Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
Researchers wish to probe whether consciousness has a basis in quantum mechanical phenomena
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A common low-calorie sweetener raises the risk of blood clotting
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
A small study found that the sugar substitute erythritol makes blood more susceptible to clotting, which can raise the risk of heart attack and stroke
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These Living Computers Are Made from Human Neurons
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers
Smartphone flaw allows hackers and governments to map your home
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
A newly identified smartphone vulnerability can reveal the floor plans of where you are and what you are doing - and it is possible that companies or intelligence agencies are already making use of it
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
These 352 Asteroids Likely Have Cute Little Moonlets
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
Identifying asteroids with potential moons could aid researchers in understanding unique aspects of our solar system
Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth's mantle
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the processes that feed oceanic volcanoes and the possible origins of life
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Existing quantum devices could be used to disrupt the stock market
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
Commercially available quantum technology could let stock traders coordinate decisions to buy or sell nearly instantaneously using a technique called “quantum telepathy”
Integrated policies could help solar farms fulfil their climate and ecological potentials
The Applied Ecologist
AUGUST 8, 2024
In their latest Policy Direction, authors Fabio Carvalho, Hollie Blaydes and Alona Armstrong highlight key policy implications in relation to solar farm development and operation, and their usage in both addressing climate change and providing ecosystem benefits.
Uncovering recent hidden grave sites in Mexico with satellite data
New Scientist
AUGUST 8, 2024
Researchers in Mexico are using satellite data to find covert graves – these could hold the remains of some of the thousands of people who have gone missing in the country over the past two decades
US 2024 Election: Energy giant to purchase pioneering new geothermal energy technology
A Greener Life
AUGUST 8, 2024
Photo credit: Fervo Energy. By Anders Lorenzen The large US power utility, Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the largest utilities in the country is to buy geothermal energy from one of the most exciting new technologies to emerge, optimising the use of energy from below the surface of the Earth. The US start-up company, Fervo Energy, is to sell geothermal energy to the utility from its 400 megawatts (MW) Cape Station project which is currently being constructed in southwestern Utah.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Trout Unlimited Releases 'Angling For Hope - A Vision For PA's Beech Creek' A Short Film On Efforts To Treat Abandoned Mine Drainage, Bring Back Aquatic Life In This Centre, Clinton County Watershed
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
On August 8, Amy Wolfe, Northeast Coldwater Habitat Program Director, announced the lease of a new short film by Brian Cooper called Angling For Hope - A Vision For PA's Beech Creek. "A little over a year ago, with our partners, we relaunched the abandoned mine remediation effort for the Beech Creek watershed in Centre and Clinton counties working in collaboration and with support from our Trout Unlimited volunteers, landowners, Centre and Clinton County Conservation Districts, DCNR Bureau of Fo
Simplistic ‘Fight or Flight’ Idea Undervalues the Brain’s Predictive Powers
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
The brain's primary job is to reduce uncertainty in an ever-changing world
CA Prop 4 Includes Historic Investments in Food & Farm Resilience
NRDC
AUGUST 8, 2024
Proposition 4 can tackle ag supply chain emissions with funds for sustainable farming, farmworker wellbeing, healthy food access, and local food infrastructure.
Dark Matter Hunters Meet Feared ‘Neutrino Fog’
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
With the detection of a long-predicted “neutrino fog,” the search for particles of dark matter has entered a new age of both possibility and peril
Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation
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.
Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Energy and Miscellaneous Titles
National Law Center
AUGUST 8, 2024
As of August 2024, three proposals have been released on the 2024 Farm Bill – one in the House of Representatives. The post Farm Bill 2024: Themes in the Proposed Energy and Miscellaneous Titles appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Helen Edwards Helped Create a Particle Smasher to Probe the Mysteries of Atoms
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
Helen Edwards was a particle physicist who led the design and construction of the Tevatron, a machine built to probe deeper into the atom than anyone had gone before.
Release: New Lending Rule Signals More Savings for Farmers
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
AUGUST 8, 2024
For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. 347.563.
Cannabis Needs Rethinking As a Strategy in the Overdose Crisis
Scientific American
AUGUST 8, 2024
Opioid use disorder treatment needs to take into account evolving cannabis policies, to help give people the best chances of recovery
Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations
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.
