Rotary Club of Edmonds awards scholarships to 10 Edmonds-Woodway, Meadowdale HS seniors Posted: May 24, 2021 334
Rotary Club of Edmonds has given $12,500 in scholarships to 10 local high school seniors.
Since 1976, Edmonds Rotary has awarded 311 scholarships, totaling $305,205 for secondary, undergraduate, and graduate study in a wide range of academic fields.
Students from Scriber Lake, Edmonds Woodway, and Meadowdale high schools are encouraged to participate. Awardees are selected based on transcripts, financial need, community service, academic and career goals, and personal triumphs in the face of obstacles.
“What amazes me is how each student showed remarkable character and commitment to their school and their community, despite the restrictions and challenges of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Richard Okimoto, chairman of the Edmonds Rotary Youth Services Committee. “Their accomplishments, as evidenced by awarding of Edmonds Rotary Schol
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The watermelon has long been a quintessential summer snack in the western world. But there’s been some debate about where the fleshy fruit originated before it became a common sight on American picnic tables.
Scientists have been working to answer where watermelons come from for decades. A recently debunked 90-year-old theory held that watermelon was closely related to the South African citron melon and, therefore, first sprouted in South Africa. New research, published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, however, makes a compelling case for an origin story that begins in northeast Africa. A group of geneticists and evolutionary biologists have determined that the Kordofan melon from Sudan is actually the closest existing wild relative of domestic watermelon.
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis
Plants contain several types of specialized light-sensitive proteins that measure light by changing shape upon light absorption. Chief among these are the phytochromes.
Phytochromes help plants detect light direction, intensity and duration; the time of day; whether it is the beginning, middle or end of a season; and even the color of light, which is important for avoiding shade from other plants. Remarkably, phytochromes also help plants detect temperature.
New research from Washington University in St. Louis helps explain how the handful of phytochromes found in every plant respond differently to light intensity and temperature, thus enabling land plants to colonize the planet many millions of years ago and allowing them to acclimate to a wide array of terrestrial environments.
Eating a Western diet impairs the gut immune system in ways that could increase the risk of infection and inflammatory bowel disease, new research in mice and humans indicates.
The study shows that a diet high in sugar and fat causes damage to Paneth cells, immune cells in the gut that help keep inflammation in check.
When Paneth cells aren’t functioning properly, the gut immune system is excessively prone to inflammation, putting people at risk of inflammatory bowel disease and undermining effective control of disease-causing microbes.
The findings, published in
Cell Host & Microbe, open up new approaches to regulating gut immunity by restoring normal Paneth cell function.