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Smartphone app successfully detects jaundice in newborn babies

Physics World

Smartphone screening: The neoSCB app is used to screen a Ghanian newborn for neonatal jaundice. The colour card seen in the photo is not required for the app, but was used to investigate ambient lighting. (Courtesy: Christabel Enweronu-Laryea/Terence Leung). A smartphone app developed at University College London (UCL) identifies severe jaundice in newborn infants by scanning their eyes.

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Warming Trends: Chilling in a Heat Wave, Healthy Food Should Eat Healthy Too, Breeding Delays for Wild Dogs, and Three Days of Climate Change in Song

Inside Climate News

A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier. By Katelyn Weisbrod During last year’s record-shattering late June heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, hundreds of people died and thousands more suffered from heat-related illnesses as temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit in Seattle, 116 in Portland and over 120 in parts of British Columbia.

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Sign On To REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania - Petition To PA Lawmakers

PA Environment Daily

The PA Solar Center is inviting residents to sign the Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition to let legislators know that it's finally time for Pennsylvania to diversify our energy market with more renewables that will stabilize electricity prices, protect us from volatile price swings of fossil fuels, and create a more reliable grid. The Public Utility Commission recently announced that all of the state’s public utilities raised their electricity prices by large margins ranging from 8% to 44%

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Penn State Extension: PA Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Solar Leasing

PA Environment Daily

Penn State Extension has published a Pennsylvania Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Leasing to inform landowners on terminology, background information, and considerations to make when approached to lease their land for utility-scale solar. What follows are excerpts from the Guide-- Thousands of Pennsylvania landowners were contacted in 2019 through 2021 by solar developers interested in a lease or purchase option to develop solar arrays on these properties.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Take Action Now! State Budget Isn’t Done! - Help Bipartisan Lawmakers, Wildlife, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups Working To Get Growing Greener III Funding

PA Environment Daily

The Senate and House will return to session July 5 in hopes of finishing the FY 2022-23 state budget and pass what lots of people hope will be the Growing Greener III funding initiative! The bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers continues to work hard with hunters, anglers, farm, environmental, recreation and conservation groups to the wire to bring home a win on Growing Greener III funding.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.2.22

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? Senate returns to session July 5 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session July 5 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- AP: PA Heads Into Fiscal Year Without Budget In Place, Senate, House Return Tuesday -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Lawmakers Target Next Week To Complete State Budget -- Dept.