Category: News
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Scientists Discover Cancer Trigger That Could Spur Targeted Drug Therapies
Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades. The team’s findings, published in Nature Communications Biology, open up a new avenue for the development of selective drug…
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Government of Canada welcomes visitors to Canada Day Sunrise Event at Signal Hill National Historic Site
Visitors are invited to witness the first sunrise in the country ST. JOHN’S, NL, /CNW Telbec/ – Canada Day gives us an opportunity to come together to celebrate what makes us proud and, above all, what unites us. Today, Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of…
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Weekend Wrap Up, July 2, 2022
Weekly show that offers highlights and recap into stories covered by Daily News from previous weeks Daily News offers pop culture and current events news and media. News you can use This Moment! https://stmdailynews.com Links to Stories covered in this episode: Capstone Mission: https://tnc.network/capstone-launches-to-test-new-orbit-for-nasas-artemis-moon-missions/ Asteroid Day: https://tnc.network/world-asteroid-day-is-today/ UFO Day https://tnc.network/its-world-ufo-day… https://tnc.network/world-ufo-day/ Planet Line Up, Comet,…
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FDA Infant Formula Update: June 30, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on additional steps it has taken that will lead to more infant formula available in the U.S. under the agency’s recent increased flexibilities. Company (Product Origin): Danone (New Zealand) Product(s): Aptamil Gold Plus Type of Formula: General Estimated Quantity: 555,000 cans (about 1.1 million pounds or about 16.5 million…
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Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Puts Human Health and Ecology at Risk
The Supreme Court has curtailed the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a decision that could limit other federal agencies’ regulatory powers. Catherine Kling is an environmental economist and an expert in water quality modeling who served for 10 years on the EPA’s Science Advisory Board. Kling says…
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NASA Awards Engineering, Technology, Science Contract
NASA has awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide engineering and scientific products, technical services and related services for the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, other NASA centers and government agencies. The cost-plus award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a potential base value of…
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Florida Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Florida students will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 11:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 6, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins will answer prerecorded video questions from Gifford Youth Achievement Center students. The Gifford Youth…
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World Asteroid Day is Today!
June 30, 2022 is the first live event since 2019… After being in the virtual realm, June 30 marks the return of in person Asteroid Day with the event taking place in Luxembourg, with Asteroid Day Live 2022. What is Asteroid Day? Asteroid Day, also known as International Asteroid Day, is an annual global event which is held…
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NASA to Industry: Let’s Develop Flight Tech to Reduce Carbon Emissions
NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s. Through its new Announcement for Partnership Proposals, NASA intends to fund one or more awards to design, build, test, and fly a large-scale demonstrator with an…
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SPACEX WATCH LIVE: SES-22 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting today, Wednesday, June 29 for launch of SES-22 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:04 p.m. ET, 21:04 UTC. A backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, June 30 with the same window. The Falcon…