Q&A: What’s the Deal with Bill Gates’s Wyoming Nuclear Plant?
Inside Climate News
MAY 4, 2024
An MIT professor of nuclear science breaks down the benefits of the TerraPower plant.
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6 Ways STEM Educators Can Enhance Student Engagement in Our Democracy
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Educators in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inspire students daily by revealing what we’ve discovered about the world around us and what we can do next with the latest innovations.
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Climate Change and Black History
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Blacks are badly underrepresented in STEM fields such as atmospheric science and in environmental groups, but there are some important exceptions.(STEM STEM stands for ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.’) in atmospheric science and now has fifty years of research under his belt. … He looked like me!’
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Penn State Team Awarded US DOE Grant To Develop Extraction & Recovery Technologies For Rare Earth, Other Critical Materials From Coal, Coal Wastes, Acid Mine Drainage
PA Environment Daily
MAY 8, 2024
By Patricia Craig, Penn State News A Penn State research team was recently awarded a $4.99 Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal, coal wastes, acid mine drainage and coal by-products.
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California is Suing Big Oil Thanks to Journalism
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
In September 2015, journalists at Inside Climate News reported that, as far back as the 1970s, Exxon had had sophisticated knowledge of the causes and consequences of climate change and of the role its products played in contributing to climate change. It’s not unusual for legal complaints to cite news stories in the fine-print citations.
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This Climate Debate is a lot of Hot Air
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about geoengineering – the various scientific theories and governance ideas that could eventually lead to technological interventions to help cool the planet. Is there social science data that suggests simply studying geoengineering would deter societies from pursuing urgently needed emissions reductions?
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Firefly Populations At Risk Due To Climate Change, Urban Development
PA Environment Daily
MAY 6, 2024
By Katie Bohn, Penn State News Catching fireflies is an iconic summer experience for many people living in North America, but the flickering beetles are on the decline. New research has identified factors that may be contributing to declining populations. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Grozinger said. “We
How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 4, 2024
Standing in the voting booth, I asked myself how it was possible that someone like me, who has devoted my career to studying political science and elections and who does research ahead of time, was encountering such difficulties just trying to cast my vote? How science can improve ballot design?
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Explorers Club Names J. Carl Ganter a Fellow, Recognizing Contributions to Freshwater Research, Conservation and Journalism
Circle of Blue
MARCH 2, 2023
Ganter, the co-founder of Circle of Blue, the leading news and science organization that reports on water issues globally, joins noted members such as ocean scientist Sylvia Earle, astronaut and former NOAA Administrator Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, and Avatar and Titanic film director and deep-diver James Cameron. .”
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Waiting for the 'White Water'
Scientific American
JANUARY 23, 2024
News videos covering science, health and technology at ScientificAmerican.com
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Frontiers institutional partnerships update – autumn 2023
Frontiers
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders. Welcome from Franck Vazquez, director of partnerships at Frontiers Frontiers is committed to making trusted science openly available to all. Catch up on other news from Frontiers Dr Asli Demirgüç-Kunt joins Frontiers for Young Minds.
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Frontiers and the World Economic Forum collaboration reveals the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report
Frontiers
JUNE 27, 2023
The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report co-published by open access publisher Frontiers and the World Economic Forum has been presented today. The report identifies those technologies poised to have the biggest positive impact on society over the next three to five years.
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Frontiers Community Summit 2023: accelerating open science
Frontiers
JUNE 20, 2023
The Frontiers Community Summit highlighted the accelerator effect of open science – and the critical need for quality, to ensure society is enabled by science and can take the right decisions. This 8th edition took place in Montreux, Switzerland, from 27-29 April as our first-ever hybrid event. Watch the talks via the links below.
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The Carbon Capture Boondoggle Begins To Unwind
Enviromental Defense
MAY 7, 2024
CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?
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Frontiers announces membership of STM
Frontiers
JUNE 6, 2023
Fred Fenter, chief executive editor at Frontiers, said: “This is an important time for the development of academic publishing, and we look forward to contributing our experience, technology, and perspective as an open science platform to many of STM’s initiatives.”
