An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved regions of the western United States, a Duke University study has found.

GE Healthcare Financial Services has provided a $34.9 million seven-year, first mortgage to Juniper Communities, a New Jersey-based investment company that owns and operates 16 senior housing facilities throughout Florida, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New Jersey