Category: News
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NASA Announces Winners of 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge
NASA has recognized a new generation of potential space explorers who competed in the agency’s 28th annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge. High school and college students from around the U.S. and world have spent the last eight months designing, building, and testing their rovers for the challenge – one of the original seven NASA Artemis Student Challenges.…
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Sands Extends its Partnership with the Asian Community Development Council
Sands Cares 2022 contributions include new funding for ACDC’s HAPI Medical Center and continued support for its language bank serving AAPI communities LAS VEGAS /PRNewswire/ — Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) today announced it will donate $175,000 to the Asian Community Development Council (ACDC), extending the company’s partnership with the leading nonprofit organization serving the Asian American Pacific…
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Black Knight: As Home Affordability Nears All-Time Low Amid Spiking Interest Rates and Still-Rising Prices, Borrower Behavior and Preferred Products Changing
According to the Black Knight HPI, home prices rose 2.3% in March alone, marking the fifth time in the pandemic era that homes increased by more than 2% in a single month – Annual home price gains slowed very slightly in March, seeing 19.9% annual appreciation, down from an upwardly revised 20.1% in February —…
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Grateful Guitars Foundation and Scarlet Fire Guitars are pleased to announce the exclusive selection of Leo Elliott to reproduce Phil Lesh’s “Mission Control” Bass
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. /PRNewswire/ — Few instruments in the history of rock music can rival Phil Lesh’s “Mission Control” bass as an example of technical advance and as a medium for musical virtuosity. Jason Scheuner, its owner, is a Board member of the Grateful Guitars Foundation (GGF), which seeks to make sophisticated instruments available to the very best of jam…
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BERKSHIRE FLYER PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE BEGINS JULY 8
Seasonal pilot service between Pittsfield and New York City being run by Amtrak, in conjunction with MassDOT and NYSDOT PITTSFIELD, MA – Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), and New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), are announcing pilot seasonal passenger rail service to operate this year and in 2023 to be…
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Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project
Here’s an update on LA Metro’s new light rail route… Metro’s plan for better transit includes the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project to bring more travel options and access to opportunity. This project will extend from E Line (Expo) at Expo/Crenshaw Station and merge with C Line (Green) at Aviation/LAX Station, connecting the Crenshaw Corridor, Inglewood and…
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Moderna Files for Authorization of Its COVID-19
Vaccine in Young Children Six Months to Under Six Years of Age Submission to Regulators Globally Is Based on Phase 2/3 Studies of mRNA-1273 in Young Children CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that it has submitted a request for emergency…
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New Study Could Help Reduce Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Researchers use knowledge-guided machine learning to boost accuracy of agricultural nitrous oxide predictions Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL — A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions. The first-of-its-kind knowledge-guided machine learning model is 1,000 times faster than current…
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Announces Tentative Advisory Committee Meeting Schedule Regarding COVID- 19 Vaccines
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing its plans to hold virtual meetings of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) in anticipation of complete submissions of emergency use authorization (EUA) requests in the coming months that have been publicly announced by COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers. It is important to note that…