Nuclear freeze efforts target four states and cities
Proponents push for nuclear free zones in California, Michigan, Oregon, and Washington with potential to expand beyond 75 counties and municipalities if measures pass. Votes on waste disposal loom in Missouri and South Dakota while Santa Monica seeks to bar nuclear weapons development and research within city limits, drawing challenges over federal preemption.
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Missouri
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Robert Myers
Foreign Affairs National Defense
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Mich
University of Michigan
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University
College of Engineering
James Duderstadt
Joe Clayton
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Navy
Nuclear Free
Dan Axelrod
Immune gene discovery could spark cancer treatment advances
New York AP reports MIT and other researchers isolated a principal gene guiding T lymphocytes. They say the gene helps form receptors used by T cells to identify diseased, cancerous, and foreign cells, providing a blueprint for immun system manipulation. A Denver-led study confirms the gene’s role in the T cell receptor structure.
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Nature
Susumu Tonegawa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tonegawa
John Kappler
National Jewish Hospital and Research Center
Denver
Davis
Mark Davis
Major mid-Atlantic quake hits 7.3 on Richter scale
A strong earthquake struck the central Atlantic along the Mid Atlantic Ridge about 900 miles northeast of Belem Brazil, preliminarily measured at 7.3 on the Richter scale. No damage reported as tsunami risk deemed unlikely, with the quake occurring at 11 p.m. EST Wednesday.
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Equator
U.S. Geological Survey
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Mid Atlantic
Belem
Brazil
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