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Fifth force could explain puzzling orbits of dwarf galaxies

Physics World

The new force could also shed light on the nature of dark matter, a mysterious substance that accounts for about 85% of the matter in the universe. The Standard Model of cosmology describes the universe in terms of three components: dark energy, dark matter and normal matter.

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How Vera Rubin broke barriers and convinced the astronomy community that dark matter exists

Physics World

My topic was the discovery that the matter in the Milky Way galaxy , and indeed the universe, is mostly composed of a mysterious and invisible substance called “ dark matter ”. Who had figured dark matter out? There had been suggestions of a hidden form of matter before, primarily from Fritz Zwicky in 1933.

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EPA Must Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

These new standards rely on the findings of a 2016 risk assessment by EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, which determined that long-term exposure to EtO can increase your risk of developing cancer. Stronger standards are also a matter of environmental justice.

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Introducing the non-radiating antenna

Physics World

An international team of physicists has created what might seem like a contradiction in terms: a non-radiating source of electromagnetism. Since then, other physicists have suggested that these anapole states could help explain how dark matter remains hidden electromagnetically.

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The Canadian Energy Regulator again paints a future that contradicts federal climate commitments and fails to chart a course for success

Enviromental Defense

Big and important decisions about Canada’s energy future will continue to be made in the dark. The agency is the Canada Energy Regulator, and its mandate is “advising and reporting on energy matters.” Canada cannot be left in the dark on something as crucial as the energy transition. Conclusions.

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What the most affected regions need from COP26

A Greener Life

What matters to me is that the climate talks address the needs of those most affected people and regions. There are too many loose ends leftover from the Paris Agreement, leaving developing countries in the dark. Why this is the COP for hydrogen. Or public transport. Or young people. Or the internet of things. The one missing?

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Green Hushing versus Confidentiality

Greenbuilding Law

Actually, the term green hushing was coined anecdotally in academia in 2008 to allude to a contrasting concept to “greenwashing” in the tourism industry describing “green hushing as the deliberate managerial undercommunicating of corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts for fear of negative customer opinions and responses.”

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