Supporting Women in Ocean Sciences The National Science Foundation (NSF) is committed to supporting women in ocean sciences. The agency has a number of programs and initiatives that are designed to increase the participation of women in this field. One of the most important of these programs is the ADVANCE program. ADVANCE is a national … Read more
Lead Pollution in a Remote Tibetan Glacier Reveals Far-Reaching Human Activities A new study has found that lead pollution has reached even the most remote parts of the world, including a glacier in Tibet. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, found that the lead pollution in the Tibetan glacier is likely … Read more
Sounding the Alarm: Fire’s Speed Is More Threatening Than Its Size Rapidly Rising on NSF A growing body of research is highlighting the critical importance of understanding the speed at which wildfires spread, as it poses a greater threat to communities and ecosystems than previously recognized. This emerging field of study is rapidly gaining attention … Read more
I cannot find any evidence of an “Orange Blue Moon” rising on NASA. An Orange Blue Moon The AI has provided us with the news. I’ve asked Google Gemini the following question, and here’s its response. Please search for “An Orange Blue Moon” which is rapidly rising on NASA and explain in detail. Answers should … Read more
An Orange “Blue Moon” On August 22, 2023, a rare celestial event will occur: an orange “Blue Moon.” This phenomenon combines two distinct astronomical occurrences: Blue Moon: A “Blue Moon” refers to the second full moon in a single calendar month. Typically, each month has only one full moon, but occasionally a second full moon … Read more
NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract Rapidly Rising on NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a contract to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop and build a suite of solar wind plasma sensors for the agency’s next-generation weather satellite system. The Solar Wind Plasma Sensors (SWPS) … Read more
Sols 4341-4342: A Bumpy Road NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently driving across a region of Mount Sharp called Gediz Vallis. This valley was carved by an ancient stream, and the rover team is hoping to find evidence of past water activity in the area. On Sols 4341 and 4342 (June 20 and 21, 2023), Curiosity … Read more
Sinister Solar System NASA’s Discovery of a Potential Threat to Earth NASA has recently made a groundbreaking discovery that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community. Astronomers have identified a sinister solar system located just 100 light-years from Earth. This system, designated as TRAPPIST-1e, harbors seven Earth-sized planets, three of which are within the habitable … Read more
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with U & I Financial Corp. and UniBank On August 25, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it had issued an enforcement action against U & I Financial Corp. (U & I) and its subsidiary, UniBank (collectively, the “Company”). The action was taken in response to the Company’s … Read more
FEDS Paper: Quasi Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference of Large Approximate Dynamic Factor Models via the EM Algorithm Abstract This paper presents a new estimation and inference method for large approximate dynamic factor models (ADFMs) using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm. The proposed method, called quasi maximum likelihood (QML) estimation, is based on a reformulation of … Read more