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Bob Swap Builds Bridges With ‘Science Diplomacy’

Nasa.gov 

Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth Sciences, and environmental scientist Robert J. “Bob” Swap makes a difference by putting knowledge into action. Name: Robert J. “Bob” SwapTitle: Associate Director for Mission Planning, Earth SciencesOrganization: Earth Science Division (Code 610) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? I […]

VERNON VIPERS ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF DEFENSEMAN DANIIL DOLZHENKO

Vernon Vipers 

Vernon, BC:  The Vernon Vipers are excited to announce the signing of 2004-born defenseman Daniil Dolzhenko. “We are thrilled to add Daniil to our team,” said Vipers Head Coach Lukas Lomicky. “He will bring a strong presence to our back end. He takes pride in defending and will be hard to play against.” A native […]

Nanoprinter turns Meta’s AI predictions into potentially game-changing materials

Thenextweb.com 

For the past few months, Meta has been sending recipes to a Dutch scaleup called VSParticle (VSP). These are not food recipes — they’re AI-generated instructions for how to make new nanoporous materials that could potentially supercharge the green transition.  VSP has so far taken 525 of these recipes and synthesised them into nanomaterials called electrocatalysts. Meta’s algorithms predicted these electrocatalysts would be ideal for breaking down CO2 into useful products like methane or ethanol. Читать дальше...

Jaguar is now JaGUar

The Verge 

British automaker Jaguar is changing its branding for “a new era” as it prepares to fulfill its plan to go all-electric for its lineup, with the first new model slated to launch in 2026. The automaker has revealed a new logo that changes the font, spaces out the letters, and uses a mix of upper and lowercase letters.

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A valuable tool for African swine fever virus research developed

Phys.org 

A research team led by NARO has successfully developed an immortalized red river hog blood-derived macrophage cell line. Since red river hogs are natural hosts of African swine fever viruses (ASFV), this cell line is a promising tool to advance ASFV research.

Fisheries subsidies chair seeks views on year-end target for “second wave” agreement

World Trade Organization 

The chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, on 19 November convened heads of delegations to seek WTO members’ views on whether and how negotiations on additional provisions to discipline subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing could be concluded at the General Council meeting next month. The chair noted members’ various positions and said he will swiftly revert to members after reflecting further on the matter.

Google Updates Its Site Reputation Abuse Policy, Upending Publisher Affiliate Businesses

Adweek.com 

Google issued a critical update to its Site Reputation Abuse policy on Tuesday, the culmination of a monthslong effort from the search platform to close a loophole that publishers had been using for years to generate passive affiliate revenue. In the controversial SEO practice that Google is looking to end, publishers would allow third-party vendors...

Tech Support - Historian Answers Pirate Questions

WIRED 

Historian Angus Konstam joins WIRED to answer the internet's swashbuckling questions about pirates and piracy. Where did the stereotypical pirate accent come from? What did pirates do for fun? Why do we associate parrots and eyepatches with pirates? Who’s the most famous non-fictional pirate in history? Is Jack Sparrow real? Did pirates use sunscreen? Answers to these questions and many more await on Pirate Support. Thank you to Osprey Publishing for kind permission to use several of their images in this video. Читать дальше...