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Designer phages: World Economic Forum emerging technologies report
Frontiers
JUNE 26, 2023
As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. This creation of so-called designer phages has been identified by the Forum as one of this year’s top ten emerging technologies.
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Shading the Great Barrier Reef from the sun might slow bleaching-induced coral decline
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Rob Lachlan As ocean temperatures rise, corals can lose their color due to heat stress. The focus of the fogging technologies we are developing is for deployment at an individual reef site of some tens of hectares in size,” Harrison continued. Selling the articles is not allowed.
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AR/VR metaverse to improve mental health: World Economic Forum emerging technologies report
Frontiers
JUNE 26, 2023
As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. This area of innovation has been selected as one of the WEF’s top ten emerging technologies this year.
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Flexible neural electronics: World Economic Forum emerging technologies report
Frontiers
JUNE 26, 2023
As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. Credit: Frontiers Flexible neural electronics One of the ten technologies selected by the Forum panel are so-called flexible neural electronics. Dominique P.
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Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI
Frontiers
JUNE 7, 2023
by Inês Hipólito /Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: shutterstock.com Inês Hipólito is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized for her work in esteemed journals and contributions as a co-editor. My research centers around cognitive development and its implications in the cognitive science of AI.
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Frontiers for Young Minds: Chinese speakers are the latest audience to access high-quality science for kids
Frontiers
APRIL 26, 2023
Chinese speakers can now access a growing catalog of Frontiers for Young Minds scientific resources as part of the journal’s expansion into new languages. The launch in China is part of a wider strategy to bring high-quality, understandable science to kids, teens, teachers, and the public globally.
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Slovenian CTK Consortium signs national deal with Frontiers
Frontiers
MAY 26, 2023
Ronald Buitenhus, head of institutional partnerships at Frontiers, said: “This agreement celebrates Slovenian universities’ commitment to open science. We look forward to empowering the research community in Slovenia and driving the impact of science in society.” We publish groundbreaking discoveries by the world’s top experts.
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Penn State’s Great Insect Fair Returns To Snider Ag Arena Sept. 30
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
By Kelly Jedrzejewski, Penn State News Technology is an integral part of everyday life in the 21st century. Fittingly, Penn State’s 2023 Great Insect Fair will highlight the theme, “Bugs in the System,” focusing on the technology used in entomology. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Saturday, Sept. Saturday, Sept.
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US-China quantum rivalry creates harmful barriers to progress
Physics World
DECEMBER 3, 2021
At the entrance to the quantum physics and information lab at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), the country’s premier quantum research centre , visitors are greeted by a message in Chinese: “When I look back on my life, there were many hardships.
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Inspiring the next generation in STEM, Frontiers sponsors Potenti’elle en Science event
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Research publisher Frontiers is a participating sponsor of the Potenti’elle en Science event taking place on 9 February 2023 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hosted by the Suisse Romande chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), the event celebrates the annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
UK universities renew national open access deal with Frontiers
Frontiers
MARCH 6, 2023
It has been a landmark deal for researchers, furthering access to open science in the UK. Ronald Buitenhuis, head of institutional partnerships at Frontiers, said: “We are delighted to further our partnership with JISC Collections and support open science in the UK.
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User-friendly AI: Article Collections on Artificial Intelligence
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Find the answers to your biggest research questions on artificial intelligence with our top article collections about this promising area of computer science. Suggest your topic The post User-friendly AI: Article Collections on Artificial Intelligence first appeared on Science & research news | Frontiers.
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How do we stop ‘robot evolution’ from spiraling out of control? 2 essential articles on the future of robotics and AI
Frontiers
OCTOBER 27, 2022
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers Science Communications Manager. Robotics and AI have quickly outgrown as tropes of science fiction and are almost ubiquitous in our daily lives, even if we don’t realize it. These technologies are working well now, but can we allow them to develop indefinitely? Image: Shutterstock.com.
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Clarivate’s former publisher relations expert Tom Ciavarella joins Frontiers
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Research publisher Frontiers appoints Tom Ciavarella as head of public affairs and advocacy for North America to strategize and execute advocacy initiatives to support Frontiers’ mission and accelerate transition to open science. . His commitment to open science will make a key player on the Frontiers public affairs team.”.
