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The Republican National Convention begins on Monday as Republicans attempt to engage voters in a four-day event that will see President Trump re-nominated as the party’s candidate for the general election in November.
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When it comes to places with the potential for habitability, Venus isn't usually on that list. The hot, greenhouse-effect-gone-mad neighboring planet with a crushing surface pressure and sulfuric acid clouds certainly isn't friendly to life as we know it, and the few spacecraft humanity has sent to Venus' surface have only endured a few minutes.
Prog-emo band Coheed and Cambria have always had a penchant for the dramatic, having built their career on a multi-generational 4th-wall-busting sci-fi rock opera spanning multiple albums. So it's only natural that the next stage in their musical growth would be … a sonic sequel to "Jessie's Girl" where Jessie gets the girl but she […]
KAI HAVERTZ is set to be a Chelsea player in the next few days after a fee worth a potential £90m was agreed with Bayern Leverkusen. Meanwhile a deal for PSG’s Thiago Silva is also said to be imminent. Get all the latest transfer gossip and updates from Stamford Bridge…
This coming holiday season is expected to see the earliest promotions ever, although many of the reasons are tied to the pandemic rather than getting a jump on the competition. Do you see more benefits than drawbacks in holding promotions earlier this holiday season?
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Hong Kong has been experiencing hotter summers and more scorcher days in recent years due to climate change and heat island effect. Amid the increasing number of "hot nights," it is found that consecutive "hot nights" are more detrimental to human health than "very hot days," although the actual temperature does not reach the level of daytime, according to a collaborative research conducted by the Institute of Future Cities at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), as well as researchers from the University of Hong Kong. Читать дальше...
ARTHRITIS pain affects about 10 million people in the UK, and can lead to joint pain and inflammation. You could lower your risk of arthritis symptoms and signs by eating certain foods. This is the best vegetable to avoid the joint pain condition.
The use of sulfur compounds to produce energy is one of the most ancient types of metabolisms used by primitive microorganisms to thrive on the early anoxic Earth. How this microbial lifestyle has been evolving remains unclear.
Taxpayers will now be able to get a tax registration number (AFM) via video call.
My pal Brody Q just dropped off some unusual, but delicious, treats to my doorstep, a box of her homemade gourmet "s'mores." Unlike traditional s'mores these are made without a campfire, a sort of culinary response to the climate crisis. She writes: Lapsang souchong (smoky tea) marshmallows dipped in dark chocolate and gluten-free graham crackers. […]
Many resources essential to the technology on which we depend are dwindling or are increasingly inaccessible to certain nations for geopolitical reasons. A case in point is that several of the rare metallic elements that are needed to construct the components of modern electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, photovoltaic systems, and other technology are by definition low in abundance.
When fabricating integrated circuits and different types of silicon-based devices, researchers need to position dopant nanostructures in specific ways with high levels of precision. However, arranging these structures at the nanometer scale can be challenging, as their small size makes them difficult to observe and closely examine. Incorrectly tampering with them can have detrimental effects, which can potentially compromise a device's overall functioning and security.
As the legal dispute between Epic Games and Apple rages on, some other notable names have started to choose sides. ...
A VAT lottery participant has taken home close to €8,000 after winning the monthly fiscal receipt raffle 11 times in less than three years. This lucky person’s winnings ranged between €233, the minimum prize, and €1,626, for an overall sum of €7,887. The winnings cover the period between January 2018 and this month. Within the same period another multiple winner stood out, taking home €3,818 after having his fiscal receipts drawn on seven occasions. Introduced in the mid-1990s following the introduction of Value Added Tax... Читать дальше...
Scientists at Nagoya University and colleagues in Japan have identified two antagonistic genes involved in rice plant stem growth. Their findings, published in the journal Nature, could lead to new ways for genetically modifying rice crops.
The event was scheduled to take place in Antwerp, Belgium on 24-26 September. Due to the prolongation of anti-virus measures in Belgium and a number of other countries, FIBA jointly with Basketball Belgium took a decision to cancel the tournament.
Bahrain’s government has raised its debt ceiling to 15 billion dinars ($39.79 billion) from 13 billion dinars to help finance public spending, the cabinet said on Monday, as low oil prices and the
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was acting in response to new guidance from the WHO.
A research team has found a new type of giant barocaloric (BC) material (hexagonal sulfides) and discovered an important role of electrons in boosting the total entropy change driven by hydrostatic pressure.
Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is a computational imaging and quantitative phase imaging (QPI) technique. It effectively tackles the trade-off between resolution and field-of-view (FOV) in conventional microscopy. It can obtain a gigapixel image without mechanical scanning and has been applied in digital pathology in recent years.
The Celtic midfielder is attracting interest from Qatar.