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UPDATE: The path of totality, 2024

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By Kim Morris, Borealis Blog editor On April 8, a total eclipse of the sun will occur over North America. […]

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Five more stories complete the 3rd Frontiers for Young Minds collection of stories by Nobel Laureates

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
A January 31, 2024 Frontiers (publishers) news release on EurekAlert announces more stories by Nobel Laureates for volume 3 of Frontiers for Young Minds, Frontiers for Young Minds, a non-profit, open-access scientific journal for kids, has published five new articles written by Nobel Prize-winners. The articles complete the third volume of the Nobel collection, bringing the number of featured...

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Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions

Jenny Ryan Biology and Life Sciences, General Science, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, April 09, 2024 Abby Wolfe Canadian Blood Services has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers that pursue projects related to our research priorities. Since 2017, Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Efficiency...

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Trust in science remains high but public questions scientists’ adherence to science’s norms

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
A March 4, 2024 Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania news release (also on EurekAlert and received via email) announces research into public trust in science in the US, Science is one of the most highly regarded institutions in America, with nearly three-quarters of the public expressing “a great deal” or “a...

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Viewing the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse in Vancouver (Canada)

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
I received an April 5, 2024 University of British Columbia notice (via email) about a public viewing of the upcoming solar eclipse, UBC [University of British Columbia] department of physics and astronomy researchers will host a public solar eclipse viewing event outside the UBC Bookstore on April 8 [2024], weather permitting, or otherwise, in the...

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Butterfly mating inspires neuromorphic (brainlike) computing

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
Michael Berger writes about a multisensory approach to neuromorphic computing inspired by butterflies in his February 2, 2024 Nanowerk Spotlight article, Note: Links have been removed, Artificial intelligence systems have historically struggled to integrate and interpret information from multiple senses the way animals intuitively do. Humans and other species rely on combining sight, sound, touch,...

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Regenerative Medicine News Under the Microscope – February and March 2024

Various bloggers Biology and Life Sciences, Health, Medicine and Veterinary Science
Regenerative Medicine News Under the Microscope is back! Thank you all for your patience as I wrapped up my PhD; the hiatus is officially over. We’re celebrating the return of this feature with a double header covering regenerative medicine research highlights from both February and March. Representative amniotic fluid-derived lung organoids. Cells are immunofluorescently stained...

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Invitation to collect data during April 8, 2024 eclipse for US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
An April 2, 2024 news item on phys.org is, in fact, an open invitation to participate in data collection for NASA during the April 8, 2024 eclipse, On April 8, 2024, as the moon passes between the sun and Earth, thousands of amateur citizen scientists will measure air temperatures and snap pictures of clouds. The...

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