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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Makaila Holston Smith, a junior biorenewable systems major in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a Future Leader in Agriculture. Holston Smith will attend the USDA’s 2023 Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington, D.C., later this month to receive her award. She […]
Jan 31 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Tuesday it has received requests from the U.S. Department of Justice for documents related to the electric vehicle company’s driver assist system, Autopilot, and its “Full-Self Driving” feature.
The US Army has awarded Boeing a $92-million contract for additional next-generation automatic test systems (NGATS). NGATS is a mobile diagnostic platform that provides real-time field tests and rapid automated troubleshooting of over 100 components for various military vehicles, aircraft, and weapon systems. The new NGATS units will support the US Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden last November, is pouring billions of dollars into an upgrade of the country’s aging water infrastructure. But a new study has found that white communities have been favored in distribution of the funds, something that’s controlled by individual states. The majority of the […]
Dec 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Volcano anti-tank munition-laying systems to Taiwan for estimated $180 million, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Northrup Grumman and Oshkosh Corporation are the prime contractors for the potential sale. Reporting by Adrees Ali, writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Caitlin Webber Our […]
(Image: Shutterstock) A new report from Morningstar evaluates retirement systems in eight “highly educated and wealthy countries” often cited in independent studies as being among the best in their regions. In a recent webinar reviewing the report, authors Andy Pettit, director, policy research at Morningstar, and Lia Mitchell, senior analyst, policy research, discussed some of […]
NEWPORT, R.I. – Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport engineers Abner Barros and Calvin Roldan recently won Career Communications Group (CCG) Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Outstanding Achievement Awards for 2023. Barros, a resident of Fall River, Massachusetts, won in the Science Spectrum Trailblazer category, which honors minority men and women who […]
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the international reckoning on racial justice, there is a fundamental imperative for organisations to expose and combat racism and bias within the health-care workforce. Racism is a public health threat and there is an opportunity for individuals and institutions to identify and reverse racist policies and practices […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A bridge is seen collapsed over a river near Lyman city, Ukraine. A bridge is seen collapsed over a river nearby Lyman City, Ukraine, November 30th, 2022. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov also accused Nato of trying […]
Our Medieval ancestors left us with a biological legacy: Genes that may have helped them survive the Black Death make us more susceptible to certain diseases today. It’s a prime example of the way germs shape us over time, scientists said in a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “Our genome today . […]