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2025 College Scholarship Announcement

Arizona Swimming, Inc 

Have you been a member of Arizona/USA Swimming for the last three years?  Are you a graduating senior, plan on attending a college in the fall of 2025 and do NOT plan on participating in a Division I or II Swimming  Program?  You may qualify for a $2,000 Scholarship awarded by Arizona Swimming each year.  Click […]

More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump's deal-making foreign policy

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

As many as 10 Americans are behind bars in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro prepares to be sworn in for a third term. The arrests are another complication to the Venezuela challenges that await Donald Trump when he returns to the White House in less than two weeks. For senior foreign policy roles in his new administration, Trump has picked several architects of the “maximum pressure” campaign he pursued during his first term when he tried to oust Maduro. It's not clear whether Trump will pursue the same approach this time. Читать дальше...

Herbivore or carnivore? A toolbox for the study of extinct reptiles

Sciencedaily.com 

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In living animals, we can simply observe what they feed on today. In the case of extinct species, however, researchers rely on morphological or chemical information supplied by fossils. A team has now compiled a reference framework of isotope compositions indicating the type of diet for extant reptiles... Читать дальше...

How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better decisions

Sciencedaily.com 

Scientists have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in 'filtering' sensory information. The new research demonstrates how a specific configuration of electrical synapses enables animals to make context-appropriate choices, even when faced with similar sensory inputs.

Potential new therapeutic targets for Huntington's disease

Sciencedaily.com 

A research team has discovered intricate molecular mechanisms driving the RNA processing defects that lead to Huntington's disease and link HD with other neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar dementia and Alzheimer's disease.