Financial Firms May Have to Reveal their Climate Risk
U.S. regulators laid the groundwork last year to address the threats that climate change poses to the global financial system. This year could see those efforts bear fruit. Success will depend on how quickly agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission can finalize the climate-related policies they outlined in 2022, as well as the
A Valuable COVID Drug Doesn’t Work against New Variants
Current monoclonal antibodies fail against COVID virus variants, so drugmakers want to use a fast-track test for new onesA health care worker attaches an IV infusion to a patient’s hand during a monoclonal antibody treatment in the parking lot at Wayne Health’s Detroit Mack Health Center in Michigan on December 23, 2021. Credit: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAaron Glatt
Mighty Morphin’ Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape
A turtle-inspired robot can morph its legs to move from land to water and backSource: “Multi-Environment Robotic Transitions through Adaptive Morphogenesis,” by Robert Baines et al., in Nature, Vol. 619; October 13, 2022 (reference). Credit: Brown Bird DesignA new transforming turtle robot can explore treacherous regions where the land meets the sea—and may lead to
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: January 2023
Hydrogen power; alcohol from moss1923, 3-D MOVIES: “Many attempts have been made to produce stereoscopic motion pictures that have a third dimension, depth. The latest attempt is a simple electrical device through which an audience member views the screen. In the device, a very light, thin aluminum plate spins continually at a high rate. The
Readers Respond to the September 2022 Issue
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