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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…
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 begin a limited reopening program to welcome the public through its doors and domes starting Friday 22 September.
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.
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,…
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…
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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