Long-Distance Runners Reduce Vision-Loss Risk Feb 21, 2009
"We often think of loss of vision as we get older as sort of an inevitable consequence of aging," Dr. Paul T. Williams of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, who conducted both studies, told Reuters Health. "I think what we are seeing is that there are things people can do when they're younger to prevent that.". (MEDLINEplus)
Below Normal Weight May Confer Health Benefits Aug 17, 2007
The risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes all increase significantly with increasing body mass, report researchers from the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California in the current issue of the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. Dr. Paul T. Williams and colleagues also report that larger waist circumference increased the risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes in normal-weight men. (MEDLINEplus)
Three alumni in prestigious group of researchers honored by the DOE May 11, 2007
Three Chicago alumni are among the eight researchers who have received the 2006 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award honors scientists and engineers at mid-career for exceptional contributions in research and development that support the energy department s mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the nation. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Paul Alivisatos Wins E.O. Lawrence Award LBNL, Feb. 07 Feb 8, 2007
Paul Alivisatos, director of the Materials Sciences Division for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and a professor of chemistry and materials science and the Larry and Diane Bock Professor of Nanotechnology for the Berkeley campus of the University of California (UC), has been named one of eight new winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel Bodman. The Lawrence award, which is named for Berkeley Lab's founder, the... (University of California Newswire, CA)
Chemist Paul Alivisatos named Lawrence Award winner UCB, Feb. 07 Feb 8, 2007
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman today (Wednesday, Feb. 7) named eight winners of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, among them University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry Paul Alivisatos, director of the Materials Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) ... The Lawrence Award was established in 1959 to honor the memory of the late Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a UC Berkeley physicist and Nobel Laureate who invented the cyclotron, or particle... (University of California Newswire, CA)
