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A half century ago, a scrappy crew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst erected a wind turbine on Orchard Hill, the highest point on campus. It was a frugal production, cobbled together from the rear axle of a Ford truck, a donated generator and microcontroller, a steam pipe, and various handcrafted steel and fiberglass parts, including its 4.5-meter blades. The team of UMass engineering grad students, faculty advisors, and one precocious undergrad built it to prove that wind energy could...
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The sky was a very dangerous place in the early days of commercial aviation. By flying into storms to learn how they worked, these experts made air travel and weather forecasting much more predictable...
Retraction Watch - 2 days 19 min agoTayor & Francis is investigating two papers about the weed killer Roundup following claims the articles were ghostwritten by the company that developed the herbicide. The review comes after an Elsevier journal last year retracted a paper about Roundup linked to court documents that revealed company employees wrote the article but were not named as … Continue reading Publisher investigating two more papers on glyphosate safety over ghostwriting claims...
The pandemic has left some evidence that viral infection may play a role in reawakening dormant cancer cells already present in a patient's body before infection.
Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 1 hour agoWe have a VACCINE against CANCER. For 20 years now! The first Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, was approved in June, 2006. Since then, the rate of cervical cancer has dropped by 62 percent in the United States. HPV also causes vulvar, vaginal, anal, and penile, tongue, and throat cancers, and the vaccine protects against […] The post The HPV Vaccine Is 20 Years Old. Let’s Celebrate! With Glitter. appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Water samples are assessed for pollution levels and any impact climate pressures may be having on the river system.
The project will allow volunteers to help defend red squirrels by monitoring footage remotely.
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