Biological physics, or the physics of living systems, brings the physicist’s style of inquiry to bear on the beautiful phenomena of life. Our recent report present a vision for the next decade of biological physics, including key questions and recommendations about education, funding, and building a more inclusive community. To learn more, visit https://ow.ly/Fstn50T5056. #Biophysics #Biology #Physics
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"Astronomers have turned their eye towards the future following the US National Academies’ latest decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, which recommended a new generation of space telescopes." In an article for Physics World, Keith Cooper explores the past, present, and future of NASA's space telescopes. Cooper identifies key goals and recommendations from our decadal survey to showcase the importance of these "great observatories." Read at https://ow.ly/nMq750T4b8j. #Astronomy #Space #NASA
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Recent advances in facial recognition technology are outpacing current laws and regulations. Our new report provides recommendations for establishing safeguards to address rising concerns about equity, privacy, and civil liberties. "Facial recognition technology generates novel and complex legal challenges and raises a variety of distinct, unsettled legal questions," said Jennifer Mnookin, co-chair of the committee that wrote the report. "It is crucial that governments make tackling these issues a priority." To learn more, visit https://ow.ly/2JlX50T489I. #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Privacy
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An article from Issues in Science and Technology details how an interdisciplinary, international group of researchers used their diverse expertise and a tool for knowledge structuring to work out the mechanisms of COVID-19. "In early 2020, the mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 were unclear. What cells did the virus access? How did infection lead to excessive inflammation or respiratory failure? All of these questions had a core component: What were the biological pathways by which the virus caused disease?" To learn about their collaboration and findings, visit https://ow.ly/5tkg50T3mpM. #Research #Collaboration #COVID19
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Despite the ubiquity of plastics in modern society, plastics waste management in the United States remains underdeveloped, with less than 10 percent of plastics waste recycled annually. “There are isolated examples of successful plastics recycling in the U.S., but overall, there is ample opportunity for higher levels of collection, reprocessing, and reuse of plastics,” said David Dzombak, chair of the committee that wrote a recent Transportation Research Board report on plastics waste. The report provides recommendations to better manage plastics waste by expanding and standardizing waste collection, increasing recycling, and exploring new applications for plastics waste in infrastructure. To learn more about the report, visit https://ow.ly/WLUA50T2Zgf. #PlasticsRecycling #PlasticWaste #Plastics
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In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. Michael Turner and Dr. Maria Spiropulu — co-chairs of our upcoming study on elementary particle physics — discussed the important questions in elementary particle physics and how our study plans to address them. "I feel like things have never been more exciting in particle physics, in terms of the opportunities to understand space and time, matter and energy, and the fundamental particles — if they are even particles," said Dr. Turner. Read at https://ow.ly/VvtB50T2jJ2. #ParticlePhysics #QuantumPhysics #Physics
Where is Physics Headed (and How Soon Do We Get There)? (Published 2023)
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A recent National Academies report says that the United States has made little progress in advancing health care equity over the past two decades, and racial and ethnic inequities remain a fundamental flaw for the nation’s health care system. The report documents the numerous and pervasive inequities in U.S. health care while also providing recommendations to help remedy these inequities. “Eliminating health care inequities is an achievable and feasible goal, and improving the health of individuals in the nation’s most disadvantaged communities improves the quality of care for everyone,” says report committee co-chair Georges C. Benjamin. To learn more about the report, visit https://ow.ly/esee50T22tj. #HealthEquity #HealthDisparities #SDOH #HealthCare
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Smartphone technology has transformed children’s relationship with the internet in the past 15 years, and mental health among young people has declined over the same time period. Our new report concludes that social media has the potential to both harm and benefit adolescent health, and provides recommendations for how stakeholders can work to minimize social media's negative impacts on children and maximize positive effects. “Many of our children have grown up using social media, and the impact of social media use on adolescent health is something that parents, doctors, teachers, and adolescents themselves are concerned about,” said Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine. “Now is the time for research to help answer this pressing question and inform ongoing public policy debates about social media.” To learn more, visit https://ow.ly/rzqA50T1qmX. #SocialMedia #ChildHealth #ChildrensMentalHealth #Pediatrics
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National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine member Anne Case coined the term "deaths of despair" to refer to the rise in self-inflicted deaths by drugs, alcohol, and suicide among working-class Americans in recent decades. "As we analyzed them, the patterns we saw in each of these causes of death — when it came to the relationship with education, with sex, with race — were quite similar. These deaths are concentrated in Americans without college degrees." In an interview with Issues in Science and Technology, Case discussed the economic and social forces driving deaths of despair, the ways that current policy initiatives might affect working-class Americans, and how the United States could start to stem the loss of jobs and generate meaningful paths forward for more of its workers. Read the interview at https://ow.ly/Txji50T1m7O. #MentalHealth #Economics #EconomicDevelopment
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A recent National Academies report says that although the United States has made early progress towards decarbonization, there are still more challenges to overcome. "For whatever reason, the current policies don't go as far as they need to go," says the report's lead author Stephen Pacala in a new piece from NPR. The article provides an overview of key takeaways from our report with a focus on equity considerations. Read at https://ow.ly/LCk450SYGHz. #EnergyTransition #NetZero #Decarbonization #ClimateChange
Major U.S. science group lays out a path to smooth the energy transition
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