STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 13 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. J. Kevin Pidkowicz has spent more than four decades practicing medicine, a journey that has taken him from the halls of the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to military bases in Europe, private clinics across the United States and teaching residents while he was an assistant professor at the University of Arizona. As a retired Navy commander and accomplished dermatologist, Pidkowi more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: New research has found that the punishing summer temperatures and persistent drought conditions in much of Arizona and the Southwest are dealing a double whammy to trees attempting to regulate their own temperature, putting a critical part of the desert ecosystem at risk. The study, published in October in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at the iconic Fremont cottonwood, whic more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform - from bacteria to blue whales - shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific controversy. Taking a fresh approach at an old problem, Sawsan Wehbi, a doctoral student in the Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program at the University of Arizona, discovered strong evidence that the t more PR