Friday - October 25, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday September 05, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Early in Person and Mail-in Voting Continue to Be a Win for Voters in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group posted the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Boston, MA-- According to Secretary of State William Galvin, by the time polls opened at 7am this morning, nearly half a million voters (9.8% of all registered voters) had returned ballots by mail or in person, and overall turnout looks like it could be historically high compared to recent primary elections. Vote by mail and in-person early voting options--rece  more

Novel Microscope Developed at MBL Provides Insight Into Chromosome Condensation During Cell Division
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2024: A special light microscopy system developed by Michael Shribak and colleagues at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has provided novel insight into chromosome condensation during cell division in living human cells. Their work was published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://www.pnas.org/doi  more