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10-Jan-2025

Aydin elevated to IEEE senior membership

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Emrullah Aydin, an R&D staff associate in the Vehicle Power Electronics Research group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member status in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.

10-Jan-2025

Sujan elected National Academy of Inventors Fellow

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Vivek Sujan, a distinguished R&D scientist in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, Fellow.

10-Jan-2025

CDC awards $1.25M to engineers retooling mine production and safety

University of Arizona College of Engineering
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers in the University of Arizona College of Engineering are boosting efforts to better align technology and planning for improved safety and productivity in the mining industry.

Funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

10-Jan-2025

Dangerous bacterial biofilms have a natural enemy

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UC Riverside scientists have now discovered a chemical that plants produce when they're stressed prevents dangerous biofilm from forming. The breakthrough offers potential advances in healthcare as well as preventing equipment corrosion in industrial settings. 

Journal

Nature Communications

10-Jan-2025

Generative AI: Uncovering its environmental and social costs

Eurasia Academic Publishing Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent commentary article by researchers from Northwestern University, Harvard University, and The University of Texas at San Antonio highlights the significant but overlooked environmental and social impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

Journal

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

10-Jan-2025

Breakthrough study reveals unexpected cause of winter ozone pollution

Eurasia Academic Publishing Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, alongside mainland collaborators, have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon: severe wintertime ozone (O₃) pollution in Lanzhou, China, driven primarily by alkene emissions from local petrochemical industries.

Journal

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

10-Jan-2025

‘What is that?’ UCalgary scientists explain white patch that appears near northern lights

University of Calgary
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A whitish, grey patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first time by researchers at the University of Calgary.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

Canadian Space Agency, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government of Alberta