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Advancing Science and Learning – Opening of the Petit Science Center at Georgia State University

On March 29 (2010) Georgia State University opened its new Parker H. Petit Science Center, a 350,000 square-foot facility that will advance scientific understanding, health innovation and health education. (Georgia State University website, 2010)

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Neuroscientists show that a gas serves a physiological role in nervous system

Georgia State University scientists have found that the gas nitric oxide – an air pollutant found in cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust – is also produced in cells of the nervous system and serves physiological functions. This discovery has implications for better understanding the nervous system’s development and its diseases. (Georgia State University website, 2010)