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The digital and data studies program at Binghamton University has teamed up with a local organization to address food insecurity. The mutually beneficial connection has helped make great strides in improving food access to the local area. It all started when the Broome County Food Council surveyed community members on food-related issues.
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8 months ago Read more at Binghamton University

Jeremy M. Weinstein will become dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on July 1. He is currently the Kleinheinz Professor of International Studies at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. In addition to his wide-ranging scholarship, Weinstein is an innovative and experienced academic leader.
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8 months ago Read more at Harvard Gazette

attribution science is helping scientists pinpoint how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies. For the first time, some state lawmakers are trying to turn that advanced modeling into policy. The bill would create funds to pay for recovery from climate disasters and preparation for sea level rise and other adaptation measures.
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8 months ago Read more at Phys.org

More than 1,000 never-before-seen space rocks have been discovered in the solar system after secretly photobombing images of the cosmos. A combination of artificial intelligence and citizen scientists helped uncover the asteroids hiding in archival photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, a new study shows. Scientists have already discovered more than 1.3 million of the space rocks, most of which lie in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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8 months ago Read more at Livescience.com

Science in Sport (SiS) sponsored the Tour de France, which led to the creation of the unforgettable ‘The Tour’ campaign. The campaign is aimed directly at endurance sport enthusiasts - those who go on 100-mile cycles on a Sunday morning, or “train for multiple marathons or triathlons a year” With the help of M&C Saatchi’s The Source, the agency and SiS found out that for most amateur endurance athletes, the thrill of training doesn’t come from winning a
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8 months ago Read more at Little Black Book - LBBonline

The west stairwell of the University of Missouri’s Geological Sciences Building features a compelling new addition: a mural that seamlessly unites art and science while offering a visual exploration of the history of Earth and life across the span of 635 million years. The project was conceptualized as part of Schiffbauer's 2017 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, which seeks to enrich both research and education within academia.
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Discover how UV light can remove tumours, learn about innovative tech exploring dark matter and hear bubbles escape from ancient ice at this year’s Summer Science Exhibition (2-7 July 2024. The Society’s flagship event will feature mind-blowing science, thought-provoking talks and jaw-dropping demonstrations, with more than 250 leading scientists on hand to answer questions and talk about their innovative work. Take the Great Ape Challenge to discover how our modern human language evolved from object manipulation skills that we share with our great ape cousin
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8 months ago Read more at Royalsociety

Xiaojia Chen is the M.D. Anderson Professor of Physics at the University of Houston. He says lowering the accessible pressure for superconductivity is one important goal of the current studies on hydrides. Chen’s team found their breakthrough with their choice of conductive media.
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WHO’s Africa office published 25 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals in 2023 as part of efforts to address the imbalance in global research. The office, through its Universal Health Coverage, Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases (UCN) Cluster, published on a range of health challenges and diseases, including the risk of zoonotic disease in countries ranging from Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, and Nigeria. This research is critical to the continent, says Africa's
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Hongbo Chi, PhD, a faculty member and the Robert G. Webster Endowed Chair in Immunology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Chi will be formally inducted Sept. 21 during the organization’s annual Fellows Forum in Washington D.C. Chi’s selection is based on his contributions to immunology and immunometabolism, especially T-cell metabolism and systems immunology.
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8 months ago Read more at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital