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An article on the value of preserving, digitizing, and studying archival astronomical plates in the April 24 issue of Science features Geoff Clayton and his research group. Separately, a podcast interview from last fall's meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) on the subject of R Coronae Borealis stars can be seen here.

LSU, Mary Bird Perkins team up on cancer treatment - LSU and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced plans today to develop a proton therapy program for cancer patients, and intend to open a treatment and research center by 2012 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, LSU says. Dr. Kenneth Hogstrom, chief of physics at Mary Bird Perkins and chair of medical physics at LSU, leads the partnership.

 

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