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Conquering the challenge of quantum optimization

Physics World

Quantum computers are often touted as the solution to all our problems. Optimize the supply-chain network, for example, and you have efficient manufacturing and distribution. Optimize the placement of electric charging stations in relation to traffic and you may have an energy-efficient fleet.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

However, the publication also presents planned solutions to reduce emissions and transform toward increasingly robust farming systems. Despite the challenges ahead, substantial reason for optimism lies both in suggested routes to emissions reductions and adaptation of farming systems. the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

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What Can We Learn From the EU Battery Law? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The EU is transitioning away from gasoline vehicles because of their significant contribution to climate change and adverse health impacts– transitioning to EVs offers an attractive solution. The law also requires the increased sharing of information about the battery type and use, making repurposing and recycling more efficient.

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Reason for Hope: New Study Highlights how Washington’s Natural Spaces Can Help Fight Climate Change

Washington Nature

The study—" Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State ”—centers on how Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) harness the capacity of forests, wetlands and farmlands to absorb and store carbon dioxide that’s in the atmosphere, lessening the impacts of climate change.

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Dynamic control over exciton transport achieved at room temperature

Physics World

This work is a big step toward room temperature, practical excitonic devices including cooler and more efficient electronics. Hence, the ability to control the movement of excitons is crucial in the development of cooler and more efficient electronics. Beat the heat. Getting wavy.

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Using Environmental Data As a Business: Where Do You Start?

Breezometer

Together with machine learning, these smarter networks of environmental monitoring systems provide effective and efficient tracking of environmental factors like air quality, water pollution, and even radiation. f) Cleaner Route Planning & Vehicle Protection. Learn more about these use cases here. b) Better Informed Risk Indexes.

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Five glassy mysteries we still can’t explain: from metallic glasses to unexpected analogues

Physics World

With small changes in composition or processing, glass properties vary wildly (see box “Two routes to better glass”). But sometimes they do, as is seen in phase-change materials, which, besides being of importance for data storage, are offering fundamentally new insights into chemical bonding (see box “The future of phase-change materials”).

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