Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2021

We need to quickly transition to a clean energy future in Illinois to prevent additional negative public health impacts from fossil fuel plants. The Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) HB 0804/ SB1718 is the only bill that puts Illinois on a path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030 and 100% renewable energy by 2050. The public health benefits of transitioning to a clean energy future in Illinois are abundant and underscore the need for expedient action.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Multimessenger observations of neutron stars have been used by astrophysicists in the US to put Einstein’s general theory of relativity to the test – and the 106 year old theory has passed with flying colours. A neutron star is the dense, core remnant of a massive star that has exploded as a supernova. Containing more mass than the Sun but only spanning 10–12 km in radius, neutron stars are incredibly dense and generate huge gravitational fields.

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The Applied Ecologist

MAY 12, 2021

Originally posted on Methods Blog : We are inviting contributions from?LGBTQ+ ecologists and evolutionary biologists for a series of blog posts across the British Ecological Society journals for UK Pride Month, which takes place in June. The series, called Rainbow Research, aims to promote visibility and inclusion of researchers from the LGBTQ+ community with posts promoting them and their research.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Detailed view Jessica Esquivel is seeking to measure the muon’s magnetic moment at the Muon g-2 experiment, with only a 140 part per billion error. That’s like 7128 puzzles, with each puzzle each having 1000 pieces and only having one missing puzzle piece in total. (Courtesy: Fermilab). As a postdoc at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) , I was interested to find out we have a long history of implementing neural networks, a subset of AI, on particle physics data.

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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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Breezometer

MAY 12, 2021

In our dedicated online paper, we explain why an increasing number of treatment providers are looking for solutions that protect patients from harmful breathing hazards in the air around them. Read the Paper: What Do We Cover? 1. Unpredictable COVID-19 Symptoms Underlines Need for Personalized Healthcare. The variety of symptoms and responses exhibited throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced both the need for personalized health solutions and attention to invisible threats in the environ

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. The self-assembly of short peptides has been recently established as an easy route to various macromolecular nanostructures with promising applications in tissue engineering, biomedical devices and drug delivery. Some of these nanostructures may be used as degradable scaffolds for the fabrication of metal nanowires.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Schematic of the microaneurysm-on-a-chip platform with eight microaneurysms of varying sizes (A). Bright-field image illustrating blood flow in the microchip (B). A zoomed-in view of two microaneurysm channels (C) and a fluorescence-stained image of the same two channels (D). (Courtesy: Shengze Cai). Quantifying the characteristics of microcirculation is essential for understanding how different vascular diseases, such as the rupture of microaneurysms in the eye’s blood vessels, arise.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 12, 2021

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently announced its finding that three salamander species do not warrant listing as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service’s announcement follows a court-approved settlement agreement in which the Service agreed to make a 12-month finding for the Shasta salamander ( Hydromantes shastae ), Samwel salamander ( H. samweli ), and Wintu salamander ( H. wintu ).

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Washington Nature

MAY 12, 2021

An exciting new program funded by the Washington State Legislature will support six community forest projects around the state. The Capital Budget includes $16.3 million for this new Community Forest Program administered by the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO). The six projects have been driven by local communities in Chelan, Jefferson, Pierce, Klickitat, Kittitas, and Kitsap Counties.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 12, 2021

Jillian Kirn , a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Environmental Practice, will speak at the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum. She will be a panelist for the presentation “Embracing Change: Proactive Compliance and Reputational Risk” on May 19 at 1:20 p.m. EDT. The event, taking place virtually over two afternoons, aims to examine “how social change translates into policy and operational changes, how corporations and law firms are transforming their internal conduct, impacts

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Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2021

The post Enbridge’s claims about a Line 5 shutdown need to be challenged appeared first on Environmental Defence.

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Acoel

MAY 12, 2021

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Lewis B. Jones. Mississippi thinks Tennessee is stealing its groundwater, and it has filed an original action in the United States Supreme Court to stop it. State of Mississippi v. State of Tennessee, City of Memphis, and Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division, S. Ct. Orig. No. 143. The suit is directed at the City of Memphis, which draws its municipal supply from the Sparta Sands Aquifer.

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Real Climate

MAY 12, 2021

Three new papers in the last couple of weeks have each made separate claims about whether sea level rise from the loss of ice in West Antarctica is more or less than you might have thought last month and with more or less certainty. Each of these papers make good points, but anyone looking for coherent picture to emerge from all this work will be disappointed.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Independent verification always has been, and likely always will be, the core value proposition for RadCalc QA secondary check software. For more than two decades, this suite of widely deployed quality assurance (QA) tools has provided medical physicists and dosimetrists with fully automated and independent dosimetric verification of their radiotherapy treatment planning systems (TPS).

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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital

As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2021

OCEANA CANADA, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE, TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE. Environmental groups urge government to proceed quickly with promised ban on non-essential single-use plastics. Toronto, Ont. — Environmental groups applaud Canada’s decision today to list “plastic manufactured items” on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and urge the federal government to move quickly to finalize a meaningful ban on nonessential single-

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Researchers in Switzerland have made a popular materials characterization technique accessible to ultrafast X-ray laser light for the first time. The new approach allowed the team to film atomic processes that play out in mere femtoseconds, and it could make the technique – known as transient grating spectroscopy – an important complement to other methods such as inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering for imaging materials at atomic-scale resolution.

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Physics World

MAY 12, 2021

Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. This webinar will give an overview about RadCalc and its automated workflows. It will not only cover single RadCalc installations but also show how a multi-user or multi-institution structure is set up as and can be managed. In addition, participants will learn how RadCalc supports secondary dose check calculations from a home office or other remote location.

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