Imperial Valley News Center
New technique could make cement manufacturing carbon-neutral
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- Written by Shaun Mason
Los Angeles, California - Concrete surrounds us in our cities and stretches across the land in a vast network of highways. It’s so ubiquitous that most of us take it for granted, but many aren’t aware that concrete’s key ingredient, ordinary portland cement, is a major producer of greenhouse gases.
Physicists determine the three-dimensional positions of individual atoms for the first time
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- Written by Katherine Kornei
Los Angeles, California - Atoms are the building blocks of all matter on Earth, and the patterns in which they are arranged dictate how strong, conductive or flexible a material will be. Now, scientists at UCLA have used a powerful microscope to image the three-dimensional positions of individual atoms to a precision of 19 trillionths of a meter, which is several times smaller than a hydrogen atom.
Scientists to Bypass Brain Damage by Re-Encoding Memories
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- Written by Robert Perkins
Los Angeles, California - Researchers at USC and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a brain prosthesis that is designed to help individuals suffering from memory loss.
Fukushima Disaster Was Preventable
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- Written by Robert Perkins
Los Angeles, California - The worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown never should have happened, according to a new study.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Over $2 Million in Grants to Fight Methamphetamine and Gang Activity in California
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Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice has been awarded over two million dollars in federal grants to fight gang activity and the manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine throughout the state. The grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office.
California Winners of the 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award
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Sacramento, California - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today congratulated 29 California public and four private schools that are being recognized as 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools.
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