Plate Glass and More

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TL;DR

We take a brief look at plate glass manufacturing and then review a number of new advances in physics, biology and more.

Plate Glass has a Surprisingly Large Carbon Footprint

This beautiful infographic from Spectrum illustrates the process by which plate glass is manufactured. Plate glass is a surprisingly large source of carbon emissions. 

Surprisingly Few Genes Have Been Well Studied

Matthew Hirschey💡 @matthewhirschey

Seriously #sciencetwitter ...a lot of genes out there waiting to be `discovered`.

The US Needs to Make Itself More Attractive for Immigrants

Alec Stapp @AlecStapp

Immigration is America's superpower, so this should be raising alarm bells for policymakers: The United States is no longer the top choice of foreign talent when asked where they would move for work.

Weekly News Roundup

• https://www.quantamagazine.org/beyond-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-20220331/: A neat primer about quantum non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

• https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-blaze-their-own-trails-to-navigate-through-the-body-20220328/: Cells can use “self-generated gradients” to do impressive path finding.

• https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12778: An interesting essay about a potential path towards quantum gravity

• https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airbus-a380-saf-cooking-oil-scn/index.html: An airbus A380 just completed a first flight using cooking oil. Use of these sustainable aviation fuels could lower carbon emissions for flights over 50%.

• https://fortune.com/2022/03/30/deepmind-sexual-harassment-allegations-mishandled-ft/amp/: Reports have emerged that DeepMind has mishandled sexual harassment allegations.

• https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/s45: A new theory of spin fluctuations for iron-based superconductivity could extend superconductivity theory to some nonstandard superconductors.

• https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/40: A tiny levitating diamond can become magnetized in a strong magnetic field.

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-gapless-human-genome-map-is-unveiled-years-after-earlier-effort-11648750303?mod=hp_lead_pos10: The telomere-to-telomere project has produced a gapless human genome. 

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayo-clinic-assessing-google-ai-tool-as-it-seeks-more-insights-from-patient-records-11648159790: The Mayo clinic is considering the use of NLP to analyze medical records.

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Author: Bharath Ramsundar, Ph.D.

Editor: Sandya Subramanian, Ph.D.