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There are more than 300 active and ongoing drug shortages in the United States.
Why Are There So Many Drug Shortages In The U.S.?
It’s not just Ozempic. There are 323 ongoing drug shortages in the U.S., leaving patients scrambling for necessary medications.
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November 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
There are more than 300 active and ongoing drug shortages in the United States.
The volatile substance will be driven across the CERN campus in trucks to different facilities, giving scientists greater opportunities to study it.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Antimatter to be transported outside a lab for first time — in a van
The volatile substance will be driven across the CERN campus in trucks to different facilities, giving scientists greater opportunities to study it.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
The volatile substance will be driven across the CERN campus in trucks to different facilities, giving scientists greater opportunities to study it.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The "Chonkus" cyanobacterium could be an effective organism to cultivate for marine carbon dioxide removal.... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chonkus-climate-change-cyanobacteria
Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacteria that could help sink climate change
The "Chonkus" cyanobacterium could be an effective organism to cultivate for marine carbon dioxide removal.
www.sciencenews.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The "Chonkus" cyanobacterium could be an effective organism to cultivate for marine carbon dioxide removal.... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chonkus-climate-change-cyanobacteria
The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.... www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
22 pesticides show links to prostate cancer
The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.
www.sciencenews.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.... www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
A new plant compound called sulfuretin, extracted from coreopsis flowers and dahlias, might be effective in slowing down the spread of certain cancers
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Distinct chemical structures inhibit the CEMIP hyaluronidase and promote oligodendrocyte progenitor cell maturation
Growing evidence supports pathogenic roles for chronically elevated hyaluronidase
activity in numerous conditions. Elevated expression of one such hyaluronidase, the
Cell Migration Inducing and hyalur...
www.jbc.org
November 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM
A new plant compound called sulfuretin, extracted from coreopsis flowers and dahlias, might be effective in slowing down the spread of certain cancers
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
www.jbc.org/article/S002...
Human evolution: footprints indicate these species walked along the same lakeshore within hours or days of each other...
www.salon.com/2024/11/29/c...
www.salon.com/2024/11/29/c...
New footprints research finds different hominin species coexisted
Footprints indicate these species walked along the same lakeshore within hours or days of each other
www.salon.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Human evolution: footprints indicate these species walked along the same lakeshore within hours or days of each other...
www.salon.com/2024/11/29/c...
www.salon.com/2024/11/29/c...
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Melbourne Victoria set a new November record high dew point this morning going above the old record of 20.7C. High dew points are largely set by oceans temperatures which are currently record warm. More at www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV...
November 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Melbourne Victoria set a new November record high dew point this morning going above the old record of 20.7C. High dew points are largely set by oceans temperatures which are currently record warm. More at www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV...
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Excellent Kate Dooley piece on why it's bad news that #COP29 approved such dangerously weak rules for carbon offsetting between country climate targets:
theconversation.com/after-nearly...
theconversation.com/after-nearly...
After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed
The new system may essentially give countries and companies permission to keep polluting.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Excellent Kate Dooley piece on why it's bad news that #COP29 approved such dangerously weak rules for carbon offsetting between country climate targets:
theconversation.com/after-nearly...
theconversation.com/after-nearly...
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100 years of average October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2024... Large year-to-year variability and a long-term warming trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
November 26, 2024 at 12:52 PM
100 years of average October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2024... Large year-to-year variability and a long-term warming trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
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🧵 @bopplaurent.bsky.social and I were asked, "Should we think of the ocean as a climate solution?", our immediate reaction was that it's already one. Follow on to see why.
We mainly talk about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), but some of the intro stuff about the ocean should interest everyone. 🌊1/n
We mainly talk about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), but some of the intro stuff about the ocean should interest everyone. 🌊1/n
Marine carbon dioxide removal may be a future climate solution - David T Ho, Laurent Bopp, 2024
The ocean has absorbed 25% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions and over 90% of excess heat, mitigating climate change but causing ocean acidification and marine ecos...
journals.sagepub.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:09 PM
🧵 @bopplaurent.bsky.social and I were asked, "Should we think of the ocean as a climate solution?", our immediate reaction was that it's already one. Follow on to see why.
We mainly talk about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), but some of the intro stuff about the ocean should interest everyone. 🌊1/n
We mainly talk about marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), but some of the intro stuff about the ocean should interest everyone. 🌊1/n
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Stoked to get an ARC #DP25 grant with Madi Rosevear and @profmattengland.bsky.social to include ice shelf cavities into #COSIMA model configs, and to understand processes controlling heat delivery to Antarctica’s ice shelves. We'll be looking for a postdoc, so get in touch if you're keen!
November 27, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Stoked to get an ARC #DP25 grant with Madi Rosevear and @profmattengland.bsky.social to include ice shelf cavities into #COSIMA model configs, and to understand processes controlling heat delivery to Antarctica’s ice shelves. We'll be looking for a postdoc, so get in touch if you're keen!
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Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
news.mit.edu
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
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'Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations'
our new paper in @pnas.org with S. Bartusek, R. Seager. J. Schellnhuber and M. Ting investigating the tail behaviour of extreme heatwave trends.
@iiasa.ac.at @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @lamontearth.bsky.social
our new paper in @pnas.org with S. Bartusek, R. Seager. J. Schellnhuber and M. Ting investigating the tail behaviour of extreme heatwave trends.
@iiasa.ac.at @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @lamontearth.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 6:51 PM
'Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations'
our new paper in @pnas.org with S. Bartusek, R. Seager. J. Schellnhuber and M. Ting investigating the tail behaviour of extreme heatwave trends.
@iiasa.ac.at @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @lamontearth.bsky.social
our new paper in @pnas.org with S. Bartusek, R. Seager. J. Schellnhuber and M. Ting investigating the tail behaviour of extreme heatwave trends.
@iiasa.ac.at @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @lamontearth.bsky.social
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Amazing fossil alert.
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
November 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Amazing fossil alert.
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Northvolt’s breakthrough sodium-ion batteries offer a cheaper, more sustainable alternative to lithium-based batteries. They could reduce reliance on critical minerals and support renewable energy storage cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/northvolt-ho...
Beyond lithium: how a Swedish battery company wants to power Europe’s green transition with salt
Northvolt has a developed a sodium-based battery, which doesn’t require critical minerals and could help break European dependence on China for the technology
cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Northvolt’s breakthrough sodium-ion batteries offer a cheaper, more sustainable alternative to lithium-based batteries. They could reduce reliance on critical minerals and support renewable energy storage cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/northvolt-ho...
The use of wind turbines to generate electricity is a popular, sustainable and renewable energy source. But what effect does it have on the bird population?... https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-many-birds-are-killed-by-wind-turbines-in-the-uk
How many birds are killed by wind turbines in the UK?
The use of wind turbines to generate electricity is a popular, sustainable and renewable energy source. But what effect does it have on the bird population?
www.sciencefocus.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The use of wind turbines to generate electricity is a popular, sustainable and renewable energy source. But what effect does it have on the bird population?... https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-many-birds-are-killed-by-wind-turbines-in-the-uk
Stacked on top of each other, how tall would all the world’s germs and bacteria be? The answer will blow your mind.... https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-tall-would-all-the-worlds-germs-and-bacteria-be-when-stacked-on-top-of-each-other
November 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Stacked on top of each other, how tall would all the world’s germs and bacteria be? The answer will blow your mind.... https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-tall-would-all-the-worlds-germs-and-bacteria-be-when-stacked-on-top-of-each-other
Yes, your brain is eating itself all the time. Here's why Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains the brain's gruesome method for spring cleaning.... https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-the-brain-eat-itself
November 26, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Yes, your brain is eating itself all the time. Here's why Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains the brain's gruesome method for spring cleaning.... https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/does-the-brain-eat-itself
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The Andromeda galaxy captured by the Hubble Space telescope
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
The Andromeda galaxy captured by the Hubble Space telescope
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There is a metaphor here somewhere
November 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
There is a metaphor here somewhere
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Mercury via NASA
November 26, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Mercury via NASA
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Juno captures Moon Shadow on Jupiter
November 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Juno captures Moon Shadow on Jupiter
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Detailed view of Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars
Cr: NASA
Cr: NASA
November 26, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Detailed view of Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars
Cr: NASA
Cr: NASA
Fun fact: If you ever swallow a razor blade, don’t panic. Acids are ranked on a scale from 0 to 14—the lower the pH level, the stronger the acid. Human stomach acid is typically 1.0 to 2.0, meaning that it has an incredibly strong pH.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9283866/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9283866/
In vitro effects of simulated gastric juice on swallowed metal objects: implications for practical management - PubMed
Corrosion of razor blades occurs rapidly in the normal stomach. Within 24 hours double-edged blades become fragile and can be broken with a snare. This observation may guide the timing of endoscopic r...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 26, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Fun fact: If you ever swallow a razor blade, don’t panic. Acids are ranked on a scale from 0 to 14—the lower the pH level, the stronger the acid. Human stomach acid is typically 1.0 to 2.0, meaning that it has an incredibly strong pH.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9283866/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9283866/