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  • It’ll Take Effort, Not Hype, to Finally Achieve the Hydrogen Future

    Hydrogen could help decarbonize sectors including long-haul transportation, ammonia manufacturing, steel making and other industrial processes, commonly by replacing metallurgical coal and natural gas. But transitioning to hydrogen is not easy.

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  • Two-Way Water Transfers Can Ensure Reliability, Save Money for Urban and Agricultural Users During Drought in Western U.S.

    Researchers offer a solution — two-way leasing contracts — to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water users in Western U.S. states.

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  • How Mining and Renewable Energy Go Hand in Hand on the Road to Net Zero

    More, not less, mining will be needed in the future to help achieve the goal of net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. A UNSW expert explains why mining will be vital to help renewable energy technologies flourish and to achieve greenhouse gas emission targets.

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  • Calls Grow for Sustainable Governance as Groundwater Resources Become Scarce

    The depletion of groundwater resources, driven by unsustainable agricultural practices and increasing demands for food production, is a pressing issue, and it  underscores the urgent need for sustainable groundwater governance.

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  • The Energy Transition Is Affecting Attitudes Towards Mining

    A survey finds the growing demand for critical minerals to support renewable energy is increasing public acceptance of mining in Australia. It also highlights that trust is a precious commodity.

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  • Delay and Pay: Tipping Point Costs Quadruple After Waiting

    There’s more to weigh than catastrophic environmental change as tipping points draw near. Another point to consider, a new study reveals, is the cost of undoing the damage.

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  • Nuclear Is Here ... and Here and Here

    The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) helped start the nuclear age more than 80 years ago, and it remains at the forefront of nuclear research. The lab is also actively involved in promoting east Tennessee’s nuclear industry and consulting with nuclear businesses that move into the area.

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  • Extensive Review of Champlain Towers Collapse Completed

    A NIST team completed its extensive review, measurement and testing of critical building evidence extracted from the site of the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida.

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  • Maintaining Bridge Safety: Digital Sensing-Based Monitoring System

    Bridge maintenance monitoring technology is applied to long-span bridges such as cable-stayed bridges and suspension bridges. This monitoring system consumes a lot of resources for design and installation, and the system configuration itself is complex, so there are limits to its application for maintenance of small- and medium-sized bridges. This is bout to change.

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  • Assessing Small Modular Reactor Applications to Rebuild a Clean Economy in Post-War Ukraine 

    Building on a decades-long partnership, the Argonne National Laboratory will play a leading role in planning and rebuilding the nuclear-generated clean energy infrastructure in post-war Ukraine.

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  • Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid

    Current plans to achieve zero emissions on the grid by 2050 vastly underestimate the required investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The reason: these plans do not account for climate change’s impacts on water resources.

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  • New AI Tool Generates Realistic Satellite Images of Future Flooding

    Visualizing the potential impacts of a hurricane on people’s homes before it hits can help residents prepare and decide whether to evacuate. The method could help communities better prepare for approaching storms.

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  • Chinese Vessel Suspected of Severing Submarine Cables Still Anchored in Baltic Sea

    European allies in the Baltic region are investigating how two fiber-optic data cables were severed earlier this week, with suspicion falling on a Chinese vessel in the area. Germany has said the incident was clearly sabotage.

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  • Despite Back-to-Back Deals on Water from Mexico, Relief for South Texas Farmers Is Far from Certain

    Texas agreed to take 120,000 acre-feet of water from Mexico this month, only after the U.S. and Mexico agreed to an updated treaty.

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  • Downsides of China’s Port Investments Go Beyond Immediate Security Risks

    Chinese companies own or operate at least one port on every continent. These investments present more than immediate security concerns; they position China to fully exploit the economic potential of ports at the expense of other countries.

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More headlines

  • Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size
  • AI's thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright
  • CISA advisory committee approves four draft reports on critical infrastructure resilience
  • Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
  • Researchers propose hydrogen storage using existing infrastructure in lakes and reservoirs
  • DHS warns of escalating threats to US critical infrastructure in 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment
  • US wastewater tests show bird flu virus limited to areas with farm animals
  • Potential China Threats to U.S. Port Infrastructure Security: House Homeland Security Committee
  • China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the next battleground with the U.S.
  • Is the nation’s water supply safe from attack?
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • Virtual Models Paving the Way for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

    Computer models predict how reactors will behave, helping operators make decisions in real time. The digital twin technology using graph-neural networks may boost nuclear reactor efficiency and reliability.

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