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Nobel Prize winners inspire young minds in new scientific articles for kids
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Launched in 2013, Frontiers for Young Minds inspires the next generation of scientists by making science accessible and engaging for young people. It provides reliable and up-to-date information on various topics in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). With over 1.5
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Frontiers launches new section in partnership with the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
SBMT and its members have been at the forefront of neurotech innovation with pioneering research, technology, and policy. The society promotes public welfare and improves patient care by translating new technologies into lifesaving diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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Misinformation website – alerting our community
Frontiers
MARCH 31, 2023
It also seeks to undermine the commitment and work of those organizations that support the open science movement, as well as our authors and entire editorial community who support our mission of making all science open. Scientists empower society and our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery by making science open.
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Balancing blood sugar: article collections on Diabetes
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
million, researchers explored topics spanning from stem cell technology for modelling Diabetes and the use of low carbohydrate diets for prevention to integrating digital health technologies in a patient-centered care framework and promising new therapeutic approaches in cardiovascular disease for diabetics. Nutrition.
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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.23.24
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 23, 2024
Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Kevin Boyle’s Arrest Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 23, 2024] PA Environment Digest Read more here on the agenda.
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Scientists unveil plan to create biocomputers powered by human brain cells
Frontiers
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Credit: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University Despite AI’s impressive track record, its computational power pales in comparison with that of the human brain. They describe their roadmap for realizing this vision in the journal Frontiers in Science. “We
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Ill-fitting gear puts female firefighters at risk: Five Frontiers articles you won’t want to miss
Frontiers
MAY 4, 2023
By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: CAL FIRE_Official /Flickr ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) At Frontiers, we bring some of the world’s best research to a global audience. They published their results in Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Here are just five amazing papers you may have missed. Selling the articles is not allowed.
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Frontiers ebook releases: March 2023
Frontiers
MARCH 8, 2023
Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the latest on agri-food systems as a driver of economic development, tracking as a tool to monitor biodiversity in the oceans , the use of digital technologies in healthcare , the risks that cyber-relationships hold especially for young people, and a platform for women in psychiatry.
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Frontiers’ statement on UNESCO Open Science Recommendation
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Frederick Fenter : “Frontiers welcomes the news on the unanimous adaptation of The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Since 2007, Frontiers has been tirelessly advancing its mission of making science open and creating solutions for healthy lives on a healthy planet.
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Open Science Charter makes urgent appeal for open access
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
We need a wide spectrum of science solutions urgently and the greatest accelerator is simply to mandate open access to publicly funded articles and data. The restrictions to access major breakthroughs in sustainability and climate sciences are even more severe. Open access mandates will significantly accelerate science-based solutions.
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Frontiers community engagement update – fall 2023
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Photo credit: Frontiers Women in Science Our Women in Science blog continues to showcase the diverse stories and achievements of women researchers from various fields. Scientists empower society and our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery by making science open.
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Falling Walls 2023: How open science and systems thinking can save the planet
Frontiers
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Open access publisher Frontiers and the Frontiers Research Foundation joined this year’s Falling Walls Science Summit held on 7-9 November in Berlin, Germany. We need to be accountable; we need to align with science, we need to put the money on the table, and we have to do it in an equitable way. Now we need to deliver.
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Frontiers awarded top-tier customer experience accreditation from NPSx? by Bain & Company
Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Publishing open science is a matter of trust and reputation. Scientists empower society and our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery by making science open. Featuring custom-built technology, artificial intelligence, and rigorous quality standards, our research articles have been viewed more than 2.1
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Reflections on 2023 Convegno delle Stelline
Frontiers
JUNE 27, 2023
Attendees also explored new technologies and strategies designed to support and facilitate structural changes, such as the transition to open access within scholarly publishing. Frontiers collaborates with several important Italian partners who share our mission to make science open.
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Sustainable computing and net-zero energy centers: World Economic Forum emerging technologies report
Frontiers
JUNE 26, 2023
As a World Economic Forum platform partner, Frontiers is collaborating with the Forum on the 2023 edition of its annual emerging technologies report. New approaches, which address this problem, have been identified among the top ten technologies listed in this year’s World Economic Forum report.
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