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Austin Water released today the results of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water quality tests, which show little to no detectable traces of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – or PFAS – chemicals in the City’s drinking water.  …

Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Columbus, Ohio – Starting Monday during the final run of a national tour, PETA will bring its eye-opening exhibit “Without Consent,” which explores the troubled history of experiments on animals, to…

New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison when he crashed into a building and died last month, officials at the Bronx Zoo said Monday.The Eurasian eagle-owl…

For immediate release: February 5, 2024   (24-017)   Contact: DOH Communications  Kiosks offer safe and reliable tests 24/7 to protect the health and well-being of all OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is…

NIANTIC, Conn. - Airmen from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, mounted their vehicles early March 5 and braved rainstorms to convoy from…

Cannabis flower sold in Colorado claims to contain much more tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, than it actually does, according to my findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Plos One. THC is the psychoactive compound that is…

3.1. Experimental ResultsThe characteristic force–displacement diagram for the tested beams is presented in Figure 6.The following aspects result from studying and comparing the specific characteristic force–displacement diagrams…

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma National Guard collaborated with industry partners across the state to test the cutting-edge capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems at…

For Immediate Release:March 12, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Evanston, Ill. – Beginning on March 20 at one of the final stops during a national tour, PETA will show its eye-opening exhibit “Without Consent” outside…

March 11, 2024 – At-home medical diagnostic testing has exploded in recent years. NASDAQ reports that the market for at-home testing has reached a staggering $45.6 billion and will continue to grow at a rate of over 10% per year up to…

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $CSTL #AAD2024--Castle Biosciences announces it will share data across its dermatologic portfolio of gene expression profile tests at the 2024 AAD Annual Meeting.

Researchers in the US Army are experimenting with commercial AI chatbots as battlefield advisers in war game simulations – but experts caution that such AI should not be used in high-stakes situations

The cohesion and the angle of internal friction are the two key parameters required for reliable determination and interpretation of the shear strength of soils. Information about these two parameters is required in the rational design…

In the predawn hours of Sept. 5, 2021, engineers achieved a major milestone in the labs of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), when a new type of magnet, made from high-temperature superconducting…

1. IntroductionIt is essential to consider not only the physique of athletes but also the physical factors required for the specific sport to minimize the risk of injuries and optimize the individual capabilities of elite athletes for…

Graphical abstract of the process, from sample collection to analysis. Image courtesy of the authors / American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver…

1. IntroductionThe aerodynamic parameters of the crops characterize the effect of the canopy on air flow; these parameters include the drag coefficient and the leaf area density (LAD) . In order to evaluate the impact of crops on the…

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $VCYT--Veracyte’s Decipher Prostate Test Receives Highest Evidence-Level Rating Among Molecular Tests in Updated Prostate Cancer NCCN Guidelines.

News ReleaseTuesday, February 20, 2024 Improved genetic tests more accurately assess disease risk regardless of genetic ancestry.To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease soon may replace more invasive and expensive…

In the model test process of scenario 1, several phenomena were observed. Initially, settlement deformation was predominantly exhibited during the onset of rainfall. After approximately 178 min of continuous rainfall, a shallow surface…

1. IntroductionDespite numerous efforts, malaria remains a major public health problem around the world . According to the latest estimates of the World Health Organization published in December 2022, there were 247 million cases of…

PETA has found even more reasons to ask your legislators to take action and dam the flood of taxpayer money that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) uses to bankroll pointless experiments on animals in foreign countries. Not…

1 Introduction Cumulative evidence showed that olfactory impairment is comorbid with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, with their common underlying neurodamages in the brain (Rahayel et al., 2012; Roalf et al., 2017;…

Editor’s note, Feb. 6, 2024: This article has been updated to clarify that the Radio Frequency Mass Gauge estimates how much propellant is available in a tank. It does not make an exact measurement. It’s easy to measure fuel in tanks…

Karachi, Pakistan – These are the fourth general elections I’m covering in Pakistan over the past 16 years. In a city where colours, music and ethnicities change from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, every one of those previous elections…

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a $80.5 million task order by the U.S. Navy for the completion of the MK710 TSTS design and then to produce and deliver MK 710 Torpedo…

SEOUL, South Korea —  North Korean on Friday extended a provocative run in weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to step up war preparations while touring a shipyard. South…

It’s estimated that there are approximately 80,000 industrial chemicals currently in use, in products such as clothing, cleaning solutions, carpets, and furniture. For the vast majority of these chemicals,…

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. – A frigid winter wind fluttered past the snow-covered landscape as Sgt. Shane Vanderhoek, an indirect fire infantryman with Headquarters and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUq4fWk9WYA Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers who built a winged robot and used it to…

NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration continued a critical test series for future flights of NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis…

NASA continued a critical test series for future flights of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis campaign on Jan. 17 with a full-duration hot fire of the RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test Stand at…

GALVESTON, Texas - The 147th Attack Wing used an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial system for satellite launch and recovery operations Jan. 10, conducting…

Author ContributionsMethodology, data curation, validation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing, L.Z.; software, W.Y.; formal analysis L.X.; visualization S.J.; investigation, W.C.; resources, J.X.; conceptualization,…

1. IntroductionSyphilis infections caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum can result in profound neurological and cardiovascular outcomes, necessitating timely detection and diagnosis. The rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test…

2.1. Characteristics of the Study Area (Aguascalientes; Mexico)The study area is located in a suburban region adjacent to a tributary of the San Pedro River, within the Lerma-Santiago hydrological region, which covers several states in…

1. IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) with mild, severe, or fatal courses. Due to the rapid global spread of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organization…

A long-term interagency effort has resulted in new methods for testing whether certain substances disrupt the body’s hormones, which are part of the endocrine system. Such endocrine-disrupting chemicals can contribute to a variety of…

Author ContributionsConceptualization, N.V.D., K.E.V., N.M.G. and W.M.R.-K.; formal analysis, J.W., D.E.S., N.M.G. and W.M.R.-K.; investigation, D.E.S. and J.W.; resources, K.E.V. and N.V.D.; data curation, W.M.R.-K.; writing—original…

In this paper, the function to be tested for autonomous driving is selected, and the functional test scenario generation method introduced above is used to generate simulation scenarios, and simulation software is used to conduct…

In this paper, the function to be tested for autonomous driving is selected, and the functional test scenario generation method introduced above is used to generate simulation scenarios, and simulation software is used to conduct…

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NEWS FEED Ellendale FireDate Posted: December 18, 2023 Recycle Your Holiday Tree at Free TreeCycle Event Jan. 6Date Posted: December 18, 2023 Dagsboro FireDate Posted: December 17, 2023…

Under public health peril posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, biomedical device manufacturers quickly developed an array of home test kits for most of us to self-test and determine our individual SARS-CoV-2 infection status.…

NEWS FEED Governor Carney Orders Lowering of FlagsDate Posted: December 15, 2023 Department Adds New Test Options and Increases Fees for Seed LabDate Posted: December 13, 2023 FY2025 Grant…

Some Covid-19 vaccines safely and effectively used lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver messenger RNA to cells. A new MIT study shows that different nanoparticles could be used for a potential Alzheimer’s…

University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a rocket-powered lander on the Moon or Mars. The four tethered flights on…

Galileo Second Generation satellites will be launched in pairs, interconnected and connected to the launcher until separation. Each satellite weighs more than 2,000…

HIV Lab Tests and Why They Are Important Before you start treatment with HIV medicine (called antiretroviral therapy or ART), your health care provider will order several baseline lab tests. You may start treatment or be referred for…