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For USDOT, a Scientific Approach, and TOD Funds Robert C. Hampshire, Ph.D. Resurrecting a position that was abolished more than 40 years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation is appointing a Chief Science Officer for the entire agency, and has taken additional steps “to act on the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to address the climate emergency and restore scientific integrity.” And the Federal Transit Administration has made available $10 million in TOD (transit-oriented de...

Even though the city has prioritised economic development for decades, the changing needs as a result of the pandemic mean Hong Kong should strengthen its policy on science by establishing a high-level Science and Development Office The persistence of the Covid-19 global crisis has highlighted the importance of scientific research. Healthcare, vaccination, testing and protective equipment are all about science, while there is increasing reliance on communication technology as a result of social...

Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Front of the Pack, a new breed of pet nutrition, today announced the appointment of its first Chief Science Officer. Dr. Jamie Peyton, Chief of Integrative Medicine Service at the University of California, Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, will drive innovation and lead major scientific research studies that are imperative in supporting the companys exponential growth and further Front of the Packs miss...

Share this article Share this article HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Humboldt Seed Company, the largest legal cannabis seed seller in California, is proud to announce its partnership with British Columbia-based Nymera to offer the first feminized, organic-certified seeds in the world to Canadian and global markets. For the first time, Canadian LPs will have ready and consistent access to these time-tested heritage genetics and new varietals. Nathaniel Pennington, founde...

Expert Insight: How to measure immune cell killing of tumor cells effectively Watch this on-demand webinar to learn about the mechanisms behind cancer treatments such as CAR-T cells, checkpoint inhibitors or adoptive T cell therapy 19 Apr 2021 Dr. Anne Lodge, Chief Science and Innovation Officer at Cellero In this on-demand SelectScience webinar, Dr. Anne Lodge, Chief Science and Innovation Officer at Cellero, discusses how the Incucyte® Live-Cell Analysis offers walkaway monitoring of tumor c...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. iCloudModel Wants to Revolutionize the Photoshoot for Fashion E-commerce April 16, 2021 GMT SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 16, 2021-- iCloudModel, the world’s first model management using artificial intelligence to create out-of-the box solutions for Chinese fashion designer and brands to make realistic and high-quality images for fashion e-commerce. China has the most mobile users and more e-commerc...

REUTERS/Amir Cohen Welcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where were bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and personalities driving the multibillion-dollar global cannabis boom. Its been a rough start to earnings season for Canadian companies, with Aphrias stock dropping over 14% after losing significant market share and a total of C$361 million in the quarter. There was a lot of pointing fingers at the COVID-19 lockdowns, but Wall Street a...

Mersana Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data Highlighting Potential of XMT-2056 and XMT-1660 in Three Posters at Virtual 2021 AACR Annual Meeting April 10, 2021 09:00 ET | Source: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRSN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing a...

by Ted Glick / April 5th, 2021 I don’t have any regrets about the work, and the 32-day hunger strike, that I did last fall to get Joe Biden elected. I knew what we would be getting: first and most important, an end to Trump in the White House and second, someone replacing him who wasn’t a climate denier. I support the Green New Deal idea, embodied in Congress in the Thrive Agenda, introduced in February by Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. That agenda is much stronger than...

Easter is brought to you by … Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April — barely. That’ll be the case for another couple of years, thanks to For the dedicated few in The Process, this weekend — and the Legislature’s lax Friday and Monday schedule — will serve as a much-ne...