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  • Ten years after Fukushima: could new fuels make nuclear power safer?

    February 23, 2021 |

    Physics World |

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    Response Location: United States, Urbana, Illinois

    After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, scientists are looking for ways to ensure the future of nuclear power is safer. One possibility is improving the protective barrier that surrounds the fuel pellets. They coated the fuel road with chromium and in tests, the new coatings performed well. However, modeling suggests that the chromium-coating might not provide enough time to stabilize a power plant during a meltdown. Still, these materials have started to appear in commercial nuclear reactors and could help reduce fuel waste and save money.

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  • Les artistes mettent le cirque dans les vitrines

    February 23, 2021 |

    Café Babel |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Bruxelles

    En pleine crise sanitaire, cette initiative permet à une vingtaine de circassiens de se produire derrière les vitrines des bars et des restaurants fermés de la capitale belge.

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  • How Vermont's Energy Efficiency Utility Is Helping Businesses Sweat the Small Stuff

    February 23, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Bennington, Vermont

    To make their restaurant more energy efficient and to cut its carbon footprint, The Publyk House utilized the services of Efficiency Vermont, a publicly funded energy efficiency utility. As part of their Deep Energy Retrofit program, the utility helped install insulation, LED lighting, and high-efficiency appliances at the restaurant, allowing them to save 50 percent on energy in two years. Since the start of the program, 10 businesses have been able to cut their energy consumption in half.

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  • City governments in Kansas didn't launch the tech revolution. But they're embracing it

    February 23, 2021 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    City websites have embraced technology, allowing residents to pay bills, request permits, and attend council or commission meetings online. The shift, which was accelerated by the pandemic, also made the websites crucial information hubs, informing residents about everything from tax increases to street closings. The shift increased efficiency, for example decreasing in-person visits to City Hall, reporting problems like potholes any time, and officials are fielding fewer calls because information is readily accessible. Conducting business online also led to greater transparency into city business.

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  • Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts

    February 23, 2021 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    The Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration initiative (SOAR), coordinated by the Pew Charitable Trusts, The Nature Conservancy, and various state agencies, NGOs, and universities, spent millions buying oysters from 100 farms in seven states to put back into the oceans for reef restoration. Working in areas that already have reef monitoring programs, SOAR is supporting 20 reef restoration projects to create habitat for more oysters and other marine species, clean the water, and mitigate coastal flooding. SOAR also helped mitigate potential losses for shellfish farmers due to COVID-19.

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  • « Ecole des maris », « Club des garçons » : ces initiatives inspirantes qui impactent

    February 23, 2021 |

    TogoTopNews |

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    Response Location: Togo, Kpéyédji

    Grâce à la formation et la sensibilisation des garçons et des hommes aux question de plannification familliale, le Togo voit une hausse d'utilisation de moyens de contraception et une amélioration des relations familliales.

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  • How Food Changed the Course of the #EndSARS Protests in Nigeria

    February 23, 2021 |

    Life & Thyme |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    During Nigerians' protests against the brutality of the Nigerian Police Force's Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a single tweet for donations to feed protesters grew into a movement that sustained the protests both physically and emotionally, while also giving supporters a way to connect to the protests. As the food network grew more elaborate, it inspired Project F.E.E.D: Lagos, a network of soup kitchens that extended beyond the government's brutal crackdown on the EndSARS protests. “In a country characterized by a lot of lack, food became the one thing that was abundant during these protests."

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  • How 5 universities tried to handle COVID-19 on campus

    February 23, 2021 |

    Science News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universities are breeding grounds for COVID-19. In August and September they had to figure out the best way to test, control, and contain a virus on campus. Across the country universities launched a plethora of methods: weekly testing, staggered testing, training student health ambassadors, and even a community court. This article highlights the endeavors of 5 universities.

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  • Beaver believers: Native Americans promote resurgence of 'nature's engineers'

    February 23, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulalip, Washington

    While beavers might seem like a nuisance to many, the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state — after a long legal battle — are relocating the creatures to their lands as a way to create healthy ecosystems. The tribe has spent two years successfully capturing beavers from private lands and moving them with help from the Cascade Forest Conservancy. Their work could become a model for other tribes as a way to reclaim their land management methods.

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  • Tackling sport's concussion problem

    February 23, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States

    To prevent concussions during sports, some conferences are changing rules, while others are turning to technology to create new kinds of helmets and mouth guards that do a better job at protecting the brain. The innovations thus far have shown success at protecting the wearer from injury, but they do have to be fitted precisely to work the best.

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