#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
MacBride: Concern Over Masking Standards
For the Daily Beast, Katie MacBride (@msmacb) speaks to experts in virus transmission and workplace safety about proposed new masking guidelines for health care workers from a CDC advisory panel. The experts strongly believe the proposed guidelines will put workers at...
Nealon: Hop Legend
Sean Nealon (@seannealon) profiles Dr. Al Haunold, a pioneering researcher and breeder of hop varieties that are now widely used in the craft beer industry. The profile in The Oregon Stater (page 64), a magazine of Oregon State University, discusses Haunold’s legacy...
Yan: Cryptocurrency Noise
Earlier this year, Wudan Yan (@wudanyan) published a feature in Popular Mechanics on the noise pollution a cryptocurrency mine is inflicting on a small town in North Carolina. (The Open Notebook ran a behind-the-scenes piece on her story last month.) In her story, she...
Cassella: Chaos in Jet Streams
Writing for Science Alert, Carla Cassella (@carlycassella) highlights chaotic new patterns in jet streams, the currents of air that wrap around the planet. The currents are splitting at such an extreme rate that the experts Cassella quotes used words like “insane” to...
Yonck: AI Language Model for Scientists
For GeekWire, Richard Yonck (@ryonck) writes about a new open generative language model by and for scientists that is being created by the Allen Institute for AI. The first-of-its kind model will be designed to advance scientific understanding and discovery, providing...