WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Q&A on Feb. 20, 2024: * * * By Emma Dodd and Caitlin Welsh Tension between Ukraine and its EU neighbors has resurfaced against the backdrop of bloc-wide farmer protests against EU agricultural policies. Following the European Commission's proposed safeguard mechanisms to protect European farmers from the impacts of its liberalized trade support for Ukraine, Polish farmers initiated a complete blocka  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Microbiology Resource Announcements, a online journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it publishes articles announcing the availability of sequenced genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in public databases, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 13, No. 2). Here are excerpts: Genome Sequences: * Complete mitochondrial genome of Gnathostoma binucleatum * Draft genome of pathogeni  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Feb. 22 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: The 65th Annual Rural Life Conference will feature distinguished speakers. The conference is set for Friday, March 15, at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's (UAPB) Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Complex, 1204 L.A. "Prexy" Davis Drive. Jason Brown - Owner of First Fruits Farms Jason Brown will deliver the S.A. Haley Memorial Lecture. After graduating from the Universit  more