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Christmas in the village
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> Santa leans in close to hear what a girl wants for Christmas during the annual Christmas in the Village event at the U.P. Steam and Gas Engine Association Antique Village while other Escanaba students wait for their turn with the jolly old elf. (Escanaba Daily Press photo) Today’s breaking news and…
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Wildcat Toy Drive set for Saturday basketball games at Northern Michigan University
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> MARQUETTE — The annual Wildcat Toy Drive to be held during men’s and women’s basketball games on Saturday at the PEIF gym is a featured event during Giving Week sponsored by the Northern Michigan University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The week started Sunday and runs through Saturday and revolves around ‘Cats Give…
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4th-quarter surge: Marquette Senior High School boys basketball team breaks open close game to win 69-57 at Alpena
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> Marquette’s Kyler Sager, right, leaps while trying to impact a layup put up by Alpena’s Tucker Bright during their high school basketball game played in Alpena on Friday. (Alpena News photo by Steve Jakubcin) Marquette’s Kyler Sager, right, leaps while trying to impact a layup put up by Alpena’s Tucker Bright…
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Tennis, WTA – Montevideo Open 2023: Capurro Taborda takes out Taly Licht
Argentinian Martina Capurro Taborda, the No 3 seed, reached the second round of the Montevideo Open by winning against American wildcard Taly Licht 6-1, 6-1 at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club. Capurro Taborda, ranked No 157, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Leyre Romero Gormaz and American Robin Montgomery next. Montevideo WTA 125,…
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Curb antidepressant prescribing to improve mental health, say campaigners
Elisabeth Mahase The BMJ A group of 31 medical professionals, researchers, patients’ representatives, and politicians has called on the UK government to reverse the increase in antidepressant prescribing seen in the past decade. In a letter published in The BMJ,1 the authors, who include members of the Beyond Pills All Party Parliamentary Group, former health…
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It is time to talk openly about menopause in academia
During the COVID-19 lockdown period, while working from home and sitting through endless Zoom meetings, we decided to add a late afternoon walk with our dogs to our calendars, while talking to each other over the phone. The menopause transition had begun for both of us, and we needed to create a space that we…
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Quantifying spatial under-reporting disparities in resident crowdsourcing
Abstract Modern city governance relies heavily on crowdsourcing to identify problems such as downed trees and power lines. A major concern is that residents do not report problems at the same rates, with heterogeneous reporting delays directly translating to downstream disparities in how quickly incidents can be addressed. Here we develop a method to identify…
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Hypoblast from human pluripotent stem cells regulates epiblast development
Abstract Recently, several studies using cultures of human embryos together with single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) analyses have revealed differences between humans and mice, necessitating the study of human embryos 1-8. Despite the importance of human embryology, ethical and legal restrictions have limited post-implantation stage studies. Thus, recent efforts have focused on developing in vitro self-organising models…
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Female aging: when translational models don’t translate
Abstract For many pathologies associated with aging, female patients present with higher morbidity and more frequent adverse events from treatments compared to male patients. While preclinical models are the foundation of our mechanistic understanding of age-related diseases, the most common models fail to recapitulate archetypical female aging trajectories. For example, while over 70% of the…
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New heat-pump technology helps Maine reduce oil use, reach climate goals
A new report shows Maine is exceeding the home-heating goals set forth in its ambitious four-year climate plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The state surpassed its goal of installing 100,000 heat pumps earlier this summer, and Gov. Janet Mills quickly set a new target of 275,000 by 2027. Michael Stoddard, Efficiency Maine Trust executive director,…
