Streamed live on May 19, 2023

 A research team from the University of Cambridge, working with colleagues from  Austria, have discovered a potential new method for making high-performance rare-earth-element magnets, Tetrataenite, used in wind turbines and electric cars without the need for rare earth elements.

As long as fossil fuels are used in energy power plants, vehicles, heating and ac for buildings, sequestration efforts will never successfully reduce CO₂ emissions enough to reverse pollution health damage.

A study analysis by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA makes the case for complete replacement of all fossil fuel use is the only solution to both emssions reduction and substantial social cost.

The 10 Nanovation Competition finalists teams from middle and high schools presented their technical projects in the final competition at California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA.

The final presentations culminate the teams' product development and marketing strategies whom are assisted by mentors from the UCLA graduate student program.

A jury of UCLA professors and Los Angeles business professionals will select the top 3 winning teams.
The winners will be awarded science classroom supplies in the following amounts:

YUCK! blurts out from your mouth; same thing most children blurt out when trying fish or onions for the very first time. But you know the adage "Don't knock it until you try it!" and I have news for you: kids are known to eat bugs. I certainly did, I'm sure you have too. Now on to the meat of the matter. 

Watch a live virtual conversation about Jane Goodall's career and latest project, “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times.”  Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, will be conversing with Dorany Pineda from the Los Angeles Times Book Club on February 25, 2022.

Chief Scientist at the Climate Institute in Washington DC and current Environmental Research Advocates Board Member Michael MacCracken's primary focus study to reduce precursors to tropospheric ozone will have an ancillary assist with the launch of MethaneSAT.   

Now that a huge crack has formed in Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier, life on earth may experience a little short on breath.

Jane Goodall Lecture Highlights at New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA