric Waldman, each making the storied stroll for the first time. But missing will be the person who made Resilience possible, who made Wall Street dreams...
Western New England University's College of Engineering hosted its annual Emerging Engineers Expo Tuesday. This Expo really allowed the students to be innovative and it gave them a chance to showcase their work.
California’s fast-food minimum wage hike has been in effect for just one month, and the consequences are proving to be fewer hours and potentially fewer jobs for workers. Pollo West Corporation, the largest franchisee of El Pollo Loco restaurants in California, has said that its franchises went from profitable to losing money overnight when the […]
Multiple California agencies and wildlife experts convened for a noble cause on Saturday — rescuing a baby bald eagle who had fallen from its nest.
Another climbing party witnessed the fall and helped tend to the woman’s climbing partner.
Another climbing party witnessed the fall and helped tend to the woman’s climbing partner.
PSU — Students in Pittsburg State's Manufacture Engineering Program bring home gold in a national competition. That award comes from the "Cast in Steel" competition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Students from nearly fifty participating schools had to design and manufacture their own version of a "Halligan Bar" this year. Those are used by first responders to []
AUSTIN, Texas >> Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.