Partnership For Resilient Schools Receives $15.3 Million US DOE Grant To Support Energy Efficient, Safe Learning Environments In Pittsburgh Public Schools, Wilkinsburg School District
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
On August 8, Pittsburgh Public Schools , in collaboration with the Wilkinsburg School District , The Efficiency Network , and Green Building Alliance , announced they have been awarded a Phase I, $300,000 Renew America’s Schools Prize from the US Department of Energy. This award sets the stage for potential total funding of $15.3 million to plan and implement critical infrastructure upgrades across 20 schools, including 18 in the City of Pittsburgh and two in the Borough of Wilkinsburg.
The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 15
National Law Center
AUGUST 8, 2024
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Volume 2, Issue 15 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
State Health Dept: Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Be Distributed To Those Living, Working Near State’s 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Aug. 22, 23, 24
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
On August 8, the state Department of Health announced it will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on August 22 to Pennsylvanians who live or work within 10 miles of the state’s four active nuclear power plants, as part of routine preventive efforts in case of future emergencies. The DOH hosts an annual distribution event every summer. Chester and Montgomery counties will also hold distributions on August 23 and 24.
Biden administration bolsters energy-efficient manufacturing using wartime authority
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 8, 2024
Read the full story at The Hill. The Biden administration is doling out a second round of funding for energy efficient heating systems, again using its wartime authority in the fight against climate change.
Sustainability at Retail
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US Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes To List Regal Fritillary Butterfly As Endangered; Habitat At Fort Indiantown Gap In Lebanon County
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the eastern Regal Fritillary butterfly as an endangered species and list the western regal fritillary butterfly as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. The only population of the rare regal fritillary butterfly in the eastern United States at Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County.
Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections
National Law Center
AUGUST 8, 2024
“Our program provides not only a solid foundation in the basic principles of operating a sustainable farming enterprise, but also a. The post Armed to Farm programs help military veterans, establish connections appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
The detection of a massive harmful algal bloom in the Arctic prompts real-time advisories to western Alaskan communities
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 8, 2024
Read the full story from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Care for Endangered Seabirds Continues Amid a 51-Year Legacy of Optimism
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 8, 2024
Steve Kress’s smile lit up the dusk as research assistants at least 50 years younger than him regaled him with tales of their vigilance to save tern chicks on Stratton Island, Maine. For an hour, all talk centered around a mortal enemy of tern chicks: the black-crowned night heron. The latter is a beautiful, stocky wetland bird with glowing red eyes and two delicate white plumes shooting out the back of its head.
Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 8, 2024
by Joel Berger, Colorado State University Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote locations, from the Gobi Desert to the Himalayan Highlands.
The Fight Is Not Over: Ford’s Decision to Abandon Deposit Return Expansion in Ontario Defies Common Sense
Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 8, 2024
We were so close to getting a program Ontarians and the environment deserve: an expanded deposit-return program for all beverage containers, including water, pop and juice. Then, out of the blue, Doug Ford pulled the plug, just after Canada Day weekend, leaving beverage companies dumbfounded and big grocery retailers delighted. Send a message to Premier Ford today to tell him to reverse course and implement deposit return for all beverage containers in Ontario Deposit return is the program wher
New report lays out role for carbon dioxide utilization in U.S. economy, identifies research gaps and opportunities
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 8, 2024
Carbon dioxide utilization can play an important role in the future net-zero emissions economy by providing a sustainable foundation for essential carbon-based products, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) — a climate-warming gas — are released yearly from the burning of … Continue reading New report lays out role for carbon dioxide utilization in U.S.
Residents, Environmental Groups, Advocates To Hold A Stand With Dimock Day On Aug. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
Residents of Dimock, Susquehanna County and eight major environmental and advocacy organizations will hold a Stand With Dimock Day on August 16 to call attention to the fact that water supplies contaminated by shale gas development in 2009 have still not been replaced. “This will be a celebratory time for environmentalists and scientists across the state to come together and call out elected leaders who have ignored the plight of the longsuffering residents of Dimock,” said Ray Kemble, a local r
New initiative aims to solidify carbon removal standards
Environmental News Bits
AUGUST 8, 2024
Read the full story at Utility Dive. A sustainability-focused nonprofit, launched Tuesday, aims to bring rigor and accountability to how carbon dioxide is pulled from the atmosphere and help companies verify and better implement their carbon removal policies.
Penn State, Carnegie Mellon Students, Staff Work With Pittsburgh Municipalities To Predict Geohazards
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2024
Penn State students, Carnegie Mellon students, Penn State faculty and staff from the Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State, are collaborating to use existing fiber optic cables to predict dangerous geohazards like flooding, landslides and sinkholes, in Pittsburgh. Within the core team of this project is David Himes, registered landscape architect and sustainable communities manager for the Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center — a service of Penn State Outreach.
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