SCIENCE

Crispr-Cas can cut DNA at certain points, allowing unwanted genes to be deleted or new genetic material to be introduced into cells. The scientists at Amsterdam University Medical Centre in the Netherlands said they have developed an efficient attack on the virus in various cells and where it may be hiding.
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2 years ago Read more at Sky News

PNNL is lauded for its battery research, leading several major energy storage programs for the Department of Energy (DOE) In the mid-2000s, the country needed reliable, powerful batteries—not just for transportation, but for the grid, as well. In 2016, the DOE selected a PNN-led team to lead one of the largest EV battery research programs in the world: the Battery500 Consortium. The project, directed by Liu, aims to help create rechargeable lithium-metal EV batteries
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2 years ago Read more at EurekAlert

CBC Two people are dead an a third person is injured.Ontario Provincial Police said the crash happened on Highway 10.Both cars involved the crash were passenger vehicles.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News Canada

The authority that manages the largest coral reef system in the world is expecting another bleaching event in the coming weeks. When corals experience extreme and prolonged heat stress, they expel the algae living in their tissues and turn completely white. This can have devastating impacts on the thousands of fish, crabs and other marine species that rely on the reefs for refuge and food. Scientists are looking to the skies for a solution.
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2 years ago Read more at WIRED

GLOBE Program Hosts Science Education Training in Belize Representatives of the Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program is hosting a special training for educators. Through the program, teachers will learn hands-on methods of teaching science, which they will then pass on to their students. Belize signed on to the program two years ago and a cohort of 14 teachers, plus staff from the Ministry of Education are working to become GLOB certified.
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2 years ago Read more at LoveFM

Richard Battarbee suspected the real cause of the pollution was a sewage outflow further down the river run by Yorkshire Water, the region’s privatized water company. But when the government and Yorkshire Water refused to help, the residents of Ilkley turned to citizen science, research conducted by the general public. The UK's Environment Agency (EA), whose budget has been slashed from £120m to £48m since 2010, said it wasn’t able to investigate or even monitor
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2 years ago Read more at WIRED

Citizen Zoo is trying to bring regular people into zookeepers. Each keeper can raise a brood every four or five weeks, and they’re then released at two secret locations. The project, named A Hop of Hope, aims to show that the regular person has a role to play in a crowdsourced response to the Holocene extinction.
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2 years ago Read more at WIRED

The Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology is supporting the wide-ranging work of nine early- and mid-career researchers. The grant of up to $20,000 is awarded annually and funded through a generous philanthropic bequest from the estate of the late Thomas Lewis Davies to the Australian Academy of Science. Dr Tanveer Adyel, of the University of South Australia: Harnessing Acanthamoeba to control cyanobacteria.
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2 years ago Read more at Australian Academy of Science

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering welcomes the fundamental research exemption amendment which has been made to the Defence Trade Controls Amendment 2023. The bill has passed through the House of Representatives and now includes some protection for research from being caught up in export controls.
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2 years ago Read more at Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

USC study: Climate change graphics should convey one message and target a broad audience to be effective. Researchers recommend limiting each graphic, which the IPCC refers to as “figures” and its title to one key message. This is the second study in which USC researchers collaborated with the UN Foundation to improve the effectiveness of climate change communication.
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2 years ago Read more at EurekAlert