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Massachusetts Residents May Find Dryer Sheets In Their Mailbox
WNAW - Massachusetts
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July 3, 2025
Imagine it's just a typical day when you decide to check your mailbox, only to find a dryer sheet inside. You start to wonder who put it there and why. Believe it or not, it’s not as worrying as some people might think. Here’s why. Getty...
INSAIT Is Now Part of Global Cutting-Edge Infrastructure in Science, Technology, Says Deputy PM Donchev
Bulgarian News Agency
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev took part in an official ceremony on Wednesday at INSAIT’s headquarters in Sofia Tech Park, marking the launch of a joint programme between the Institute for Computer...
Widely used painkiller can be made from plastic waste, researchers discover
GEO TV
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July 5, 2025
Common bacteria can turn plastic waste into the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen, researchers have discovered. Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol and also known as paracetamol in some countries, is usually made from fossil...
Ready-made stem cell therapies for pets could be coming
TechCrunch
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July 4, 2025
Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur...
Scientists unveil enzyme tech that reduces plastic recycling’s footprint by up to 99%
Interesting Engineering - New York
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July 3, 2025
Plastic’s toughest problem may have just met its smartest solution. A team of scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the University of Portsmouth in England has unveiled a...
How to Dress and Undress your home
Resilience
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July 7, 2025
Thermal insulation is a cornerstone of policies aimed at reducing the high energy consumption for heating and cooling buildings. 1 In many industrialized countries, building energy regulations require new and existing buildings to have insulated...
How Standardized Exams Can Favor Privilege Over Potential
The 74
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July 7, 2025
In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a coordinated effort that targets access and diversity in American colleges. As scholars who study access to higher education, we have found that when these efforts are paired with...
Researchers develop groundbreaking system that turns common garbage into next-gen fuel source: 'This achievement is significant'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Korean researchers have developed the country's first oxy-fuel combustion-based process for creating synthesis gas, or syngas, from waste plastics, including hard-to-recycle thermoset plastics. A report posted to Newswise explained that plastics...
Bank of Canada Identifies Technical Path for Retail CBDC in New Research Paper
CoinDesk
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The Bank of Canada took a significant step in exploring the technical feasibility of a digital Canadian dollar, proposing a specific system designed for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) focused on simple, everyday payments, according...
Chloris Geospatial Raises $8.5 Million Series A to Scale Satellite-Based Forest Carbon Monitoring
The AI Journal
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July 7, 2025
BOSTON, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Chloris Geospatial, a climate-tech company pioneering satellite-based measurement of forest carbon and ecosystem change, announced today it has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by...
KalVista Wins OK for First On-Demand Hereditary Angioedema Pill
BioSpace
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July 7, 2025
The FDA on Monday approved the use of KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ sebetralstat to treat acute hereditary angioedema attacks in patients 12 years and up. The Massachusetts biotech expects to make the drug available in the U.S. “immediately” under the...
Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Checks and Balances? Dream on in the Age of Trump!
OpEdNews
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July 7, 2025
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. These days, don't you sometimes feel like you're no longer in the world you always knew, but in a science-fiction version of...
Science Bucks County Courier Times July 2025’s Buck Moon is coming soon; when is the next full moon?
Yahoo News
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Eclipses, meteor showers and opportunities for planet viewing are among the feast of astronomical events to come this summer. July's full moon is next on the list. Like other full moons throughout the year, July's has a nickname, the "Buck Moon,"...
Scientists discover microplastics in human semen, follicular fluid
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Microplastics are polymer fragments that range in size Photo: AFP/BEN STANSALL Scientists have detected microplastics - the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living...
OP-ED | When Bad Media Is Louder Than Good Science
CT News Junkie - Connecticut
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July 4, 2025
Before the application of diquat dibromide, and after When the noise of social media drowns out science, the environment suffers. And that is exactly what’s happening in Connecticut right now. Rapper and social media influencer Chris Webby is...
Study: Rx Delayed in Half of US Children With Vitiligo
Medscape
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TOPLINE: In a US real-world analysis, only 51.5% of children with vitiligo received any treatment within 2 years of diagnosis, less often than adults. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data from the TriNetX US Collaborative Network of patients...
Months after layoffs, Education Department employees remain on the federal payroll
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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More than three months after the US Department of Education initiated sweeping layoffs of more than one-quarter of its workforce, most remain on the payroll but unable to work, according to Boston-based employees and the union that represents most...
Cool Boston's hottest neighborhoods with more white roofs and trees, study says
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Residents in Boston’s hottest neighborhoods could experience cooler summer temperatures if the city planted more trees and installed white roofs that reflect sunlight, according to a new study from Boston University. Researchers used summer...
INSAIT to Launch Joint Programme with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University is launching a joint programme with the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. The...
Matthew Hirst: Building a global energy software giant
BusinessCloud
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July 7, 2025
For a man who doesn’t seek publicity, Matthew Hirst has an uncanny knack of making headlines. He first gained prominence in 2014 when he successfully led a management buyout of energy technology provider Utiligroup from Bglobal plc with the...