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1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Nabila Masud |Catherine Fonder |Bridget McGovern |William Jackson

AbstractBlast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) causes significant disruptions in cellular and subcellular structures within the central nervous system (CNS) following the application of an extremely large force. The corresponding changes in biomechanical properties and cellular functionalities of neuronal and glial cells (i.e. astrocytes, oligodendrocytes) due to bTBI remain largely unexplored.

Feb 28, 2025 | lexology.com | Shannon Reaves |Bridget McGovern |George N. Grammas |Chris Griner

On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Policy Memorandum (“Investment NSPM”), subject “America First Investment Policy,” calling for high-level policy changes to increase scrutiny of inbound and outbound investment involving China and other “foreign adversaries,” revamp how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) implements mitigation for foreign adversary investments, and facilitate (“fast-track”) investments from allied countries subject to...

Oct 16, 2024 | reactormag.com | Vanessa Armstrong |Molly Templeton |Bridget McGovern

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Oct 8, 2024 | lexology.com | Kate Kim Tuma |George N. Grammas |Everett Eissenstat |David Stewart |Bridget McGovern |Ludmilla Kasulke | +4 more

On September 26, 2024, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, when final, would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles (and certain related component hardware and software) with a sufficient nexus to either the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Russia. This action follows an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that the agency issued on March 1, 2024.

Mar 29, 2024 | reactormag.com | Bridget McGovern

In the folklore of various cultures and ancient civilizations, rabbits have long represented a kind of Trickster figure. In Chinese, Japanese, and Korean mythology, rabbits live on the moon. The Aztecs worshipped a group of deities known as the Centzon Tōtōchtin, a group of 400 hard-partying rabbits who were the gods of drunkenness. And in a slightly more recent mythos, bunnies were the bête noir of a certain thousand-year-old former vengeance demon.