Science

Webinar: Energy sustainability for Net ZERO Radio Communications

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https://council.science/current/blog/energy-sustainability-for-net-zero-radio-communications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-sustainability-for-net-zero-radio-communications

Air filtration systems do not reduce the risk of picking up viral infections, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

A new study published today reveals that technologies designed to make social interactions safer in indoor spaces are not effective in the real world.

Podcast with Vandana Singh: Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Data, Narrative, and Transdisciplinarity

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https://council.science/current/blog/data-narrative-transdisciplinary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=data-narrative-transdisciplinary

Fostering transdisciplinary research for sustainability in the Global South: Pathways to impact for funding programmes

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https://council.science/current/blog/fostering-transdisciplinary-research-for-sustainability-in-the-global-south-pathways-to-impact-for-funding-programmes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fostering-transdisciplinary-research-for-sustainability-in-the-global-south-pathways-to-impact-for-funding-programmes

LIRA 2030 Africa Programme: Bridging gaps and building capacity for sustainable urban development

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https://council.science/current/blog/lira-2030-africa-programme-bridging-gaps-and-building-capacity-for-sustainable-urban-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lira-2030-africa-programme-bridging-gaps-and-building-capacity-for-sustainable-urban-development

See also https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFMNS33B0785N/abstract

The Costs of Shifting Scenarios: Why the IPCC Should Maintain Consistent Vocabulary in Climate Assessments

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https://council.science/current/blog/the-costs-of-shifting-scenarios-ipcc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-costs-of-shifting-scenarios-ipcc

Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.

Iron storage “spheres” inside the bacterium C. diff — the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections — could offer new targets for antibacterial drugs to combat the pathogen.

New ISC policy brief: A call for a formal scientific voice in the global fight against plastic pollution

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https://council.science/current/blog/a-call-for-a-formal-scientific-voice-in-the-global-fight-against-plastic-pollution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-call-for-a-formal-scientific-voice-in-the-global-fight-against-plastic-pollution

FAO and the International Science Council join forces to strengthen science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems

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Converging and interdependent crises are amplifying the impacts of one another with often devastating consequences

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https://council.science/current/news/converging-and-interdependent-crises-are-amplifying-the-impacts-of-one-another-with-often-devastating-consequences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=converging-and-interdependent-crises-are-amplifying-the-impacts-of-one-another-with-often-devastating-consequences

Also this https://research.uh.edu/the-big-idea/what-went-wrong/behind-closed-drawers-the-file-drawer-effect/

FAO and the International Science Council join forces to strengthen science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems

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FAO and the International Science Council join forces to strengthen science-policy interfaces for agrifood systems

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UNESCO 42nd General Conference Global Policy Debate

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Podcast with Karen Lord: Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Long-Term Thinking in Policymaking

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https://council.science/current/blog/long-term-thinking-in-policymaking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=long-term-thinking-in-policymaking

University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers have developed synthetic enzymes that can control the behavior of the signaling protein Vg1, which plays a key role in the development of muscle, bone and blood in vertebrate embryos.

The team of researchers is using a new approach, called the Synthetic Processing (SynPro) system, in zebrafish to study how Vg1 is formed. By learning the molecular rules of signal formation in a developing animal, researchers aim to engineer mechanisms — such as giving cells new instructions — that could play a role in treating or preventing disease.

Reframing Trust in Science for Multilateral Policy: Insights from the Science Journalists Forum

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One Planet Polar Summit: scientists striving to bridge the science-policy gap for urgent action

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Bridging the trust gap: scientific freedom and responsibility in Asia-Pacific

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By mulling over colliding bubbles on a cosmological scale, physicists are finding cause for speculation about fresh sparks of cosmic creation. It is possible, they say, that in the weeks after the big bang there was a second, similarly profound moment of transformation. This one may have spawned monstrous shadow particles trillions of times the mass of those that make up normal matter and could make sense of the mysterious, invisible matter that seems to hold galaxies together. As outlandish as it might sound, the concept of a “dark” big bang is broadly in line with a quiet revolution that is already under way, as cosmologists rewrite what we think of as the standard big bang to account for multiple distinct “phase transitions”, each leaving its mark on the cosmos. What’s more, we now have the tools to test this idea by peering into the universe’s earliest moments and untangling the faint ripples produced by these profound primordial shifts. Archive link: https://archive.li/YH6tl