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...

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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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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...

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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...

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Toronto’s ArtSci Salon, one of the hosts, has announced (in an undated notice) an upcoming event, LASER Toronto – Critical Networked Experience – Jonah Brucker-Cohen – Oct 10, 2024 Critical Networked Experience. An artist talk with Jonah Brucker-Cohen Thursday, October 10, 20245:30-7:30 pm [ET]The Fields Institute for research in Mathematical Sciences222 College Street Register here...

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A July 23, 2024 news item on Nanowerk provides an introduction to nanoparticles and their potential use in agriculture, Note: Links have been removed, Nanoparticles could potentially help address agricultural and environmental sustainability issues on a global scale. Those issues include rising food demand, increasing greenhouse gas emissions generated by agricultural activities, climbing costs of...

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The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery (The Belkin) sent an October 4, 2024 series of announcements (received via email). Here are two of the announcements, Note 1: You can see all of the announcements on The Belkin events webpage, Note 2: The art/science event is second, Note 3: Links...

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According to a May 29, 2024 news item on ScienceDaily, elctrochromic film is like having a pair of sunglasses for your windows, Advances in electrochromic coatings may bring us closer to environmentally friendly ways to keep inside spaces cool. Like eyeglasses that darken to provide sun protection, the optical properties of these transparent films can...

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One story features Aristotle and the other features some of the latest (as of October 2024) in citizen science (participatory science) news. Ancient citizen science The story about Aristotle’s scientific endeavours and 2,000 year old citizen science is told in an August 15, 2024 essay by Konstantine Panegyres (McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The...

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From an October 4, 2024 ARPICO (Society of Italian Researchers & Professionals in Western Canada) notice (received via email), This is a friendly reminder that some registration spots are still available for our next public event, “Six Great Ideas That Changed Science and the World (Part 1),” featuring the distinguished Prof. Douw G. Steyn, to...

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