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Purdue University-led research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other compounds that fill floral cells. Plant scientists have long known that they do send warnings to each other via scent chemicals called volatile organic compounds.
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that will give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.s. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban. Ms. James believes that her legacy is to help the world through education and fears that the ban will silence diverse, informative content.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News Canada

Kalle Ericsson (Kimberley, BC) and Sierra Smith (Ottawa, ON) raced to second place in today’s giant slalom at the FIS Para Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Sella Nevea (ITA) Competing in the men visually impaired category the pair finished second in both the first and second runs to capture their fifth podium in this season. Michaela Gosselin (Collingwood, ON), in her first World Cup races since the 2022 Beijing Para
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2 years ago Read more at Alpine Canada

Rachel Homan won 9-4 at the world women's curling championship in Sydney, N.S. The Canadian skip will take a 25-game winning streak into her evening matchup against New Zealand's Jessica Smith. She has reeled off nine straight wins here to secure a berth in the weekend playoffs. The top six teams in the 13-team field will make the playoff cut.
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2 years ago Read more at CBC.ca

Kat Roche is preparing to referee the Guinness Women’s Six Nations 2024. It will be her first test in France and her first involving Les Bleues. The American refereed first test match less than two and a half years ago.
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2 years ago Read more at World Rugby

Brain phantom is modeled on the structure of brain fibers and can be imaged using a special variant of magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) Magnetic resonance imaging is a widely used diagnostic imaging technique that is primarily used to examine the brain without the use of ionising radiation. In order to further improve the process and test analysis and evaluation methods, an international team in collaboration with the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Zurich.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

The first episode of a new series on the World Athletics Inside Track Podcast, released today (21 March) The conversation goes deep with one of the world's fastest men, Noah Lyles. From his love for fashion to ramping up his on-track rivalries, Lyles shares insight into what he aims to achieve in the sport over the next few years. On Instagram, I’m looking at all these basketball players and football players and they are on GQ all the time.
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2 years ago Read more at World Athletics

Ao Tanaka fired home from inside a crowded penalty area after a Ritsu Doan pullback. North Korea need a result against the same opponents in Pyongyang. The Japanese have nine points and lead Syria by five points.
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2 years ago Read more at Riverine Herald

Mass General Hospital announced the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man living with end-stage renal disease. The renowned hospital has once again demonstrated our commitment to provide innovative treatments and help ease the burden of disease for our patients and others around the world.
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2 years ago Read more at Boston Herald

This year’s World Happiness Report weighs in with data from nearly 150 countries around the world, looking at real-time trends in how happiness has changed in recent years. And it paints a somewhat bleak picture for young people in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, unlike other areas of the world. The happiest countries are ranked according to residents’ average life satisfaction: how they would evaluate their life as a whole on a scale of 0–10, from the worst possible
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2 years ago Read more at Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley