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The allure of new jobs in a rural corner of the state has won over supporters hoping for an economic boost. But the project is controversial, with Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals planning to mine for titanium dioxide along the edge of the wildlife refuge.

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A UK-led international team of researchers has discovered elemental metallic copper and iron in the human brain for the first time. The team, comprised...

 E-Mail A new study unexpectedly identified tiny deposits of elemental copper and iron within the brains of two deceased people with Alzheimers disease. The findings could help scientists better understand how these elemental metals, which were uncovered in the cores of amyloid plaques, contribute to neurodegenerative diseases and could point to a target for alternative Alzheimers therapies. While enzymes and proteins containing positively charged copper and iron ions have been known to contro...

Discovery of elemental metals in brain raises hope for Alzheimer’s treatments 09/06/2021, 7:02 pm Scientists using intense X-ray beams at the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility in Harwell, Oxfordshire, to examine amyloid plaques in brain tissue (Neil Telling/James Everett/Keele University) An “unexpected” discovery of tiny metal deposits in their native form in the human brain has raised hopes of potential new therapies for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. An in...

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Africa’s Electric Motorbike Pioneer Seizes Silicon Valley Funds Apr 08 2021, 7:14 PM April 08 2021, 5:30 PM April 08 2021, 7:14 PM (Bloomberg) -- (Bloomberg) -- East Africa’s motorbike taxis are $3.5 million closer to mass electrification following an investment from Silicon Valley. Ampersand, a Rwandan startup that claims to be the continent’s first electric motorbike company, secured the funding from Ecosystem Integrity Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund. Ampers...

As rain moves out of East Tennessee, flooding is still a risk in some areas, though rainfall totals didnt hit the worrisome levels that were predicted.   Blount County deputies warned residents Monday morning that some local roads were closed for flooding, but standing water wasnt widespread across the region. In the past two years, flooding has caused major damage. On Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority began spilling water from its nine dams along the Tennessee River to maximize flood ...

Into the Dead 2 is a sequel to Into the Dead, one of the most popular games produced by Wellington-based game developer, PikPok. The company has had more than 350 million downloads of its games. Karah Sutton​ is on the move and a touch out of breath. Much like the industry she represents. She’s been pursued by zombies, raced around the world as an agent of espionage and managed a stable of the world’s finest thoroughbreds. Now she faces a new challenge. Her company, PikPok, has create...

By Staff | January 1, 2021 | Filed under: News TENNESSEE VALLEY-2020 is now officially the wettest year ever recorded in the Tennessee Valley. As of midnight, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, TVA recorded 68.27 inches on average across the Valley, surpassing the old record of 67.01 inches set in 2018.  With 2019 now the third wettest year on record at 66.47 inches of rainfall, TVA has now managed three straight years of record rainfall. “The last three years have been a remarkable stretch of above...