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Washington Metro’s ‘Fleet of the Future’ Expo showcases new train cars

Washington Metro’s ‘Fleet of the Future’ Expo showcases new train cars

by Esther Frances | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Science + Technology, Transportation

WASHINGTON — The Washington Area Metro Transit Authority showcased their new 8000-series train and zero-emissions bus at the Fleet of the Future Expo on the National Mall. Attendees can walk through and explore the train and bus model, which highlight new...
Senators Explore AI in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

Senators Explore AI in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

by Haajrah Gilani | Jan 26, 2024 | Politics, Science + Technology, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — Detroit police used facial recognition technology to investigate an instance of stolen watches four years ago. The system matched a photograph from the store to the man they eventually arrested. Except he didn’t do it. The police department falsely...
German Leaders Promise That New Liquefied Gas Terminals Have a Green Future, but Clean Energy Experts Are Skeptical

German Leaders Promise That New Liquefied Gas Terminals Have a Green Future, but Clean Energy Experts Are Skeptical

by Christina van Waasbergen | Jun 7, 2023 | Energy, Environment, Featured, Science + Technology

WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany—In the steel-gray North Sea waters of the port of Wilhelmshaven floats an impressively long tanker, the German government’s answer to the nation’s energy crisis. The Höegh Esperanza, sprawling the length of three football fields, is what’s known...
Video: Harm reduction vending machines make Narcan more accessible without stigma

Video: Harm reduction vending machines make Narcan more accessible without stigma

by Pingping Yin | May 19, 2023 | Featured, Health, Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON — The opioid antidote Narcan is now available at six harm-reduction vending machines in neighborhoods across Washington D.C. Installed in April, the vending machines provide free Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and other harm-reduction materials. The vending...
UW-Madison geneticist among those honored with STEM statues in Smithsonian exhibit

UW-Madison geneticist among those honored with STEM statues in Smithsonian exhibit

by Julia Mueller | Apr 6, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — More than 100 life-size orange statues of women are scattered around the National Mall, clustered in the gardens at the Smithsonian Castle and tucked inside the Natural History and Air and Space museums. The women hold globes, notebooks, tools, brains —...
With COVID still out there, immunocompromised worry about life after mask mandates

With COVID still out there, immunocompromised worry about life after mask mandates

by Courtney Degen | Mar 21, 2022 | Science + Technology

Dane County has joined a nationwide relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions, but the immunocompromised and their doctors worry the absence of guidelines puts those with vulnerable immune systems at increased risk. Dr. Jeannina Smith, medical director of the Transplant...
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