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Global ecosystem water use efficiency has stalled since 2001

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

Increases in global ecosystem water use efficiency – the ratio between carbon assimilation to water evapotranspiration – have stalled since 2001 due to a rising vapor pressure deficit, according to a new study.

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Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires increase by 60 percent

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal forests.

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2024 Day of Service and Remembrance Administrator Statement: Commemorating 23 years since September 11th, 2001

NIOSH Science Blog: Drugs

Today as a nation, we reflect on the events of September 11, 2001. It was a day of tragic national and personal loss, but also a day that displayed the strength and courage of those who were there.

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Head Injury Left Her Memory-Impaired. A New Brain Implant Has Brought Memory Back

Drugs.com

4, 2023 -- Gina Arata had a bright future, wrapping up college and preparing for law school, when a 2001 car wreck left her with lasting brain damage. MONDAY, Dec. After her recovery, Arata wound up taking a job sorting mail, but struggled even in.

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Clearing Up Myths About Older Workers While Understanding and Supporting an Aging Workforce

NIOSH Science Blog: Drugs

2 In 2001, only about 1 out of every 7 U.S. The center encourages workplaces to integrate workers of all ages, and it gives useful resources on age-related issues for businesses and industries. Why It Matters Trends in population aging1 are expected to profoundly affect the workforce for years to come.2

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The Gulf Stream is warming and shifting closer to shore

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The study relies on over 25,000 temperature and salinity profiles collected between 2001 and 2023. A new study now documents that over the past 20 years, the Gulf Stream has warmed faster than the global ocean as a whole and has shifted towards the coast.

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Medicinal Chemistry In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

LifeSciVC

In 2001, I was at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, one of the major players in the nascent field of genomics drug discovery, and that time has strong parallels to the changing state of drug development today. In fact, the Millennium of 2001 (pre-Takeda acquisition) had one drug approved which was Velcade (bortezomib).