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0 Real Estate The new building is a LEED Gold designed, 507,000 square foot, five-story ground-up development that is 96 percent pre-leased. Annie Sandoli , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy joins Hobbs Brook Real Estate President and CEO Peter Gottlieb at the grand opening of 225 Wyman. Hobbs Brook Real Estate has completed its latest premier life sciences development, 225 Wyman, in Waltham. WALTHAM, MA — Hobbs Brook Real Estate LLC (HBRE) has completed its latest premier life sciences development, 225 Wyman , along the Waltham Route 128 technology belt. The new building is a LEED Gold designed, 507,000 square foot, five-story ground-up development that is 96 percent pre-leased. Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy joined HBRE at a ceremony on June 15 to officially introduce the property. "225 Wyman represents everything HBRE is about – it's … [Read more...] about Hobbs Brook Real Estate Opens Life Sciences Development In Waltham

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The Fitzsimons Innovation Community just north of the Anschutz Medical Campus is drawing scores of new companies that aim to transform the future of health care. The plan calls for 45,000 jobs at full buildout. There is already a $10 billion annual economic impact in the single square mile. “Bioscience 5 is our step into cell and gene therapy and our ability to take those technologies and have a place for them to scale, for companies to manufacture,” said Fitzsimons Innovation Community Vice President for Business Development April Giles. (credit: CBS) The massive Bioscience 5 building at Fitzsimons is on track to open this fall. The Benson Hotel (named in honor of former University of Colorado President Bruce Benson) is under construction, and 800 of 1400 planned units of housing are completed. Restaurants and other amenities are designed to fuel life scientists creating new therapeutics and medical devices for Coloradans and the world. Eighty … [Read more...] about Fitzsimons Innovation Community growing as life sciences hub in Aurora

If you’ve ever become lost in an activity—playing video games, running, or making art—you’ve noticed that you become completely immersed in the present moment, rising to the challenge of the experience without becoming bored, frustrated, or tired. Thoughts about the past, future, and even the self melt away. Time seems to fly by. You’re in the zone. This is the flow state, first described by late Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the 1970s. Researchers have been chasing the concept ever since, trying to figure out how and why we enter the flow state and how we can get more of this inherently rewarding experience in our everyday lives, in both work and play. Flow is not only an enjoyable state, it is also seen as personally meaningful. “When the self loses itself in a transcendent purpose—whether to write great poetry, craft beautiful furniture, understand the motions of galaxies, or help children be happier—the self becomes largely invulnerable to the fears … [Read more...] about How the Flow State Keeps Us Creative, Focused, and Happy

Until the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, vaccinology had fallen off a cliff. Not only were pharmaceutical companies and scientists failing to bring vaccines to market, but the time that it took to do so was measured in decades, not years—and certainly not months. That was all upended by the sudden global demand for protection against the morbid damage the SARS-CoV-2 virus wreaked on our bodies. With millions of lives and billions of dollars at stake, a slew of pharmaceutical companies including Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca , and Johnson & Johnson did the impossible: they delivered highly effective COVID-19 vaccines in under one year. It was as close to a miracle as science produces. And it was done, not by coincidence, by private companies with a fiduciary duty to maximize profits for their shareholders, and a fervent desire to be first to market. That record-breaking sprint to the finish line provided our species with a massive boost in protection in fighting COVID-19. While the … [Read more...] about For-Profit Science Can’t Save Us From the Next Pandemic

The night before President Barack Obama was set to address Californians stricken by a prolonged drought, White House science czar Dr. John Holdren told reporters that virtually all weather is being impacted by climate change and that droughts were getting “more frequent, they’re getting longer and they’re getting dryer.” Two prominent climate scientists disagree. Former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer and University of Colorado climate scientist Roger Pielke, Jr. slammed Holdren for his “pseudo-science rambling.” “The idea that any of the weather we are seeing is in any significant way due to humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions verges on irrationality,” Spencer wrote in his blog . Pielke took to Twitter on Friday to slam Holdren for “zombie science” in the White House. @andersbolling That’s right, thanks. The zombies will always be with us. But it is brazen for zombie science to show up in the White House! — Roger Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) February 14, 2014 Obama … [Read more...] about Climate scientists slam Obama science czar’s ‘pseudo-science rambling’ on global warming

Before the storm strikes, you need to be prepared. I’m breaking down the Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlooks. If there is a threat of severe weather, the Storm Prediction Center based in Norman Oklahoma highlights that area on a national map. The scale is based on 5 different risk categories and the probabilistic forecast expresses the best estimate of a severe weather situation occurring within 25 miles of any given location. You may hear us reference the storm prediction center or SPC for short on occasion if we have a risk for severe weather. The categories are marginal, slight, enhanced, moderate, and high. READ MORE: City Of Detroit Offering COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments For Children 6 Months & Older Those categories are based on the threshold of the severe storm potential and a specific color will correspond to it. This breakdown will hopefully help you understand the severe weather threats based on the level categories. Starting with level 1, marginal risk. … [Read more...] about Science of Weather: Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlooks