Physics World
APRIL 24, 2021
Researchers in Germany and Spain have created a transistor-like device that uses a small voltage to control the strength and frequency of electronic signals transmitted through graphene. The feat, which is detailed in Science Advances , marks an important step towards using graphene in electronic devices such as terahertz frequency converters, mixers and modulators.
Washington Nature
APRIL 24, 2021
In the waning hours of the 2021 session and the day after Earth Day, the Washington House of Representatives passed the Climate Commitment Act in a floor vote of 54-43. Today, the Senate concurred in the House’s amendments, sending the bill to Governor Inslee’s desk for his signature. Once signed into law, Washington will have a firm statewide cap on climate pollution, covering 75% of the greenhouse gas emissions for the state.
Vermont Law
APRIL 24, 2021
By Jorge Roman-Romero & Mariana Muñoz. Formal cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a regulatory tool that monetizes the cost of environmental compliance––and its derivative economic costs––and the environmental and public health benefits of regulatory alternatives to guide environmental decision-making. CBA, as an informational tool, can influence environmental policy directly when used determinatively by agencies to promulgate environmental and public health risk regulations, or indirectly by jus
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