BAR HARBOR, Maine, Oct. 26 -- College of the Atlantic issued the following commentary on Oct. 23, 2024: * * * Building a community seed bank in Kenya by Valentina Dereani '27 Utilizing a $10,000 Projects for Peace award, Valentina Dereani '27 is advancing the preservation of biodiversity while empowering small-scale farmers. College of the Atlantic is a leader in experiential learning and environmental stewardship, offering self-directed, interdisciplinary studies in science, art, and the   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 22 -- The International Journal of Molecular Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides an advanced forum for biochemistry, molecular and cell biology and molecular biophysics, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and molecular medicine, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 25, Issue 19): * Article - A Customizable Platform to Integrate CAR and Conditional Expression of Immunotherapeutics in T Cells   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 26 -- Plants, a scientific peer-reviewed open access journal that says it covers plant science from the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 13, Issue 20): * Article - A Comparison of DNA-Methylation during Protoplast Culture of Ponkan Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) * Article - A Model for the Gene Regulatory Network Along the Arabidopsis Fr  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Bryan Taliaferro was wearing his decorated Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets uniform when he walked into the Baptist Student Union in 1967. He wanted to be more involved in the campus group and was looking for the director. He found Nancy Day. "So I walked up to this desk and there was this receptionist sitting there, this young lady, and I said, 'Is John Billington available?' She looked at me and said, 'No, but I am.'" Af  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Nine projects awarded include $37.7M for RR that moves Eastern WA wheat, $26.3M for Port of Kalama rail expansion to load grain exports faster Awards also go to projects in Tacoma, Moses Lake, Chewelah, Rainier, Ferry County, and Puget Sound Rail Corridor SPOKANE, WA Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Com  more