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Samarth honored with Adler Lectureship Award from American Physical Society
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Nitin Samarth, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, has been selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2024 David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics. The award recognizes an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics who is notable for high quality research, review articles, and lecturing. …
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Statement on General Assessment of the Role of Agriculture and Forestry in U.S. Carbon Markets
Natural climate solutions, such as improved forest management and agroforestry, are crucial for mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. Combined with cutting emissions and accelerating renewable energy, natural climate solutions offer immediate and cost-effective ways to tackle the climate crisis—while also supporting people and the planet. The voluntary carbon market is a necessary tool…
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United By Nature
Our Impact Beyond Ohio Ohio was the first TNC chapter to support conservation outside the state. Since then, The Nature Conservancy has emerged as a global problem solver and a respected voice for nature in some of Earth’s most remote places. Now more than ever, we have a unique opportunity to positively impact the health…
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Nature Intervenes – An opportunity for real climate science.
Originally published here. Nature has intervened in the climate change narrative in a major way with the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga (HT) volcano on the South Pacific seabed. The eruption has experienced minimal exposure in the media because it did not result in major loss of life or property damage. However, it might well prove…
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The Nature Conservancy Welcomes Five New Trustees to the Tennessee Board
LARRY BLYTHERobbinsville, NC Larry Blythe served as the Vice Chief and Cherokee Agency Forester of the Cherokee Agency Forestry Department for 20 years. He implemented the first Forest Management Plan for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as well as trained hundreds of local tribal members in fire fighting for local and national dispatch. He…
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A surface treatment method for improving the attachment of PDMS: acoustofluidics as a case study
Abstract A method for a permanent surface modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is presented. A case study on the attachment of PDMS and the lithium niobate (LiNbO3) wafer for acoustofluidics applications is presented as well. The method includes a protocol for chemically treating the surface of PDMS to strengthen its bond with the LiNbO3 surface. The…
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UV spectrophotometric methods for simultaneous determination of ketorolac tromethamine and olopatadine hydrochloride: Application of multiple standard addition for assay of ophthalmic solution
Abstract Ophthalmic preparations that contain ketorolac tromethamine (KET) and olopatadine HCl (OLO) are used to relieve seasonal allergies and allergic conjunctivitis. Simultaneous quantification of KET and OLO was held by validated and simple spectrophotometric methods. KET was determined directly from the fundamental UV absorption spectra (at 323 nm), while OLO was determined after performing either dual…
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Neurobehavioral effects of fungicides in zebrafish: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Pesticides are widely used in global agriculture to achieve high productivity levels. Among them, fungicides are specifically designed to inhibit fungal growth in crops and seeds. However, their application often results in environmental contamination, as these chemicals can persistently be detected in surface waters. This poses a potential threat to non-target organisms, including humans,…
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Expanding diversity of bunyaviruses identified in mosquitoes
Abstract Mosquitoes interact with various organisms in the environment, and female mosquitoes in particular serve as vectors that directly transmit a number of microorganisms to humans and animals by blood-sucking. Comprehensive analysis of mosquito-borne viruses has led to the understanding of the existence of diverse viral species and to the identification of zoonotic arboviruses responsible…
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An AI revolution is brewing in medicine. What will it look like?
Jordan Perchik started his radiology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham near the peak of what he calls the field’s “AI scare”. It was 2018, just two years after computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton had proclaimed that people should stop training to be radiologists because machine-learning tools would soon displace them. Hinton, sometimes referred…