John Hammer

1 month ago | journals.plos.org | Yang-In Yim |Xufeng Wu |John Hammer |Anjelika Gasilina

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Yim Y-I, Wu X, Gasilina A, Hammer JA (2025) Two cancer cell lines utilize Myosin 10 and the kinesin HSET differentially to maintain mitotic spindle bipolarity. PLoS One 20(5): e0325016.

1 month ago | rhinotimes.com | John Hammer

Earlier this year, the Guilford County Board of Education asked the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to give them $44 million more for school operations than the county gave the schools last year. However, if the county commissioners’ final budget is anything like the budget Guilford County Manager Mike Halford proposed at the commissioners’ Thursday, May 15 meeting, then the school funding for operations will be woefully short of the schools’ request.

1 month ago | rhinotimes.com | John Hammer

National research has demonstrated a link between civic engagement and community health, and, according to Grantmakers in Health – a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping local foundations and corporations who give back to the community – “civic participation strengthens democracy, fosters social cohesion and improves public policies that impact community well-being.”Which is why High Point is going to try to implement that strategy.

1 month ago | rhinotimes.com | John Hammer

From Rhino Times Reader Nicky SmithI read with interest the recent reports on Greensboro’s upcoming budget, and like many residents, I’m troubled by what I see. Councilmember Trey Davis and City Manager Trey Davis have both offered reassurances that their goal is to avoid a tax hike, but when you dig into the numbers, it’s clear we’re on shaky financial ground.

2 months ago | rhinotimes.com | John Hammer

The US – specifically the state of North Carolina – may possess the ultimate secret weapon in the new trade war with China that’s currently raging at unprecedented levels.  While everyone looks to Taiwan as the center of modern computer chip manufacturing, a very little-known fact is that, if it weren’t for the town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, none of that multi-trillion-dollar industry would be possible.