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$1.23M NASA grant to support improving satellite weather forecasting with AI

Penn State
Grant and Award Announcement

A team led by a Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) researcher received a two-year, $1.23 million grant from NASA to improve atmosphere and ocean forecasts by incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite data into current forecasting models.

Funder: NASA Headquarters

AI health care innovator will lead computational medicine research at UT

University of Texas at Austin
Business Announcement

AI pioneer co-founder Charles Taylor, Ph.D., joins The University of Texas at Austin to lead the new Center for Computational Medicine, developing AI and digital twins to simulate disease and personalize care. The collaboration between Dell Medical School and the Oden Institute advances Austin's first academic medical center.

From microplastics to macro-impact: KTU expert explains plastic recycling challenges

Kaunas University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

“Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere – in water, food, fish, and even breast milk,” says Artūras Torkelis, a PhD student at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). He emphasises that proper waste management is essential for reducing these risks.

Journal: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

“The biggest challenge is lacking public acceptance of wind turbines”

ETH Zurich
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers has examined the environmental, social, economic and legal aspects of wind energy. In this interview, Russell McKenna, an expert in energy system analysis, explains where he sees the greatest need for action to further develop wind energy.

Journal: Joule

Team makes sustainable aviation fuel additive from recycled polystyrene

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study overcomes a key obstacle to switching commercial aircraft from their near-total reliance on fossil fuels to more sustainable aviation fuels. The study details a cost-effective method for producing ethylbenzene — an additive that improves the functional characteristics of sustainable aviation fuels — from polystyrene, a hard plastic used in many consumer goods.

Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

To mitigate impact of wildfires on communities’ water, report fills gaps in guidance to public drinking water system staff

Purdue University
Reports and Proceedings

Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. A new publication offers the first comprehensive guidance for public drinking water system staff, outlining the decision-making process for testing and recovering water distribution systems after a wildfire.

Funder: Water Research Foundation

Chornobyl dogs’ genetic differences not due to mutation

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Journal: PLOS One