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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

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Researchers Identify Conditions for Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity

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Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the Medieval Climate Anomaly about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a “perfect storm” of La Niña-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. Michael Mann.

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Tesla submerges Powerwall 3 in water amidst larger advertising efforts

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In a brief advertisement video shared on YouTube earlier this month, Tesla showed a demonstration of the recently released Powerwall 3 submerged in water and still powering appliances, noting that it can continue to operate in more than two feet of water.

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Learning to Surf, 200 Miles From the Nearest Ocean

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I’d traveled to the two-acre wave pool at Waco Surf , a water sports complex in Waco, Texas, chasing an unfulfilled childhood dream. Mr. Irvine and another instructor, Pablo Olivo, a friendly 26-year old from Puerto Rico, took turns pushing us into the waves while the other guided the flow of surfboard traffic.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

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We didn’t text photos to friends and family in far colder climates back home. She added that FTLO’s phone-free trips this year, which start at $1,699 and also head to Iceland, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, are in strong demand. But we didn’t capture any of this on our phones. No TikToks either.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

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Macroalgae can be utilized as a feedstock for domestic transportation fuels, chemicals and other commercial products without competing with food crops for land and water. The system is anticipated to be suitable for diverse “attached-growth” seaweeds and scalable across multiple temperate climate regions.

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