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Environment May 15, 2024

What to know about Dallas water systems and new federal limits on 'forever chemicals'

The city of Dallas' water system meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently announced limits for "forever chemicals." But that doesn't mean the drinking water is free of chemicals, experts say.

Environment May 15, 2024

SoCal air quality officials haven't acted to cut port pollution: They escaped to a desert resort instead

Next time you take in Southern California's notoriously hazy skies and dirty air, remember that smog regulators still aren't using their power to crack down on one of the region's biggest polluters.

Environment May 13, 2024

More desalination is coming to Australia's driest states—but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries

From around 1996 to 2010, Australia was gripped by the millennium drought. As water shortages bit hard, most of Australia's capital cities built large seawater desalination plants—Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and ...

Social Sciences May 7, 2024

Replacing curbside carparking with bike lanes: A 'Robin Hood planning' idea

Turning curbside carparks into cycling lanes could improve city accessibility and livability without affecting business revenue, University of Queensland research has found.

Plants & Animals May 2, 2024

Artificial intelligence enhances monitoring of threatened marbled murrelet

Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species, research by Oregon State University and ...

Economics & Business Apr 29, 2024

Study finds AI tool opens data visualization to more students

A new study from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University published in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication shows that ChatGPT can help students create effective visualizations, but is not ...

Social Sciences Apr 25, 2024

Impact investing in Paris suburban 'banlieue' neighborhoods: Untapped social and economic potential

From July to August, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic games. However, once the athletes and spectators have packed up and left, the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down neighborhoods on the outskirts ...

Environment Apr 25, 2024

The guardian angels of the source of the Seine

The river Seine, the centerpiece of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in July, starts with a few drops of water in a mossy grotto deep in the woods of central France.

Condensed Matter Apr 23, 2024

The big quantum chill: Scientists modify common lab refrigerator to cool faster with less energy

By modifying a refrigerator commonly used in both research and industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have drastically reduced the time and energy required to cool materials to ...

Environment Apr 22, 2024

Czechs 3D-print Eiffel Tower from ocean waste for Olympics

A Czech company is 3D-printing a giant Eiffel Tower model for a local Olympics event, using recycled ocean waste as the primary material.

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