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Case Western Reserve University chemist Divita Mathur was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant for her research in synthetic DNA nanoparticles, which have potential applications in gene therapy. Divita Mathur ================================================================== The grant will support Mathur’s work in synthesizing nanoparticles and studying how they behave inside cells in a laboratory. She will use single-cell injections and a microscope to track the nanoparticles and watch what happens to them over time inside individual cells. The CAREER award is considered the agency’s most prestigious grant to junior faculty members “who have the potential to serve...

Pope Leo XIV expressed readiness on Wednesday to host the representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for talks, according to the Holy See. Earlier today, the supreme pontiff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo in Italy's Lazio region. The pope also reaffirmed his support for finding a diplomatic solution to the long-standing conflict and called for the release of prisoners of war.

1. Who is reporting it and what’s their angle? Always check the source. Is it an outlet known to lean Left, Right, or sensationalist? Look at the track record of the news source. Their editorial history can give clear signs whether they are pushing a narrative or giving you straight facts. 2. What is the evidence behind the claim? Look for specifics – quotes, data, documents, or eyewitness accounts. Research those eyewitnesses to understand whether they represent a specific narrative as well. If the outlet uses vague “sources say” statements, that should be an immediate red flag. Like the old...

Anti-government suspects allegedly shot a police officer in the neck while carrying propaganda materials calling for 'class war' against ICE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal law enforcement officers conducting immigration enforcement have been targeted in at least two ambushes in Texas in recent days. The Justice Department on Monday named 10 individuals charged with shooting a police officer in the neck and opening fire on other correctional officers outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on the Fourth of July. The group, donning all black, allegedly first began shooting fireworks at the facility, which...

Bulgaria's switch from the lev to the euro comes nearly 19 years after the country of 6.4 million people joined the Europeanunion In adopting the legal texts necessary for the move, EU finance ministers officially set the euro at 1.95583 Bulgarian lev. ... Since June, protesters have gathered in Sofia to call for "keeping the Bulgarian lev". A symbolic protest camp with several tents has been set up near the presidency and the Bulgarian National Bank in the capital. Proponents in Bulgaria, however, insist the move will help improve the country's economy, and reinforce its ties to the West and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Pam Bondi explained today that she was really going to release all of the Epstein files, but some pedophiles asked her to please not. Bondi stated that she understood the disappointment over her not releasing the client list, which has been "on her desk" since February, but she promised the pedophiles that she wouldn't. "Sorry guys, I told the pedophiles I would keep it under wraps," said Bondi to reporters. "Look, I'm just as bummed as you are. I had all these great little binders made up, with all the incriminating evidence I promised to...

Receipts show thousands of litres of fuel burned with monthly bills of $150K-$200KFor years, different Ontario governments have used the electric ferries for Wolfe and Amherst islands as evidence the province is leading by example in the battle against climate change — but both vessels are still being powered by diesel fuel. The two boats have been serving their communities near the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River since last summer. However, charging infrastructure has yet to be fully installed. Mark Sibley, a member of local environmental group 350 Kingston, said he was elated in 2018 when the province first...

Is it a surprise that Jim Comey’s daughter Maurene is in the middle of the Epstein case? Sunday’s announcement of the Epstein files was a shocker. On Sunday, over the weekend a report was released exonerating most all of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes related to the trafficking of young children for the rich and famous. The initial reaction was that this was not an official DOJ document. Axios reported: President Trump‘s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered, according...

Democrat terrorists are now putting bounties on JD Vance. This has to stop! Why won’t democrats denounce this? VIDEO AT: https://x.com/i/status/1942677874676228561

Wes Streeting has accused junior doctors of putting the recovery of the NHS at risk after five days of strikes were announced for the end of this month. British Medical Association doctors below consultant level will strike from 7am on July 25 to 7am on July 30, forcing NHS hospitals to cancel thousands of appointments and operations. Streeting, the health secretary, who warned on Tuesday that the public “would not forgive them” for staging more disruptive walkouts, urged the BMA to work with the government. He said: “I wrote to the BMA this morning to offer to meet their committee...

