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Keywords: Impeachment, Donald Trump, Politics, Congress, Obstruction, Conspiracy Theories

The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it will encourage imitation, especially when it is portrayed as "justified."

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The last remaining tropical glaciers between the Himalayas and the Andes will disappear in the next decade – and possibly sooner – due to climate change, a new study has found. The glaciers in Papua, Indonesia, are “the canaries in the coal mine” for other mountaintop glaciers around the world, one of the senior authors of the paper said.

Channels: All Journal News, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Drought,

Keywords: Climate Change, Glacier, glacier melt, Papua New Guinea, Ice Core, ice core samples

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced AgTech NEXT, a bold new food and agtech innovation summit that will be held May 4 – 6, 2020 at the Danforth Center in St. Louis, MO.

Channels: Agriculture, All Journal News, Biotech, Plants, Technology,

Keywords: agtech, Agriculture, Technology, Biotechnology, Event, 39 North, Conference, Danforth Center, Danforth Plant Science Center, Ag Tech NEXT

The largest initiative to improve hospital work environments to date has officially begun, with an award of 4 million Euros from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. The grant will support the international partnership of some of the world’s leading Universities led by KU Leuven and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.

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Keywords: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Penn Nursing, Linda Aiken, nurse environment, European Union, European Union’s Horizon 2020 , KU Leuven, mental health and nurses, Global Partnerships, Magnet4Europe, Year of the Nurse and Midwife

Mayo Clinic and W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., a global materials science company, have formed a joint venture to advance the development of implantable cell therapies to treat debilitating conditions with no cure. Avobis Bio will combine Mayo Clinic's clinical and cell expertise and Gore’s expertise in material sciences to address some of the most challenging medical issues.

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Keywords: Mayo Clinic, Avobis Bio, Eric Dozois, perianal fistulas, W.L. Gore & Associates, William Faubion Jr

A new survey released by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future finds that the majority of registered voters support greater oversight of industrial animal farms. The Center for a Livable Future is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Channels: All Journal News, Drug Resistance, Food and Water Safety, Food Science, Pollution, Public Health,

Keywords: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), Antibiotic Resistance

People with cystic fibrosis who carry genetic variants that lower RNF5 gene expression have more mutant CFTR protein on cell surfaces. Even if the CFTR protein isn’t fully functional, it’s better than none, and may explain why some with cystic fibrosis are less prone to infection than others.