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Science Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 3 items )  

American Geosciences Institute: Initiative Supporting Newcomers to Earth Science Teaching Accepting Applications
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 16 -- The American Geosciences Institute issued the following news release: At a time when knowledge of the Earth is increasingly important, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), in collaboration with ExxonMobil, is excited to announce the opening of applications for the 2024 Geoscience and STEM Teaching and Learning Academy (TLA). This program is specifically designed to support K-8 educators who are new to teaching earth sciences and are seeking to enhance thei  more

Nobel Laureate Honored at CSHL Chemistry Symposium
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 16 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news on April 15, 2024: Pharmaceutical companies need to make drugs quickly. They need to produce chemical compounds in large amounts. And they need these compounds to have as few harmful side effects as possible. But in reality, many chemical reactions are imperfect and inefficient. Click chemistry is a revolutionary process that allows scientists to cleanly and quickly uncover more sustainable sou  more

Statement by Luiz Rocha, Curator of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, on Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 16 -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following statement on April 15, 2024, by Luiz Rocha, co-director of the Hope for Reefs Initiative: * * * The world is currently experiencing its fourth global coral bleaching event, and the second in the last 10 years, according to scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Coral Reef Initiative. A global bleaching event means that bleaching has been confi  more