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Tokio Marine eyes growth in niche non-property specialty in US P&C: Autonomous
Reinsurance News
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July 9, 2025
Following Tokio Marine’s investor day, Autonomous equity analysts highlighted the insurer’s strategic shift away from property exposures toward niche non-property specialty lines in the US P&C market, which it views as the greatest opportunity for...
Funding focus: Biotech dominates Netherlands’ top 10 rounds in H1 2025
The Next Web
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July 9, 2025
Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. After debuting with a look at the biggest rounds so far this year, we now turn to the largest deals in the Netherlands for H1. Startups in the Netherlands raised...
La vannerie, un moyen d’inclusion financière au Sénégal : voici comment et pourquoi
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
Longtemps reléguée à un savoir-faire domestique ou à un artisanat rural peu valorisé, la vannerie connaît aujourd’hui un regain d’intérêt en Afrique, à la croisée des enjeux culturels, économiques et environnementaux. La vannerie est l'art de...
Serum Concentrations of Interleukin-8 and Vitamin D Levels in Jordanian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dove Medical Press
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease, expressing its inflammatory manifestations within the synovial joints, provoking pain, swelling, and, if untreated, destroying the joints.1,2 Despite significant progress in...
Chinese spy arrested on Texas university COVID research theft charges
The Center Square
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July 9, 2025
(The Center Square) – Indicted in Houston in 2023, a Chinese spy has finally been arrested for allegedly hacking a Texas university to steal COVID research on behalf of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Chinese national Xu Zewei, 33, was taken...
MAXONA PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDS INAUGURAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Scientific Advisory Board Meeting Marks Important Milestone in Clinical Development Plan for MAX-001 MAX-001 is a Non-Opioid, Non-NSAID Oral Therapy in Development for Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain MALVERN, Pa., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
Science Says Plastic Bag Bans Really Do Work
The Good Men Project - California
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July 8, 2025
By Joseph Winters, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. That’s the intuitive finding of...
Bend teen with diabetes to advocate for medical research in D.C.
The Bulletin - Oregon
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July 8, 2025
Published 11:03 pm Monday, July 7, 2025 1/2 Swipe or click to see more Abby Lachman, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, holds her phone with a Loop App, which monitors looping Omni pod insulin pump and dexcom continuous glucose monitor, left,...
How do the arts and sciences reveal the genius of God?
Denison Forum - Texas
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July 9, 2025
Is the world a meaningless churning of random intersecting events or a beautiful place of genius that reveals the reality of God as the ultimate Genius? Dr. Jonathan Witt joins The Denison Forum Podcast to discuss this central question of his...
A D.C. Insider Explains What’s Changed in Education Policy
Education Week
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July 8, 2025
There’s a lot of uncertainty about federal education policy today. How does it really work? What’s changed? Well, uber-insider Vic Klatt has just stepped back from a storied career and is perfectly situated to give the inside scoop. He’s worked on...
Michael Geist: Children accessing porn is a problem, but government-approved age verification technologies are not the answer
The Hub
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July 9, 2025
When the intersection of law and technology presents seemingly intractable new challenges, policymakers often bet on technology itself to solve the problem. Whether countering copyright infringement with digital locks, limiting access to...
Researchers inspired by palm vein tech develop invisible product ‘digital identity’
Biometric Update
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July 8, 2025
The sensing and pattern recognition technologies behind biometrics can also be applied to identifying and learning things about inanimate objects. As part of an ecosystem leveraging infrared technology and palm vein biometrics, a group of...
Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
Tri State Livestock News - South Dakota
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July 10, 2025
(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025)- Yesterday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) reported a new case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Ixhuatlan de Madero, Veracruz in Mexico, which is approximately...
HOMETOWN HERO: Young actor takes type 1 diabetes fight to Washington D.C.
CBS 12 - Florida
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Almost two million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes, and every day, a small miscalculation in the amount of insulin they take could mean a matter of life and death. Zach Lumelski was 10 years old when he...
Indian Scientists Make Weather History
Rediff
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'Nobody asked us to work on this. It was on our own that we decided to embark on this journey.' IMAGE: A rickshaw puller wades through a waterlogged road after heavy rains lashed Guwahati, May 31, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo It took five long...
Researchers Develop Optimized Chromatographic Method for Skin Protein Extraction
LCGC International
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Key Points Researchers from several institutions in Brazil developed an enhanced protocol for extracting and analyzing proteins from human skin, combining chemical and mechanical lysis, SP3 sample preparation, and nano LC-MS/MS. This allowed the...
Effects of Exosomes From Hypoxia-Induced Adipose-Derived Stem Cells on Ameliorating Photoaging
Dove Medical Press
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Skin aging is a complex process influenced by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors, resulting in irreversible degradation of skin structure and function. Intrinsic aging arises from physiological cellular changes and the accumulation...
Saving you money: Amazon Prime Day 2025 expert tips from the Krazy Coupon Lady
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Online shopping prices are plummeting during this year’s Amazon Prime Day event. 7News talked to Kristin McGrath, senior editor of the Krazy Coupon Lady (KCL) website, about tips and tricks for finding the best deals....
Calvert’s LEAP Forward Gives $94,000 in Student Scholarships
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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July 9, 2025
Prince Frederick, Maryland- LEAP Forward Inc. celebrated its 24th annual scholarship reception, awarding 57 scholarships totaling $94,000 to high school graduates and college students from Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, and Prince George’s...
High HDL-C Linked to Increased Risk of Low Muscle Mass in Older Men: Study Reveals
Medical Dialogues
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July 9, 2025
China: A recent study conducted in China has shed light on a surprising link between high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C)—often termed "good cholesterol"—and a greater risk of low muscle mass in older adults, especially men....