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Interim Nationals GM pledges a 'fresh voice,' Cairo says 'it's hard' to replace Martinez
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Washington Nationals interim general manager Mike DeBartolo and interim manager Miguel Cairo are ready to try to turn around an organization that's had the second-worst record in the majors since 2020. The Nationals fired...
Trump administration ends ‘shoes-off' policy at airports
GEO TV
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July 9, 2025
DHS ends 'shoes off’ policy after nearly two decades. Says change will streamline security and reduce wait times. Rule was introduced in 2006 after attempted shoe bombing. Passengers travelling through US airports will no longer need to remove...
Renowned Massachusetts Restaurant Ranks Among Oldest Restaurants in the World
Live 95.9 - Massachusetts
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July 2, 2025
With the rich U.S. history the state of Massachusetts has, it's never shocking when a particular spot within the state is recognized for being among the oldest places in the country. But what if that particular place was among the oldest of its...
The Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research Launches Partnership with Hope Funds for Cancer Research
Newswise
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July 2, 2025
The Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research Launches Partnership with Hope Funds for Cancer Research Newswise — NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 2, 2025 -- The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (Jane Coffin Childs Fund) announces...
Sickle cell researcher fights back, calling NIH grant termination "racist" and "discriminatory"
WRAL 5 - North Carolina
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July 2, 2025
What was supposed to be a five-year, $750,000 NIH grant to fund Dr. Charity Oyedeji's sickle cell research at Duke University – was terminated. “I thought it was possible,” Oyedeji said when asked if she anticipated her research being impacted. “I...
Wisconsin dairy farm partners with company to fight food waste, generate biogas
Sheboygan Press - Wisconsin
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Vanguard Renewables will soon launch an anaerobic digestion facility at Dinnerbell Farms in Wisconsin to convert food waste into renewable energy. The facility will process over 100,000 tons of food waste annually. The Grahl family, owners of...
The ‘abrupt reversal of fortune’ that changed everything for Cooper Flagg and the Mavs
Frontier Media - Alaska
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ON THE AFTERNOON of May 12, Cooper Flagg's immediate family gathered inside his hotel room at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Chicago. There was his twin brother, Ace (who is one minute older), his father, Ralph, and his mother, Kelly. They...
New Partnership Enables Bulgarian Researchers to Train at MIT AI Lab
Bulgarian News Agency
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“The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has very few similar programmes worldwide. They have chosen INSAIT. This comes after nearly a year of talks and discussions that we have conducted,” said Prof. Martin Vechev, scientific director and...
CPRIT Scholar Pursues Protein Engineering To Develop Cancer Drugs
University of Texas
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July 2, 2025
Dr. Ziwen Jiang joined UT Dallas this year as a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research and an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry. His goal is to develop new therapeutic protein-based drugs that improve people’s quality of life. A recent...
UA's polymer science program ranked No. 1 globally by EduRank.org
Kent Ravena Record Courier - Ohio
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The University of Akron once again has the top ranked polymer science and plastics engineering program in the world, according to EduRank.org. UA, which was last ranked No. 1 in 2022, fell behind Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo in...
53 biotech leaders urge FDA not to restrict mifepristone access over 'fatally flawed' report
Fierce Pharma
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July 2, 2025
A group of 53 biotech leaders is expressing support for mifepristone in a letter to the FDA, urging the agency not to impose new restrictions on its use as an abortion medication and slamming a "fatally flawed" report fueling recent scrutiny. The...
Blue Man Group ends its 30-year run in Boston
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Blue Man Group is wrapping up its residency in Boston on Sunday, banging out the final notes of its 30-year run in the city. " We initially were thinking this would maybe be two or three months, and that would've been considered a success," said...
Boston museum returns looted artefacts to Oba of Benin
Punch
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June 29, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has returned two historic works of art looted from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 to the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II. “The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), today returned two works of art from the Benin Kingdom...
How companies are rethinking their vetting of engineering candidates in the age of AI coding tools
Fortune
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When Intuit chief technology officer Alex Balazs was getting his undergraduate mechanical engineering degree at Kettering University more than three decades ago, he recalls the Michigan school’s professors being split on whether they’d let...
2025 Best & Brightest Online MBA: Shari Rajoo, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Isenberg)
Poets&Quants - California
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July 2, 2025
“I am a self-declared nerd with a love of learning, patient care, and family!” Age: 54 Hometown: Kingsport, TN Fun fact about yourself: I earned my black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I knit (badly). Undergraduate School and Degree: Bachelor of Science...
Microplastics pose growing health risks, experts warn
News9 - Oklahoma
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Microplastics, which are tiny particles shed from everyday plastics, are turning up in the human body, and researchers say they may be doing more harm than previously believed. According to the World Economic Forum, microplastics are now found...
An Investor’s Primer On Quantum Computing Stocks
myMotherLode - California
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Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Quantum computing is a revolutionary new technology, and an exciting frontier for investors! Over the next few years, traders and investors will experience both big wins and potentially big losses as quantum...
Meet the Californian signed as 1st Boston Legacy Football Club player
The Patriot Ledger - Massachusetts
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BOSTON— Exactly a week after announcing the hiring of Filipa Patão as the club’s first-ever coach, Boston Legacy FC now has its first-ever player. On Wednesday, the National Women’s Soccer League expansion team announced the signing of American...
Hybrid Model Reveals People Act Less Rationally In Complex Games, More Predictably In Simple Ones
Slashdot
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July 9, 2025
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Researchers at Princeton University, Boston University and other institutes used machine learning to predict the strategic decisions of humans in various games. Their paper, published in Nature...
Siemens Acquires Dotmatics: Expanding into Life Sciences Market
Energy Industry Review
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July 2, 2025
Siemens has completed the acquisition of Dotmatics, a leading provider of Life Sciences R&D software headquartered in Boston and portfolio company of global software investor Insight Partners, for an enterprise value of USD 5.1 billion. With the...