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Jan 13, 2025 | csmonitor.com | Erika Page

A preschool mandate set up children for successMexico began requiring three years of preschool education in 2004. Children born right after the cutoff date, who went to preschool under the mandate, performed better on math and Spanish tests in fifth and sixth grades than those born right before the cutoff date, a recent study found.  They were also more likely to pay attention in class, take part in extracurricular activities, and do their homework, and less likely to skip classes.

Jan 8, 2025 | csmonitor.com | Erika Page

Researchers developed a powder that efficiently absorbs carbon dioxide from the airCarbon capture is one way to lower CO2 levels in the atmosphere, but scientists have struggled to find materials that hold up to repeated use. Chemists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered a covalent organic framework they named COP-999. The porous, crystalline material captures 100 times its mass in carbon in a year. That’s about the same carbon capture capacity of a tree.

Dec 19, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Erika Page

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Dec 10, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Erika Page

Barcelona’s subway system is the latest to salvage energy from its trains as they come to a stopUsing regenerative braking, a train’s motor runs in reverse to slow the car and generate energy. Barcelona, Spain, is now using that energy – which would otherwise be lost as heat – as power for the trains and in the stations. Some regenerative braking technology has been in limited use since the early 1900s, but Barcelona’s system powers nearby electric vehicle chargers, too.

Dec 3, 2024 | csmonitor.com | Erika Page

Oakland Unified School District is the first to use a 100% electric school bus systemThe city’s fleet of 74 school buses serve 1,300 special education students. Parents can track their location in real time and are notified when children get on and off. Quieter than diesel buses and less polluting, they are expected to prevent 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year. The local utility installed a new transformer and 171 feet of underground infrastructure where the buses park.