Polycarbonate has become an alluring alternative to glass in facades, as it has different levels of translucency and can provide optimal transmission and diffusion of light. Moreover, it is light, flexible, recyclable, durable, resistant to impact, and includes UV protection, in addition to resisting temperatures between -40°C and 115°C. But beyond its functional properties, this thermoplastic also provides wide-ranging aesthetic opportunities, allowing architects to create unusually dynamic and expressive facades. Читать дальше...
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Faced sexual harassment but reluctant to approach the cops? Don’t panic, as the cops will now be at your doorsteps to ensure your safety. The city police on Sunday launched SHE – specialized teams that will deal with the complaints from women as well as senior citizens.
Banking stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE BANKEX index rising 84.72 points or 0.23% at 36625.19 at 09:48 IST.
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The new reporting is aimed at bringing greater transparency through disclosures on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related information.
In a statement, the Washington Institute, an American think tank, said that Iran and Iraqi Islamic Resistance groups were likely to retaliate after the inauguration of the new president in the United States and noted that the Islamic Resistance movement was attacking American forces in Iraq under the guise of emerging and unknown groups.
Vaccines opening up to five million more Britons is among the stories on Monday’s front pages.
The Rs 4,633-crore Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) initial public offer opened today for subscription, in the price band of Rs 25-26 apiece.
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience
The River Thames has a storied history. Stretching 215 miles from Kemble to Southend, it is the longest river in England. Archaeological evidence suggests that humans were living along its shores in Neolithic times. Around the dawn of the Common Era, ancient Romans navigated its waters and constructed fortifications nearby.
Pascal Vrticka, The Conv
Many people across the world are still living under tough restrictions or lockdowns because of the pandemic, staying home as much as possible. This means that a lot of parents are spending more time than ever with their children. But how do you turn that time into a deeper relationship?
Henry I. Miller, Human Events
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been many thousands of articles and commentaries published on almost every imaginable aspect of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic it has caused. They have appeared online, in journals, on preprint servers, in newspapers, and on blogs.
Deborah Devis, Cosmos Magazine
It's easy to focus on the big picture when one thinks of evolution: how organisms adapt and change over the march of time makes for pretty compelling study. But smaller evolutionary mechanisms are easily missed when looking at such a grand scale.
Rachael Rettner, Live Science
U.S. life expectancy just dropped by more than a year — the largest decline in decades — as a result of the sheer number of deaths from COVID-19, according to estimates from a new study.
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Prachi Patel, Anthropocene
Renewable energy could help lessen the worst possible impacts of climate change. Yet, the changing climate also impacts those very renewable energy sources. In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, researchers have estimated how global warming will impact the supply of eight key renewable technologies. The team does not present any sweepingly shocking results, and that precisely is the good news.
Eric Boodman, Stat
Trying to write a lede about the loss of Sharon Begley feels a little like being asked to sing a song at Aretha Franklin's grave. Sharon would have hated that sentence. She didn't settle for similes that needed qualifying.
Mark Zastrow, Astronomy
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet for a predicted-yet-undetected class of gravitational waves created by supermassive black holes in the cores of galaxies. And they think they could have a firm detection within a couple of years.
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Gemma Conroy, Nature Index
When Jean-François Doherty first dipped into research papers on parasitic host-manipulation five years ago, he felt as though he was reading science fiction.
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Miguel Morales, Ars Tech
Welcome back for our second guided walk into the quantum mechanical woods! Last week, we saw how particles move like waves and hit like particles and how a single particle takes multiple paths. While surprising, this is a well-explored area of quantum mechanics—it is on the paved nature path around the visitor's center.