This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ), along with eight other states, sued Google over its digital advertising practices, but this matter is unlikely to be resolved quickly says Cornell Law professor George Hay.

Law and Policy

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Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator technology demonstration, or LOFTID, launched and landed this morning. The experimental heat shield technology is needed for any future crewed missions on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

science

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Todd Walter says it may be more effective to adopt a “flood risk mitigation” strategy instead of a “flood control” strategy.

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As oil and gas drillers ask the EPA to exempt small wells from forthcoming rules requiring producers to find and fix methane leaks, Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology and a faculty fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainability, comments on the impacts of methane emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering and an expert on the life cycle of solar panels, comments on First Solar's announced expansion in the U.S., and Max Zhang, a sustainable energy systems expert, discusses what it can mean for solar panel reuse and recycling.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Labor expert Ian Greer weighs in on the transition to electric vehicles and its impact on workers.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Samitha Samaranayake, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a hybrid transit expert, comments on the transportation implications of the climate deal awaiting a vote in the Senate.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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Blue Origin launched another space tourism rocket this morning from West Texas, becoming just the fourth human spaceflight by the company.

science

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