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“We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question” Read the post on the ACRLBlog. In March 2025, Ex Libris unveiled their AI-powered Research Assistant tool for institutions using Summon. Within a week, Summon users reported error messages with specific search terms and topics. The first error reports shared in a listserv for Summon users contained “Tulsa race riot” and “Tulsa race massacre.” Test …
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Goodbye plastic? Scientists create new supermaterial that outperforms metals and glass Read the full story from Rice University. Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of metals and the flexibility of plastic—without the pollution. Using a spinning bioreactor, they’ve turned Earth’s purest biopolymer …
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Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected Read the full story from Grist. This has also been added to the Tools for Tracking Trump 2.0 list. In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food. Thousands of government staffers were terminated; …
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Changing the Game: Community Based Strategies and Climate Mitigation Download the report.
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Mattoon invests in algaecide, new water pump to prevent future water emergencies Read the full story from Illinois Public Media. The city of Mattoon will be spending around $300,000 to prevent harmful algal blooms (also known as algae blooms) such as the one that tainted its drinking water a month ago. The Mattoon City Council unanimously approved four motions on Tuesday night to address the possibility of …
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