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UrduUniversity of Utah geoscientists successfully nominated the Henry Mountains, Coyote Buttes and Great Salt Lake to international union’s list of the top geoheritage sites, “the world’s best demonstrations of geologic features and processes.”
Tag: Arizona
New FAU and Mainstreet Poll Shows Battleground States Nevada and Arizona Too Close to Call
With the 2024 election cycle fast approaching, new polling data from Nevada and Arizona reveal a deeply engaged and starkly divided electorate in these pivotal battleground states.
Arizona Senate Votes to Repeal Near-Total Abortion Ban
Law Sonia Suter is a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and founding director of the Health Law Initiative. She is an expert on issues at the intersection of law, medicine, and bioethics, with a particular…
GW Expert: Self-Driving Taxi Service Waymo Expands into Two California Cities
Waymo, Alphabet’s robotaxi service, is now expanding service into Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area after California state regulators gave the autonomous vehicles the green light. According to Quartz, the decision “will be Waymo’s biggest test since it first…
Observatorio Nacional Kitt Peak reinicia visitas del público
A partir del viernes 22 de septiembre, el Observatorio Nacional de Kitt Peak comenzará un programa de reapertura limitada para dar la bienvenida al público que podrá visitar sus instalaciones, luego de más de tres años de cierre como resultado de la pandemia de COVID-19 y del incendio Contreras. La histórica cima de KPNO dará la bienvenida a los visitantes para que disfruten de sus visitas guiadas diurnas y de los programas de observación nocturna.
Kitt Peak National Observatory Will Host Soft Reopening 22 September
Kitt Peak National Observatory will begin a limited reopening program to welcome the public through its doors and domes starting Friday 22 September.
Mark Your Calendars for the 2023 AANEM Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona
American Association of Neuromuscular &
Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) is excited to announce the 2023 AANEM Annual
Meeting, which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge from
Wednesday, November 1 to Saturday, November 4, 2023. Association President, Robert W.
Irwin, MD, has chosen the plenary topic to be: Disability and NMDs: The Whole Enchilada.
Water Policy, Agriculture, Climate and Hydrology Experts Available for Insight
Arizona State University has an extensive roster of water policy, agriculture, climate and hydrology experts who can provide insight on the forthcoming Colorado River water cuts to be announced by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation around August 15. Expert profiles,…
Johns Hopkins Expert Available to Discuss Heat Wave in U.S. West
As triple-digit temperatures scorch millions in California and the Desert West, stoking wildfires and exacerbating drought conditions, Johns Hopkins experts can discuss the environmental and health impacts of the heat wave, and how officials can better prepare for the rest…
Scientists identify large swath of potential habitat for up to 150 jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico
A team of scientists have identified a wide swath of habitat in Arizona and New Mexico that they say could eventually support more than 150 jaguars.
How Rocks Rusted on Earth and Turned Red
How did rocks rust on Earth and turn red? A Rutgers-led study has shed new light on the important phenomenon and will help address questions about the Late Triassic climate more than 200 million years ago, when greenhouse gas levels were high enough to be a model for what our planet may be like in the future.
NEW: Youth vote up significantly in 2020; young people of color pivotal
Presidential election turnout among young people ages 18-29 reached 52-55%, significantly higher than the 45-48% turnout of 2016, according to a new youth turnout estimate released today from CIRCLE at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
Arizona State University researchers awarded $4.7M by NIH to expand COVID-19 testing in underserved Arizona communities
In Arizona, as in other parts of the country, data shows that COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the American Indian, African American and Latinx communities, as well as other vulnerable populations. A $4.7 million grant from the National Institute of Health to ASU’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) is on the way to help address this by funding a rapid and large-scale increase in COVID-19 testing of underserved communities across Arizona.
COVID-19: How South Korea Prevailed While the U.S. Failed
In a commentary, researchers demonstrate the stark differences in public health strategies from two democratic republics: South Korea and the United States, which have led to alarming differences in cases and deaths from COVID-19. After adjusting for the 6.5 fold differences in populations, the U.S. has suffered 47 times more cases and 79 times more deaths than South Korea.
DESI Team Prepares for Telescope Instrument’s Restart after Unexpected Shutdown
Despite a temporary shutdown of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona – which was in its final stages of testing in preparation to begin mapping millions of galaxies in 3D when the pandemic struck – a variety of project tasks are still moving forward.