Philippine fishermen struggle as oil spill keeps them ashore
A crab covered in oil creeps across the sand as Philippine fishermen wearing white protective suits, rubber gloves, and respirator masks scrape toxic sludge from the rocks along the shore......»»
Stripped of power, Missouri health depts abandon COVID health measures
Health officials struggle to understand a court ruling the state AG refuses to appeal. Enlarge / Eric Schmitt, Missouri attorney general. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise sharply in Misso.....»»
Missouri tells health depts to “stop enforcing and publicizing” COVID measures
Health officials struggle to understand a court ruling the state AG refuses to appeal. Enlarge / Eric Schmitt, Missouri Attorney General. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise sharply in Misso.....»»
Researchers study hedge fund model for complex societal problems
A hedge fund designed to pool money together for the public good could tackle a niche of problems that governments, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies all struggle with solving, according to Penn State researchers......»»
Effective Strategies to Build a Robust MLOps Platform
As businesses see value in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies, their adoption is gathering pace leading to new challenges. With a plethora of AI and ML options to choose from, organizations struggle to compose a tool.....»»
Startup carmakers struggle with production
EV commercialization and mass production have led to the formation of a new EV supply chain with startup carmakers in China, Europe, and the US hoping to copy Tesla's EV success. In the coming decades, suppliers, carmakers, and tech firms are expecte.....»»
Coping with schizophrenia, when emotions can be too much
Psychologists have revealed a surprising finding that could help those who struggle with schizophrenia: While people with the illness tend to manage low-level negative emotions, they struggle to do so as those negative emotions increase......»»
Study outlines challenges to ongoing clean-up of burnt and unburnt nurdles along Sri Lanka"s coastline
When a fire broke out on the deck of the M/V XPress Pearl cargo ship on May 20, 2021, an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, spilled into the ocean and along the Sri Lankan coastline. That spill of abo.....»»
A long road ahead to recovery from Huntington Beach oil spill
An oil sheen spotted off Huntington Beach last weekend served as a potent reminder of how long it will take Southern California to untangle the legal, regulatory and environmental fallout of an October pipeline spill that released an estimated 25,000.....»»
Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises
Last summer, some 190 dead porpoises washed ashore on the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands within just ten days. A remarkably high number, considering the annual average of about 600 stranded porpoises on the entire Dutch coast. During the past few months, r.....»»
Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet
A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught on film for the first time......»»
What"s Behind the Explosion of Low-Code and No-Code Applications
Companies are turning to low-code/no-code platforms as they struggle to find skilled developers. But there are other reasons for the growth. Continue reading........»»
How smart tech is supporting smallholders in South Africa
Small farms in Africa struggle to compete with commercial agriculture - can new platforms help?.....»»
Mexican auto workers struggle amid chip shortage
Plant shutdowns have translated into lost wages for tens of thousands of workers across Mexico due to furloughs and layoffs......»»
Improve recycling compliance by using this technique in public service announcements
A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from recycling, according to the results of a University at.....»»
Why COP26 agreement will struggle to reverse global forest loss by 2030
More than 100 world leaders meeting at COP26—the UN climate summit in Glasgow—have committed to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030......»»
Video: Is bacteria the future of oil spill and radioactive waste cleanup?
The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released millions of tons of oil into the ocean. As governments and the oil industry were trying to clean up the disaster, bacteria were already hard at work......»»
California lawmakers call for changes after Orange County oil spill
Weeks after a massive oil spill marred the Orange County coast with significant environmental and economic damage, state lawmakers met in Sacramento on Thursday to demand that those responsible "be held accountable," with one legislator calling for a.....»»
Promising-looking SETI signal turns out to be of human origin
Space junk may look like a supernova as SETI researchers struggle with a signal. Enlarge / Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth aside from the Sun. (credit: ESA, Hubble, and NASA) Modern human society has been making it.....»»
Global report: "Generation Lockdown" needs targeted help-to-work policies
Nations the world over are guilty of "policy inertia" when it comes to supporting young people who lost work or will struggle to enter the labor market as a result of the pandemic, according to new University of Cambridge research......»»
FBI joins investigation of Orange County oil spill
The FBI has joined the investigation into the oil spill that dumped thousands of gallons of crude off the coast of Orange County to determine whether any criminal violations occurred, the agency announced Thursday......»»