In the last decade or so, society has been transformed by the quietest revolution of all – the progression to a digital world. From Big Data systems and supercomputers, the Internet of Things to Earth observation data, we have never before had access to such a wealth of information at our fingertips. At the same …
Roughly 250 face masks were donated to Newport Independent Schools by the Campbell County Public Library. Masks are encouraged as part of the mitigation efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus that has spread so much locally that Campbell County is currently designated as being in the state’s …
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Ning Yan and her collaborators in the Low-Carbon Renewable Materials Centre (LCRMC) are developing a new generation of products made from forestry biomass — including currently under-utilized materials such as tree bark. (Photo: Tyler Irving) Canada’s forests are a key source of renewable materials, from paper to lumber. Yet many of the industry’s most common products …
In a unique endeavour to spread awareness on global warming, a youth of Pathsala town in Bajali district travelled 100 PATHSALA: In a unique endeavour to spread awareness on global warming, a youth of Pathsala town in Bajali district travelled 100 km on his bicycle on the occasion of his birthday. The youth, Bikash Kalita, …
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The Greenland ice sheet : Alireza Teimoury/Alamy If Arctic sea ice vanishes in summers by the middle of the century as expected, the world could see a vicious circle that drives enough global warming to almost wipe out the impact of China going carbon neutral. Ice losses in frozen regions are known to trigger “climate …
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