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California Turning to AI to Manage Power Outages
Government Technology
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July 14, 2025
(TNS) — California’s statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage outages, MIT Technology Review has learned. “We wanted to modernize our grid operations. This fits in...
Weight loss jabs could be key to shrinking breast cancer tumours as scientists discover dual benefit
GB News
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July 14, 2025
A weight loss drug has been found to dramatically reduce breast cancer tumour growth while still achieving significant weight loss, new findings indicate. The research showed how increased fat loss can be connected to improved outcomes for cancer...
For California, a summer of discontent
The Daily Pilot - Calfornia
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July 15, 2025
California is having a bummer of a political summer. With the state under daily siege by the Trump administration, Los Angeles occupied by federal troops and our gallivanting governor busy running for president, is it really any surprise? A recent...
Commentary: How crowdfunding brought a new wind technology to market
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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July 13, 2025
A California company, Wind Harvest, is in high gear to change the dynamics of wind energy and to vastly improve the economics of wind farms. But the company wouldn’t be marketing to utilities and wind farm operators today if it hadn’t used...
Neil Shubin nominated as next president of National Academy of Sciences
U Chicago News - Illinois
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University of Chicago Prof. Neil Shubin has been nominated to serve as the next president of the National Academy of Sciences, an organization that addresses some of most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. The Council of the National...
Senator Scott Wiener: California and AI
Capitol Weekly - California
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July 14, 2025
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: On July 8, Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented California and AI, a daylong look at the Golden State’s approach to regulating Artificial Intelligence. California is a global...
UC Irvine researchers discover new drug compounds to halt tumor growth
Central OC Times - California
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July 14, 2025
University of California, Irvine scientists have identified a class of drug compounds that could lead to more effective treatments for aggressive cancers and chronic skin conditions. The research, published in the journal iScience, reveals that...
UC Irvine researchers find exoplanets may be larger than believed
Central OC Times - California
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July 14, 2025
In recent research, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine have revealed that over 200 known exoplanets may be larger than previously estimated. This discovery could significantly alter which distant planets are considered potential...
Iowan Whitson and Ax-4 splashdown off southern California
Radio Iowa
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July 15, 2025
by Matt Kelley | Jul 15, 2025 The Ax-4 capsule' and main parachutes, seen through a night vision camera, moments before splashdown. (SpaceX image) The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson and her three crewmates on...
Story Science & Exploration Watch live: Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski returns to Earth 11/07/2025 3257 views 23 likes Read
ESA
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Science & Exploration 11/07/2025 3197 views 23 likes In brief Tune in on Tuesday, 15 July, from 09:30 BST (10:30 CEST) to watch ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski return to Earth, bringing the Ignis mission to a close after nearly...
Is AI rewiring our minds? Scientists probe cognitive cost of chatbots
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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July 15, 2025
In our daily lives, the use of artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT is obvious. Students employ them to churn out term papers. Office workers ask them to organize calendars and help write reports. Parents prompt them to create...
Sierra View celebrates 9th Lab Scientist graduate
The Porterville Recorder - California
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Sierra View Medical Center is proud to celebrate the graduation of Michelle Vasquez, the newest Clinical Laboratory Scientist, CLS, program graduate. Vasquez is the ninth trainee to successfully complete the CLS Training Program through the...
Climate scientists urge others to take up CO2 tracking as US cuts loom
New Scientist
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July 15, 2025
Carbon dioxide measurements at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii could be halted by US spending cuts NOAA Scientific agencies in other countries must prepare to take over as much of the key carbon dioxide monitoring services currently carried out by...
Valvoline Instant Oil Change℠ supports cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Autochannel
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64 Valvoline Instant Oil Change℠ locations in New England are participating in "A Chance for Kids & Families®" program for the 12th consecutive year to raise money for Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund BOSTON, July 14, 2025 -- Valvoline Instant Oil...
HELOC, Servicing, AI Fee Research Tools; Webinars and Training; Anti-Poaching Interview
Mortgage News Daily
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July 14, 2025
HELOC, Servicing, AI Fee Research Tools; Webinars and Training; Anti-Poaching Interview In news for fans of the wholesale lending channel (more below), heading into the baseball All Star Break the Philadelphia Phillies, owned in part by Freedom...
Via the False Claims Act, NIH Puts Universities and Their Researchers on Edge
Tu Salud
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July 14, 2025
Earlier this year, a biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan received an update from the National Institutes of Health. The federal agency, which funds a large swath of the country’s medical science, had given the greenlight to begin...
Lawsuit Schmawsuit: School Districts Spending Like Drunken Sailors with California’s $3 Billion ‘Play Budget’
California Globe
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July 15, 2025
The headline does not imply anything against drunken sailors. I once drank with US sailors at a bar called Scotties in Hong Kong, thanking them for their service in Desert Storm. From what I can remember, money was spent irresponsibly. Beer does...
Revealed: The haunting truth behind the 'Battle of Los Angeles' that saw city 'attacked' for 2 hours
Daily Mail
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July 13, 2025
On February 24, 1942, Los Angeles erupted in chaos as anti-aircraft guns unleashed a barrage into the night sky, but a historian says there was nothing up there to hit. The so-called 'Battle of Los Angeles' took place just 11 weeks after the...
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return from space station
Oman Observer
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July 15, 2025
LOS ANGELES: NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson splashed down safely in the Pacific early on Tuesday after her fifth trip to the International Space Station, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary returning from their...
After the LA Wildfires: Lithium Batteries, Ash, and a Messy Rebuild
ACSH
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July 14, 2025
In Los Angeles, a second disaster started with the cleanup. Between exploding EV batteries, asbestos dumping, and a bureaucratic tug-of-war over six inches of soil, rebuilding has become its own kind of wildfire — slow, costly, and smoldering with...