With more than half its population lacking access to energy, Nigeria still wastes gas
a major source of energy. The communities where the gas is flared are also bereft of any form of protection and empowerment. The
stories of these women point to what would have been if only the government would add a smidgen of grit to its promise to turn wasted gas into money. ABIOSE ADELAJA ADAMS reports on the plight of women who use heat from gas flaring sites to dry tapioca.
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Inside Eruemukohwarien, a community that is home to Ughelli East Gas Plant, it is always hot and bright. The residents don’t know the difference between the coolness of the night and the heat of the day, as raging flames have rolled out, noisily, non-stop, every day for the last 55 years.
Dr. Luca Lanzano Wins 2021 Honor
HORIBA Scientific, a world leader in fluorescence spectroscopy solutions, presented Dr. Luca Lanzano with the annual Young Fluorescence Investigator Award at the virtual Biophysical Society virtual event. Dr. Lanzano is an Associate Professor of Applied Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy ‘E.Majorana,’ at the University of Catania in Catania, Italy. The winner was selected by the Biological Fluorescence Subgroup of the Biophysical Society.
Along with the recognition, HORIBA presented a $1000 check to Dr. Lanzano and a crystal award.
Since March 2020, Dr. Lanzano has been an Associate Professor of Applied Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania. He worked as a Post-Doctoral fellow from 2008 to 2013 at the University of California at Irvine, in the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics. He developed fluorescence microscopy- and spectroscopy-based methods to measure protein dynamics and interac
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