Global Atlas Will Track Human And Climate Impact On River Systems
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https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/global-atlas-will-track-human-and-climate-impact-river-systems
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“Rivers are critical resources that affect everything from watersheds to agriculture to energy. But rivers, in turn, have been impacted by humans, often in the form of hydraulic infrastructure such as dams and wells.
A new [Cornell] project… will create a global record that shows how river systems around the world have changed under human influence over the last 75 years…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #research #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #waterresources #river #remotesensing #earthobservation #climatechange #climate #change #resources #humanimpacts #survey #monitoring #hydraulic #infrastructure #dams #wells #engineered #canals #global #spatialdata #opendata #history #anthropocene #freshwater #DARE #sediment #discharge #transport #temperature #fish #biodiversity #atlas #ecology #ecosystems #riverine #delta #model #modeling #machinelearning #AI
#CornellUniversity | #CornellDuffieldCollegeofEngineering

Researchers successfully #engineered "intrinsically disordered proteins" into biological condensates that function as nanoscale electrochemical "battery droplets" within living cells, capable of generating voltage and driving redox reactions.
#Biochemistry #Bioengineering #SyntheticBiology #BiomedicalEngineering #Electrochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bchm01232601.html

Researchers successfully #engineered a chimeric version of the enzyme PikAIII-M5, a key component in #pikromycin biosynthesis, by swapping its beta-ketoreductase domain to control the stereochemistry of macrolide chains.
#Biochemistry #Pharmaceutical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/phar01212601.html

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Using precisely #engineered structures assembled from nano-size materials to deliver potent tumor-fighting medicine to the #brain through #nasal drops. The novel delivery method is less invasive than similar treatments in development and was shown in mice to effectively treat #glioblastoma by boosting the brain’s immune response.
#Oncology #Biochemistry #Bioengineering #Nanotechnology #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ongy11232501.html

We may be at an inflection point along that path when it comes to #engineered #structures whose #mechanical properties are unlike anything seen before in nature, also known as mechanical #metamaterials.
#Physics #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/phy10142501.html

A New Tool To Characterise The Socio-Environmental Dimensions Of Urban Rivers: Urban River Socio-Environmental Index
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105388 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #EnvironmentalEvaluation #SocioEcosystem #SocialConnectivity #UrbanRiver #Indicators #RiverRestoration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #urban #stream #ecosystem #cities #residents #community #nature #humanimpacts #artifical #engineered #URBS #watershed #drainage #management #restoration #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #ecology #urbansprawl #interdisciplinary #biophysical #social #community #France #Paris #MorbrasRiver #macroinvertebrates #riparian #vegetation #reaches #typology #landscape #landuse #landcover #variety #blandscaping

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Cyrus Biotechnology have now #engineered two #CRISPR nucleases, #Cas9 and #Cas12, to mask them from the #immune system.
#Biotechnology #Biomedical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/biot01092501.html