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New method predicts ‘stealth’ solar storms before they wreak geomagnetic havoc on Earth

Frontiers

This could help put measures in place that limit damage to technology and energy grids on Earth from the electromagnetic radiation. On 23 July 2012, humanity escaped technological and economic disaster. While CMEs as large as the 2012 event are rare, lesser ones cause damage on Earth about once every three years.

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Public Comment Period Begins on EPA’s Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)

Brag

EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S. billion gallons per year) in the growth of corn ethanol in the United States from 2002-2012 and may have played a more important role (0-2.1 Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE), prepared the document.

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Physics World announces its finalists for the 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

Physics World

To achieve this, the team used a high-density electrode array implanted on the surface of the participant’s brain to record electrical activity in multiple cortical regions involved in speech formulation. The technique showed a promising median decoding rate of 15.2 Making 30 lasers emit as one. Quantifying wave–particle duality.

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Quantum entanglement of two macroscopic objects is the Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year

Physics World

Quantum technology has made great strides over the past two decades and physicists are now able to construct and manipulate systems that were once in the realm of thought experiments. Experiments between 2009 and 2012 fell well short of reaching ignition and so researchers went back to the drawing board to make improvements.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA inspectors found that the two companies failed to submit timely quadrennial reports regarding their imports of five chemical substances between 2012 and 2015 under the 2016 CDR Rule. EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct. 6, 2021).]] Directive 2021-8 (Oct. 27, 2021).]] Dep’t of Ecol.,

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.