Category: News
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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…
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NASA Invites Comment on Initial Plans for Mars Sample Return Program
NASA is requesting public comment on the scope of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the agency’s proposed Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Comments will be accepted through the mail and online through Monday, May 16, 2022. The agency also is hosting two virtual public meetings about the proposed program at 3 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May…
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SpaceX WATCH LIVE: STARLINKÂ MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Friday, April 29 for a Falcon 9 launch of 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The instantaneous launch window is at 5:27 p.m. ET, or 21:27 UTC, and a backup opportunity is available on Saturday, April 30 at 5:05 p.m.…
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FDA Proposes Rules Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars to Prevent Youth Initiation, Significantly Reduce Tobacco-Related Disease and Death
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. These actions have the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from combusted tobacco product use, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., by reducing…
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NASA Chooses Small Businesses to Continue Exploration Tech Development
NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has chosen 110 U.S. small businesses for continued technology development. The range of projects support space exploration and improvements to life on Earth – from foldable solar array technology that could help power astronauts’ work on the Moon to antenna technology that could improve satellite internet service. NASA’s…
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New Hotels.com pricing index reveals when and where to score best hotel rates this summer
As summer travel demand – and prices – heat up, Hotels.com shares where to book to save big DALLAS /PRNewswire/ — Arriving just in time for summer and what’s expected to be a record-breaking travel season, Hotels.com is releasing its inaugural Hot Price Index, which tracks average nightly hotel rates in hundreds of destinations worldwide to…
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BILL ANDERSON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, ‘AS FAR AS I CAN SEE: THE BEST OF’, ON JUNE 10
FEATURING CLASSIC HITS AND NEW TRACK WITH FRIEND DOLLY PARTON FOR THE FIRST TIME SEVEN OF ANDERSON’S ALBUMS ARE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW NASHVILLE, Tenn. /PRNewswire/ — Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson will release a new album of some of the famed singer/songwriter’s hits, As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, on June 10.  Preorder HERE. The collection of sixteen songs…