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Banned contaminants are still affecting whales in Eastern Canada
A new study has found both promising and worrying trends in contaminant (chemical pollution) levels in whales off the coast of Eastern Canada. The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, shows that while environmental regulations are making progress, killer whales in the region continue to face significant challenges. Despite reductions in contaminant inputs,...
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October 29, 2024 Woodrow Wilson Center event: 2024 Canada-US Legal Symposium | Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Governance, and Liability
An October 9, 2024 notice from the Wilson Center (or Woodrow Wilson Center or Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars received via email) announces an annual event, which this year will focus on AI (artificial intelligence), The 2024 Canada-US Legal Symposium | Artificial Intelligence Regulation, Governance, and Liability TuesdayOct. 29, 20249:30am – 2:00pm ET6th Floor...
Printing and growing lung tissue from mucus-based bioink?
I’m always surprised by the uses scientists can find for mucus. This time, it’s being used as the based for growing lung tissue as this July 30,2024 news item on phys.org announced, Note: A link has been removed, Lung diseases kill millions of people around the world each year. Treatment options are limited, and animal...
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Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) shares 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics with John J. Hopfield (Princeton University)
What an interesting choice the committee deciding on the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics have made. Geoffrey Hinton has been mentioned here a number of times, most recently for his participation in one of the periodic AI (artificial intelligence) panics that pop up from time to time. For more about the latest one and Hinton’s...
Nanoscopic 3-D imaging of ancient bone
Nanoscopic, banded collagen protein fibrils from an Ice Age woolly mammoth hip bone. Credit: Landon Anderson Courtesy: North Carolina State University (Looks like a moody seascape to me but it’s not.) A July 23, 2024 news item on ScienceDaily announces the results from a pilot study of nanoscopic imaging of ancient bones, A pilot study...
