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First sleep apnea drug reduces severity in 70% of trial cases

“Those who had a physiological improvement in their airway function during sleep also had between 25–45% reductions in markers of their OSA severity, including improved oxygen levels as well as a reduction in their blood pressure the next day.”

Join us for a conversation with one of the greatest CEOs in the world on 3/27

Beginning March 27, we’re bringing you a monthly opportunity to have genuine conversations with global tech and business leaders. 

In Finland, people get prizes for their unwanted textiles

In the quest for a more sustainable future, the Finnish city of Lahti has taken a remarkable step with an innovative pilot program called the Textile Deposit scheme. This incentivized recycling program aims to encourage locals to actively sort and recycle their textile waste instead of sending it to the landfill.

TechLink February Pulse – Can You Feel the Love?

See this month’s top licensing opportunities from DOD and VA labs.

Montana State University working with Fort Peck on $5M buffalo restoration grant

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded the four-year grant with funding from the America the Beautiful Challenge. Fort Peck Community College, Defenders of Wildlife and Montana State University are the other collaborators on the grant.

Western Rural Development Center Annual Report 2023

National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Annual Conference

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How the housing industry is working to stop energy efficient homes

“When things don’t go their way at the national level, then they turn to the state and local level. And when things don’t go their way there, they change the rules.”

How to adopt the “bricolage” mindset that supercharged Google

Gmail, which now has 425 million users, was originally a side project of one Google employee, Paul Buchheit.

Can Funding Counties Directly Help Them Overcome Their Biggest Problems?

Thousands of county officials came to Washington, D.C., to make the case with Congress that funding counties directly is the best way to improve lives across the country’s diverse rural and urban communities.

Bridge experts say federal money is key for Montana at City Club Missoula forum

Statewide, more than 25 bridges have been closed in the last year, including at least two in Missoula County. Several other county bridges are in dire need of repairs.