DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 2 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Light-Sensitive Molecule Allows Researchers to Visualize and Manipulate Cells in Deep Tissues Increasing the presence of a naturally occurring molecule helps illuminate pathways for improving brain imaging and the efficiency of optogenetic tools * Biomedical and genetic engineers at Duke University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a technique that  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Aug. 2 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * UNCW Scientist Helps Advance Forest-Based Climate Solutions Study offers roadmap to improve forest-based carbon strategies By Sydney Bouchelle Peng Gao, associate professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at UNCW, is one of 19 global experts contributing to a new article published online July 30 in Nature, outlining how nature-based climate solutions (NbCS)  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The White House sent to the Senate the nominations of 10 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Thomas Albus, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years. Timothy Dill, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense. Andrew Duva, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Carol Annette Petsonk  more