Climate, energy news roundup: Week of Oct. 3
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News.
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport launches 14th resupply mission to International Space Station
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The 14th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station successfully launched today at 9:16 p.m. from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A located on Wallops Island.
UVA Health: Trial testing shockwave therapy to address erectile dysfunction
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UVA is conducting a clinical trial exploring the potential of low-intensity shockwave therapy to address erectile dysfunction by promoting new blood vessel growth and tissue repair.
Washington and Lee University announces Native American Heritage celebration
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Washington and Lee University’s Native American Cohort will start celebrating in October and sponsor events throughout the academic year.
COVID-19 discovery in children may inform development of vaccines, treatments
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New discoveries about the immune response made against a particular part of the COVID-19 virus in children who have the rare Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children may have important implications for the development of vaccines and immune therapies for COVID-19.
Quarantine boredom buster leads to budding small business
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COVID-19 forced Jarred Green and college students like him across the country to leave their campuses in March and move back home.
UVA concussion discovery reveals dire, unknown effect of even mild brain injuries
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Even mild concussions cause severe and long-lasting impairments in the brain’s ability to clean itself of toxins, and this may seed it for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other neurodegenerative problems, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals.
Findings by physicist Rana Ashkar upend understanding of cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes
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A new study led by Assistant Professor Rana Ashkar of the Virginia Tech Department of Physics finds that cholesterol actually does adhere to biophysical principles.
Weekly roundup of climate, energy news: Sept. 6
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News to inform legislators and the public.
Study shows teens likely to drive less-safe vehicles
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A teenager’s first car is often a hand-me-down or an inexpensive older, smaller model, and that could be making an already high-risk segment of drivers even more unsafe.
