Sat.Jun 17, 2023

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Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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UK river pollution monitoring is 50 years out of date, say researchers

New Scientist

Levels of pollutants in the UK's rivers are tested by random sampling, a method that experts say is decades out of date and not thorough enough to tackle the issues facing the waterways

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Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It's Totally Awesome

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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DEP Finds PA General Energy Installed Its Shawnee Water Withdrawal On The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek At Sizes Larger Than Authorized By Its SRBC, DEP Permits

PA Environment Daily

A June 14 DEP administrative inspection report filed on the PA General Energy Company, LLC Shawnee Water Withdrawal for shale gas drilling operations on State Forest Land in Gamble and Plunketts Creek Townships, Lycoming County said “the buried intake vault, intake screen, wet well, and piping between intake and wet well of the Loyalsock/Shawnee Freshwater System project were all installed [last summer and fall] at sizes larger than what was proposed in the approved permit application E4129-133”

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival

New Scientist

Lab-reared insects sometimes struggle to compete for mates with wild males, but an encounter with a robotic replica seems to improve their performance

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How you can help save Britain's rivers by becoming a citizen scientist

New Scientist

As part of New Scientist's Save Britain's Rivers campaign, we've rounded up the best citizen science projects that let you play an active role in improving the nation's waterways

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.17.23

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? House holds Regular Session June 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 19, 20, 21, 22, [23] , 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP/EPA AirNow Declares Code ORANGE Air Pollution Alert For Saturday, June 17 In Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Susquehanna Valley -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 10 to 16 -- Leaking Conventional Wells; 5 More Abandone

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Brain activity 'barcodes' may be linked to specific memories in birds

New Scientist

Neural recordings from chickadees have found unique patterns of activity that occur when they hide food and then retrieve it later, and they may represent how memories are indexed in the brain