5-Dec-2024 Forest ecologist enhances global effort to solve environmental challenges with AI Purdue University The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has tapped the expertise of Purdue University’s Jingjing Liang for a new initiative to bolster forest monitoring with artificial intelligence. The new For Growth initiative is the latest effort of FAO’s AIM4Forests, a five-year program funded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The program aims to reduce deforestation and speed up forest restoration with the most advanced technological monitoring methods while boosting the institutional capacities of selected developing countries to lead these efforts.
5-Dec-2024 Improving safety in the open air: TU Graz evaluates lightning risk in real time Graz University of Technology In the RTLRA (Real Time Lightning Risk Assessment) project, researchers are developing a system to evaluate the local risk of lightning reaching the Earth’s surface in real time. The aim is to improve the safety of people and infrastructure, optimise the efficiency of operations during thunderstorms and support meteorologists in risk assessment. The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) has funded the project. Funder The Austrian Research Promotion Agency
5-Dec-2024 NASA flights map critical minerals from skies above western US NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The Geological Earth Mapping Experiment, or GEMx for short, is a mission led by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to map critical minerals across more than 190,000 square miles (500,000 square kilometers) of North American soil. Using airborne instruments, scientists are collecting these measurements over parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon.
4-Dec-2024 Website tells story of Devil’s Den State Park, and lays foundation for its future University of Arkansas The site from University of Arkansas researchers documents the history for the general public and also scholars and planners. Funder Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council
4-Dec-2024 Customizable quantum control toolkit developed at Fermilab ready for commercial production DOE/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory The Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit now features updated software and firmware and new companion hardware called QICK box. This Fermilab-developed system combines everything a scientist might need to conduct mind-bending research in a pizza-box-sized case. Expanding on QICK’s ability to drastically improve quantum computer performance, QICK box offers flexibility for users to customize the system to their needs.
4-Dec-2024 The AI will see you now? Hopes for emerging technologies in health care Texas A&M University AI technology has the power to revolutionize medicine, and medical schools must be early adopters to be able to train the next generation of physicans, says Texas A&M University College of Medicine Dean Dr. Amy Waer.
4-Dec-2024 Ask an expert: Financial tips to save money, stay happy during the holiday season University of Missouri-Columbia Andrew Zumwalt with the University of Missouri’s personal financial planning program provides some ideas for money-saving approaches to help you get through the holidays.
4-Dec-2024 Thunderstruck: Researchers demonstrate lightning strike protection tech for composites DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory A team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers reached a significant milestone by building and testing an entire 6.5-foot turbine blade tip using fully recyclable materials that can withstand lightning voltage. ORNL’s recent demonstration highlighted the possibilities of a new approach to protecting blades using conductive materials or coatings.
3-Dec-2024 Enhancing power grid resilience with cutting-edge subsurface sensing technology University of Houston University of Houston is partnering with Oceanit on a $3.3 million DOE-funded project to improve power grid resilience by developing advanced subsurface sensing technology.
3-Dec-2024 From hurricanes to heat waves: How climate change negatively impacts patients with kidney failure University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Sarah Young, MD, explains how natural disasters fueled by climate change negatively impact people with kidney disease.
