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RightLine hires McCloud as regional sales manager Brian McCloud comes to RightLine with more than 20 years of experience in the turf and ornamental markets. MALDEN, Mo. – RightLine LLC announced Brian McCloud has joined the company as regional sales manager. McCloud comes to RightLine with more than 20 years of experience in the turf and ornamental markets. In the new position, McCloud will represent the existing RightLine products, which includes EPA-registered herbicides, insecticides, fu...

UC awards $19M in grants, funds 4 UC Berkeley projects Sakura Cannestra/File The UC Office of the President awarded grants to 15 research projects as part of the 2021 UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives competition. This includes four projects hosted by UC Berkeley. The UC system awarded $19 million in grants to support research focused on improving the lives of Californians, funding four projects hosted by UC Berkeley. As part of the 2021 UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initi...

Are Greece-Turkey Talks Doomed to Fail? January 13, 2021 Turkish vessel the Oruc Reis is escorted into Greek waters by five Turkish Navy vessels on Monday, August 10. Photo: Turkish Defense Ministry The Greece-Turkey talks are more likely than not to fail, analysts say, as the two sides prepare for recommencing negotiations on January 25, after a a five-year hiatus. The exploratory talks between the neighboring countries will take place in Istanbul, as respective foreign ministers Nikos Dendias...

fundsforNGOs Apply Now for NEH’s Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan 180SHARES Deadline: 28-Apr-21 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Research Programs is accepting applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program. The purpose of this program is to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support the next generation of Japan scholars in the U.S. The fel...

The Water Research Foundation Issues Requests For Proposals For Projects On Stormwater And Biological Nutrient Removal The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has released Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for two projects funded through WRF’s Research Priority Program. This strategic program enables WRF to address broadly relevant subscriber issues, challenges, and opportunities with targeted research that lasts three to five years. The project details are as follows: This project will develop a gui...

New Sensor Could Detect Real-Time Changes in Brain Serotonin Levels During Sleep, Fear Written by AZoSensorsDec 24 2020 Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are designed to alter serotonin signals sent between neurons. In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein...

AI-Based Sensor may Help Detect Serotonin Levels During Sleep, Fear Written by AZoRoboticsDec 24 2020 Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are designed to alter serotonin signals sent between neurons. In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new resear...

 E-Mail IMAGE: NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded scientists used artificial intelligence to help redesign a nutrient grabbing, Venus flytrap-shaped bacterial protein into a highly sensitive serotonin sensor. Here the sensor captured for the first... view more  Credit: Courtesy of Tian lab. University of California Davis School of Medicine. Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are desi...

 E-Mail IMAGE: NIH scientists showed that anti-COVID-19 nanobodies from a llama may be an effective tool in the battle against the COVID-19 virus. view more  Credit: Courtesy of Brody lab NIH/NINDS. National Institutes of Health researchers have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or "nanobodies," against SARS-CoV-2 that were produced by a llama named Cormac. Preliminary results published in Scientific Reports suggest that at least one of these nanobodies, called NIH-CoVnb-...

 December 22, 2020 (BLOOMINGTON) – The Mill, Bloomington’s nonprofit center for entrepreneurship, announced the 2020 Fast 15 MVP award winners today, December 22. “In a typical year, the Fast 15 Awards highlight businesses with exceptional revenue growth,” Executive Director Pat East explains. “But 2020 was anything but typical, so we decided to do things a little differently.” The Mill paused the business awards program. Instead, it added a new category for MVP individ...