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Governor declares state of emergency in connection with California methane leak

Governor Brown Visits Aliso Canyon. (credit: Governor's Office of Emergency Services)

On Wednesday evening, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County in connection with a massive natural gas leak that’s ongoing at a Southern California Gas Company storage facility. The leak, which began on October 23, has been spewing methane into...

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FOXO1 couples metabolic activity and growth state in the vascular endothelium

Endothelial cells (ECs) are plastic cells that can switch between growth states with different bioenergetic and biosynthetic requirements. Although quiescent in most healthy tissues, ECs divide and migrate rapidly upon proangiogenic stimulation. Adjusting endothelial metabolism to the growth state is central to normal vessel growth and function, yet it is poorly understood at the molecular level. Here we report that the forkhead box O...

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Washington state schools connectivity good, but still not great: 88 percent meeting FCC’s speed goal
Photo via EducationSuperHighway/Map of U.S. school connectivity
To compete in our digital world, students needs access to high-speed Internet, but as this latest report from Education SuperHighway shows, how state governments are progressing with the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to get every school district to speeds of at least 100 kbps per student goes from excellent, to good, to not...
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Uber sued by former worker seeking at least $44M on behalf of all Washington state Uber drivers
Photo via Uber.
A former Washington state Uber driver has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully classified as an independent contractor by the ride-sharing company, meaning he hasn’t received compensation and employee benefits he’s owed. The class action lawsuit, which originated last month in Washington state District Court but was transferred to federal court this week, seeks at least $ 44.5...
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