Yale E360
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
No nation in the Mediterranean region has been hit harder by climate change than Turkey. But as heat and drought intensify, Turkey is doubling down on large-scale agriculture and development and spurring a water-supply crisis that is expected to get much worse. Read more on E360 ?.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
As Drought Grips American West, Irrigation Becomes Selling Point for Michigan. Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year. Is the state prepared for more? Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Once concentrated in southwest Michigan, high-volume irrigation wells have spread north as far as Antrim County, and through central Michigan. © J.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
There are real-world consequences for this political gameplaying – including for science and scientists.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
What happens when agencies fail in their jobs? People can die. The most dramatic example is the opioid crisis, in which a whole series of state and federal agencies fell short. The result has been hundreds of thousands of deaths. The FDA was one of the prime culprits. It bought into a myth, carefully cultivated by the drug industry, that opioids were needed to treat an “epidemic” of chronic pain, with little likelihood of addiction when prescribed by doctors.
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.
Yale E360
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The upcoming demolition of four Klamath River dams was seen as an ecological triumph that would help restore the river’s beleaguered salmon. But after a record drought and wildfire this summer, many are worried the salmon could be all but gone before the dams come down Read more on E360 ?.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
High-quality respirators such as N95s and K95s are now widely available and provide the best protection against COVID, according to experts. Why aren’t more people wearing them? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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Environmental Leader
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Wind and Solar sources help continue growth in US renewable energy use. The post Wind, Solar Power Help Grow US Renewable Energy Use appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
A $25m radio telescope in South Africa that is dedicated to observing the early universe is expected to be complete early next year. Nearly six years after construction began, the remaining dozen 14 m-diameter dishes belonging to the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) will be installed over the coming months where it will then aim to study the first galaxies and black holes in the universe.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
Much of astrobiology is focused on looking for organisms with chemistry similar to ours—but there could well be other kinds. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 1, 2021
So far this year at least 18 states have enacted laws that will make it harder for people to vote.
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.
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
By Conn Hastings, science writer. A town in the Ecuadorian Andes mountains. Image: ireneuke/Shutterstock.com. Researchers in Ecuador are the first to investigate the risk of stroke-related death and hospitalization in people living at four different altitude ranges. They found that those living at higher altitudes have a reduced risk of death or hospitalization because of a stroke, and tend to experience strokes at a greater age.
Physics World
OCTOBER 1, 2021
A new way of studying matter that is created when photons collide has been developed by CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) collaboration. Their experiment, done on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), sheds new light on a mystery surrounding the nature of high-energy collisions between heavy ions. While the team’s results are consistent with the expectations of the Standard Model of particle physics, they hope that further observations could lead to observations that could challenge our conventional
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Fear of mortality might underlie physicists’ fondness for the anthropic principle, multiverses, superdeterminism and other shaky ideas. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Congress needs to make the needed investments to save us from climate catastrophe.
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.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
How long you live and how well you age rests on many factors beyond your control, but the discovery that gut microbes play a key role means what you eat can make a difference
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Across. 1 A limo cat, writhing, is concerned with the smallest matters (8). 5 Robotic prostheses created by bishop from charged integrated circuit with sulphur (7). 9 Trendy machismo, in a tizzy, has energetic focus (14). 12 A Copernican revolution? That’s one in the eye, archdeacon (4). 13 A-level physics comes in form that gives Saturn its place (5). 14 In taking the last of the Rolos, craving leads to rush of power (5). 15 Mr Astaire, doing the twist, blows at a high altitude (9). 16 TV’s O’C
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In a bid to reduce waste, a proposed regulation would require phones and other small electronics to switch to USB-C. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
DCNR's Watershed Forestry Team is seeking qualified candidates for two internship positions available this fall. Watershed Forestry interns will work with DCNR’s Riparian Forest Buffer and Lawn Conversion programs to help Pennsylvania meet its federal Chesapeake Bay Goals. These positions will work with our team to promote riparian forest buffers, conservation landscaping, and upland forest planting best management practices (BMPs) and assist landowners with technical needs such as implementatio
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New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In parts of Africa up to 80 per cent of malaria parasites have evolved to evade detection by the rapid tests used to determine if people need treatment
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
For the past half a century, Japan has led the world in neutrino science. In the 1980s the Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba masterminded the construction of a huge neutrino detector located 1000 m underground in a lead and zinc mine in Japan in Hida, Gifu Prefecture. Called Kamiokande, it was an enormous water tank surrounded by photomultiplier tubes to detect the flashes of light produced when neutrinos interacted with atomic nuclei in water molecules.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
The new findings, although preliminary, are raising concerns about the potential long-term effects of COVID-19. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
By Mr Khalil Damak (graduate student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering , University of Louisville ), Dr Olfa Nasraoui (professor, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science , University of Louisville), and Dr William Scott Sanders (assistant professor, Department of Communication , University of Louisville). Image credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Studies suggest that 1 in 8 people shared the womb with a twin who did not survive to term and a cheek swab test could reveal if that is the case for you
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
With a Nobel prize under your belt and unshackled by the need to “prove” yourself, it must be tempting to set off in new directions – to try your hand at topics beyond the area in which you originally made your name. One Nobel-prize-winning physicist who has perhaps veered off the conventional path more than any other is Brian Josephson, who leads the self-styled Mind-Matter Unification Project at the University of Cambridge in the UK.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to “learn”? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Cool Green Science
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
New research offers strange (and pesticide free) ways to protect your garden. The post Making Beetles Pee Can Protect Your Garden appeared first on Cool Green Science.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
An investigation of elephants at 20 Thai tourist facilities show that more than half of the captive animals show repetitive behaviour like swaying or head bobbing, which may be signs of anxiety or boredom
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience. The development of next-generation solid-state ion conductors hinges on an understanding of microscopic diffusion mechanisms and the identification of roadblocks along macroscopic diffusion pathways (e.g. intragrain defects and grain boundaries). At the microscopic scale, ion conduction relies on transient short-range interactions between the diffusing and framework ions, and on the connectivity of the diffusion sites, hence, on the local str
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
On September 30, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued its first Fall Foliage Report that gives a preview of the leaf viewing season. It concluded-- “Expect a vibrant, beautiful show!” Although most of Penn’s Woods are still forest-green, the recent cooldown and colder nights observed statewide have spurred noticeable changes in the northern tier.
New Scientist
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The US Air Force has used an AI as part of its "kill chain" - the process of gathering intelligence and directing weapons to destroy a target - though details of the incident are limited
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
A new memory assessment technique could pave the way for earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the underlying cause of around 60% of dementia cases. The approach uses electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity while participants watch flashing images on a computer screen. Current diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease are not effective during its early stages, meaning that Alzheimer’s is typically only diagnosed late in the disease process.
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
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