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Singapore Management University (SMU) is one of the institutions organising a series of events for the Ideas Festival for students, professionals, academics and members of the public. Prof Lim Sun Sun was awarded a grant in 2019 to delve into the challenges posed to workers' skills by digital transformation. He pointed to initiatives such as the Social Science Research Council which continues to provide grants and fellowships to researchers whose work shows potential for impact.
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2 years ago Read more at Singapore Management University (SMU)

PHS students took the Top 3 Overall spots at the SEMO Regional Science Fair on March 5, allowing them to qualify for the contest that will be held in May. Autoplay Wibbenmeyer won first place overall at the regional event.
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A reanalysis of abandoned data from NASA's Apollo missions has uncovered more than 22,000 previously unknown moonquakes. Moonquakes are the lunar equivalent of earthquakes , caused by movement in the moon's interior. Unlike earthquakes, these movements are caused by gradual temperature changes and meteorite impacts, rather than shifting tectonic plates (which the moon does not have, according to NASA. In 1969 and 1977, seismometers deployed by Apollo astronauts detected around 13,000
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To test the theory out, a group of over 30 leading scientists have written up a research road map that was published in the journal Science Advances yesterday. The paper focuses on how to approach attempts to artificially shade Earth’s surface with marine clouds by spraying saltwater into the air from ships. They’ll need to be really careful with any future experiments, which would fall into the controversial category of solar geoengineering.
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2 years ago Read more at The Verge

The €100 million facility near Celbridge, Co Kildare, would enable new technologies “that could only have been dreamed of 50 years ago” at FSI’s inception. This would ensure the type of evidence required for prosecutions in criminal cases to be produced at the ever-faster pace required. “The demand for our services has grown dramatically over the years and this new building positions us very well to respond,” Mr Enright said.
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2 years ago Read more at The Irish Times

PNB MetLife announced the awardee of its sponsored AGBA-PNB MetLife AI-Data Science scholarship award. The scholarship was awarded under the Aegis Graham Bell Award (AGBA) National Talent Hunt programme supported by Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. It is dedicated to identifying, recognizing, and nurturing young talent across India with the potential to become technology leaders in Artificial Intelligence.
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Ophelia Fernandes from John Deere India was the guest speaker. Abosede Adewole was the discussion host. The event shed light on the significance of STEM fields to a nation’s economy. APWEN remains committed to promoting and advocating for women in STEM.
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2 years ago Read more at Society of Women Engineers

The Logan Science Journalism Program provides journalists with immersive, hands-on research training, giving them invaluable insight into the practice of science as well as some of the major news stories of today. The program, which offers a Biomedical course and an Environmental course, will run May 13-23 in Woods Hole. In the Environmental Hands-On Research Course, fellows conduct field research at a barrier beach, salt marsh, and watershed ecosystem.
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2 years ago Read more at EurekAlert

The n_TOF collaboration at CERN investigates how cerium is produced in stars. The results differ from what was expected from theory, indicating a need to review mechanisms believed to be responsible for the production of cerium. In this study, the scientists used the facility to measure the nuclear reaction of the cerium 140 isotope with a neutron.
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2 years ago Read more at Phys.org

The Anthropocene Working Group had spent over a decade studying the concept and definition of a new unit of geological time, using this term. They had proposed its start date be 1952, the year nuclear-bomb test residues become evident in sediments worldwide. The 1950s also mark the onset of the "Great Acceleration', when the human population and its consumption patterns suddenly speeded up. But the proposal was voted down earlier this month.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News Canada