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White Paper: Understanding the Tsunamigenic Potential of Earthquakes

Posted on July 30, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary While earthquake monitoring and early-warning systems have advanced considerably in recent decades, predicting whether a given earthquake will generate a tsunami—and estimating the scale of such a tsunami—remains an incomplete science. Despite widespread deployment of seismic and oceanic … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Low Electrical Resistance in the Human Body: Causes, Implications, and Biomedical Considerations

Posted on July 28, 2025 by nathanalbright

Date: July 27, 2025 Author: Nathan Albright Executive Summary Electrical resistance in the human body is a measure of the body’s opposition to electric current. Typically, human skin resistance ranges between 1,000 and 100,000 ohms depending on conditions like moisture, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Chemical Nature of Bonding and Stress as Epigenetic Agents: Inheritance from the Womb and Across Generations

Posted on July 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Author: Nathan Albright Date: July 24, 2025 Executive Summary The emotional environment of the womb, particularly characterized by maternal bonding or stress, has profound epigenetic effects on fetal development. These environmental influences alter gene expression through mechanisms such as DNA … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Protocol for a Large-Scale Prospective Study of Postmenopausal Women with Benign Ovarian Cysts or Tumors and Family History of Ovarian Neoplasia

Posted on July 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Ovarian cancer remains a leading cause of gynecologic cancer mortality, in part due to late diagnosis and lack of robust early detection strategies. Many postmenopausal women present with incidentally detected, apparently benign ovarian cysts or tumors. The risk … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Identifying the Effects of Cloud Seeding and Distinguishing Them from Natural Rainfall: Challenges and New Analytical Approaches

Posted on July 12, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Cloud seeding, the deliberate introduction of particles into clouds to stimulate precipitation, has been employed for decades in water-scarce regions, snowpack augmentation, and hail suppression. Despite widespread application, the ability to unambiguously attribute specific rainfall events or changes … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Brain Trauma and the Legacy of Injury—Exploring CTE, Tau Proteins, and the Nature of Psychological and Physical Trauma

Posted on May 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive SummaryThis paper explores the implications of trauma on the human brain, comparing physical trauma such as concussive injuries in contact sports with other forms of trauma including emotional, psychological, and developmental trauma. It investigates whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) … Continue reading →

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Weak Points In Climate Modeling

Posted on January 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Why do climate modeling efforts fail to adequately reflect reality? Here are some reasons: Climate modeling is a complex scientific endeavor aimed at predicting future climate conditions based on various inputs. While these models have improved over time, several factors … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Elements

Posted on October 1, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Elements: A Visual Exploration Of Every Known Atom In The Universe, by Theodore Gray Perhaps the most interesting part of this very interesting book is the way that the author shows both his geekiness and basic humanity through sharing … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Superheavy

Posted on September 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

Superheavy: The Making And Breaking Of The Periodic Table, by Kit Chapman This book was not quite what I expected it to be, and not in a good way. What I expected from this book was a narrative account of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Cleveland Clinic Guide To Diabetes

Posted on July 26, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Cleveland Clinic Guide To Diabetes, by S. Sethu Reddy It is not entirely clear whether the author is to be praised for his statements that admit the areas of diabetes that are not well known and the fact that … Continue reading →

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