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Released: 8-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Students Sample Energy Opportunities at Brookhaven Lab and Beyond
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Twenty high school juniors and seniors recently spent two weeks at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory learning how scientists play key roles in developing cleaner, renewable energy sources.   The students visited the Lab through Suffolk County’s Summer Youth Employment Program for “A Taste of the Trades” for an introduction to possible pathways they can pursue in the energy workforce.

Newswise: Red-Crowned Crane, One of the Largest and Most Threatened Crane Species in the World, Debuts at the Bronx Zoo
Released: 8-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Red-Crowned Crane, One of the Largest and Most Threatened Crane Species in the World, Debuts at the Bronx Zoo
Wildlife Conservation Society

A red-crowned crane chick, one of the largest and most threatened crane species in the world, is debuting at the Bronx Zoo.

Released: 7-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Mental Health of Lower-Income Adolescents Fared Better Than That of Wealthier Teens During COVID-19 Lockdown
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Adolescence is a crucial developmental period in which the risk of mental health problems can first emerge. But for millions of youths, that sensitive time period coincided with the social isolation of COVID-19 and remote schooling. Research suggests that the stresses and associated isolation of the pandemic may have worsened emotional and behavioral health among youth.

Released: 7-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Community Focused Approaches to Fisheries Governance Transform Local Perceptions
Wildlife Conservation Society

New social science shows that community engagement and capacity building work can markedly improve local perceptions of fisheries governance capacity, restrictions, and management rules.

Newswise: Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes
Released: 6-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained populations could become genetically isolated over time, making elephants more vulnerable to disease and environmental change.

Released: 6-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Autonomie express simulates real-world vehicle traffic to predict large-scale energy impact
Argonne National Laboratory

Autonomie Express is designed to help transport and mobility companies, researchers, city planners and others estimate their vehicles’ impact on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Newswise: Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK
Released: 6-Aug-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Art and horticulture merge to create natural dye garden at UK
University of Kentucky

Crystal Gregory, an associate professor in the College of Fine Arts School of Art and Visual Studies, and Shari Dutton, a staff horticulturalist in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, are both fiber artists. Gregory, who is the Arturo Alonzo Sandoval Endowed Professor in Fiber, practices fiber art as a teacher and working artist. Dutton has practiced as a hobbyist for more than 30 years.

2-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
ALS diagnosis and survival linked to metals in blood, urine
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People with higher levels of metals found in their blood and urine may be more likely to be diagnosed with — and die from — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a University of Michigan-led study suggests.

Released: 5-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Rutgers to Lead $16 Million in Climate Projects Along New Jersey Coast
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University researchers will lead several components of a $72.5 million federal initiative to fortify New Jersey's coast against climate change and extreme weather events. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the grant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey program.

Newswise: UAlbany Study: Joint Effects of Thunderstorms and Power Outages Increase Respiratory-Related Emergency Department Visits
Released: 5-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
UAlbany Study: Joint Effects of Thunderstorms and Power Outages Increase Respiratory-Related Emergency Department Visits
University at Albany, State University of New York

A new study led by UAlbany researchers is among the first to examine the joint effects of thunderstorms and power outages on respiratory-related emergency department visits in New York State.

Released: 5-Aug-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: U.S. Sues TikTok Over Children’s Privacy Protections
George Washington University

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the social media app TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children's privacy. ...

Newswise: Upfront mental health supports for men with prostate cancer
Released: 4-Aug-2024 4:30 PM EDT
Upfront mental health supports for men with prostate cancer
University of South Australia

Mental health screenings must be incorporated in routine prostate cancer diagnoses say University of South Australia researchers. The call follows new research that shows men need more supports both during and immediately after a diagnosis of prostate cancer.

   
Released: 2-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Tips for teachers as they prepare for the 2024-2025 school year
University of Delaware

Leigh McLean is an an associate research professor in the School of Education and Center for Research in Educational and Social Policy at the University of Delaware. In her program of research, she investigates how teachers’ emotions and emotion-related experiences including well-being impact their effectiveness.

Newswise: Sizing up microplastics: nanofiltration uncovers environmental bioactivity
Released: 2-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Sizing up microplastics: nanofiltration uncovers environmental bioactivity
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new study reveals the bioactivity of microplastics in Lake Ontario using cutting-edge nanomembrane filtering technology. Researchers found all samples contained microplastics ranging between 8 and 20 µm. The study highlights varying bioactivity levels, such as aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activity and IL-6 levels, indicating potential health risks.

Newswise: Decoding contaminant mobility: transient flows and e-waste pollution dynamics
Released: 2-Aug-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Decoding contaminant mobility: transient flows and e-waste pollution dynamics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Changing weather patterns, like dry-wet and freeze-thaw cycles, significantly impact the release of harmful chemicals known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) from soils at e-waste recycling sites. Tiny soil particles, called colloids, play a crucial role in moving these pollutants.

Released: 1-Aug-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Born to Modulate: Researchers Reveal Origins of Climate-Controlling Particles
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Aerosol particles imbue climate models with uncertainty. New work by PNNL researchers reveals where in the world and under what conditions new particles are born.

Released: 1-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Retreat of tropical glaciers foreshadows changing climate’s effect on the global ice 
University of Wisconsin–Madison

As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their collaborators have uncovered evidence that the high-altitude tropical ice fields are likely smaller than they’ve been at any time since the last ice age ended 11,700 years ago.

Newswise: Downwind states face disproportionate burden of air pollution
Released: 31-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Downwind states face disproportionate burden of air pollution
University of Notre Dame

A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts to reduce emissions and adds to an already disproportionate burden on “downwind” states, according to researchers at the University of Notre Dame. “Toxic air pollution is really not as well known by the general public as you would hope, given its impact on human health,” said Paola Crippa, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences.



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