Both sides of the Supreme Court have already acknowledged America's Rifle as in common use. This is why you should have a couple on hand. These are dark days for the ghouls of the gun-grabber lobby. Even though pro-freedom patriots have suffered some setbacks, in the grand scheme of things, we have them in retreat. Given that, we’re here to make the case for why everyone should have an AR-15, especially in celebration of Firearm Freedom Month. Naturally, the AR-15 and semi-automatic firearms, in general, have been one of the gun-grabbers’ biggest goals, and they made some headway in some...

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether he thinks the 2026 midterms will be rigged by saying that “in many of the states where there will be competitive gubernatorial elections and certainly in the overwhelming majority of the states where the House will be decided, there are Democratic governors, Democratic attorney generals, and Democratic secretaries of state” “And I’ve got trust in those leaders to make sure that there are actual free and fair elections.” But he’d “be far more concerned…if we were looking at a situation...

What a Jaws-some experience. A great white shark shocked two Massachusetts paddleboarders as it swam just feet away from the two friends enjoying their Fourth of July evening on the water. College students Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin were paddling in the waters off Woods Hole on the southwest end of Cape Cod when they saw the predator’s estimated 8-inch fin.

SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly predicted Tuesday on her show that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s days in the Trump administration are “numbered” following public backlash over the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) new report on Jeffrey Epstein. Axios reported Sunday that the DOJ and FBI released a two-page memo that concluded Epstein committed suicide in 2019 and left behind no “client list.” While discussing Republican criticism of the memo, a guest on “The Megyn Kelly Show” asked whether Bondi’s previous media comments are fueling the backlash. “Just look at the influencer thing. Just take a step back,” Kelly said. “What kind of an...

Some of the democracy-building experts President Donald Trump fired this year from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department are now reapplying the skills and knowledge they built up over decades to undermine Trump’s power. For years, these officials were stationed across the globe actively supporting opposition movements in autocratic nations. Now they’ve got time, a network of former colleagues and a growing sense of moral indignation. “Take it from those of us who worked in authoritarian countries: We’ve become one,” said a currently employed federal official, who spoke to NOTUS on condition of anonymity. “They were...

In June of 2025, gun sales dropped 5% from June of 2024, according to the adjusted National Instant Background Check System (NICS) as calculated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). The number of adjusted gun sales totaled 1.06 million. This is the 71st month where the adjusted NICS numbers were over a million.The NSSF calculates the adjusted NICS numbers by taking the total number of NICS checks for the month, as supplied by the FBI, then subtracting the number of NICS checks for firearm permits and firearm permit rechecks.May, June, and July tend to be the lowest numbers for...

Enlargement of the silicon nitride membrane. The colors represent the measured motion of the membrane in the out of plane direction. Red means that part of the membrane moves upward, and blue means that part moves downwards. Credit: Albert Schliesser and Xiang Xi When a drummer hits a drum, the surface vibrates and creates sound—a signal we recognize as music. But once those vibrations stop, the signal disappears. Now imagine a drumhead that’s incredibly thin, only about 10 millimeters wide, and covered in tiny triangular holes. Scientists have created exactly that, and it does something extraordinary. Researchers at the Niels...

EDISON, N.J. (PIX11) — What began as a routine workday at Alba Wine & Spirits warehouse in Edison, New Jersey, ended in fear and confusion as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a raid early Tuesday morning. According to workers and advocacy groups, ICE agents arrived around 9 a.m. and surrounded the warehouse. “They came around 9 o’clock and went all around the building,” said Juan, a warehouse employee. “He asked for the ID or if you have something to prove you can work here.” The organization New Labor, which assists immigrant workers and responded to the scene, alleges federal...

It should be illegal for anyone to artificially modify the weather. That is something that we should all be able to agree on. Unfortunately, as you will see below, it has now come out that this has been happening all over the western half of the United States. ... ... Whoever approved cloud seeding operations in Texas needs to resign immediately. But this isn’t just happening in Texas. In fact, according to the official website of the North American Weather Modification Council, most states in the western half of the nation are actively conducting cloud seeding operations…... ... What these...