Douglas C. Webb, the founder of Teledyne Webb Research, North Falmouth, has received an honorary appointment to the position of Oceanographer Emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for his role in advancing knowledge of the Earthâs oceans.
Mr. Webbâs career has spanned more than half a century, starting when he moved to Woods Hole with his wife, Shirley F. Webb, in 1962.
WHOI Deputy Director and Vice President for Research Richard W. Murray announced his approval of Mr. Webbâs nomination in a letter last month, noting that he personally remembers reading one of Mr. Webbâs papers in the publication Science as a college student in the 1980s.
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NervGen Pharma Corp.: NervGen Pharma Establishes Alzheimer s Disease Scientific Advisory Board
Vancouver, British Columbia (Newsfile Corp. - January 26, 2021) -
NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSXV: NGEN) (OTCQX: NGENF) ( NervGen or the Company ), a biotech company dedicated to creating innovative solutions for the treatment of nerve damage and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the formation of its Alzheimer s Disease Scientific Advisory Board ( AD-SAB ) with the appointment of four world-class scientists and clinical researchers in Alzheimer s disease: Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD; George Perry, PhD; Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD; and Bruce Lamb, PhD. The AD-SAB will work closely with NervGen as the Company plans its upcoming preclinical studies and clinical trials and in the analyses of the results from these studies.
Air Pollution Levels Depend On Drizzle Rates
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Scripps Institution of Oceanography and international collaborators have shown that an improved representation of drizzle rates leads to more pollution in the atmosphere. The research appears in Nature Geoscience.
Atmospheric aerosols are of great climatic and environmental importance due to their effects on the Earth’s radiative energy balance and air quality. Aerosol concentrations are strongly influenced by rainfall through wet removal processes. In general, light rainfall is more effective at removing pollutants from the atmosphere than heavy rain. Global and regional climate models have been used to quantify potential impacts of aerosol concentrations on climate. However, most current climate models tend to produce too much light rain and too little heavy rain, which, in turn, underestimates the effects of aerosols on the climate.
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Tiny Particles that Seed Clouds Can Form from Trace Gases Over Open Sea
Understanding previously undocumented source of new particle formation will improve models of aerosols, clouds, and their impact on Earth s climate
January 22, 2021
Results from a study of clouds and aerosols conducted in the Azores revealed that new particles can seed the formation of clouds in the marine boundary layer the atmosphere up to about a kilometer above Earth s surface even over the open ocean, where the concentration of precursor gases was expected to be low.
Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.