The key to cooling 'urban heat islands' may lie in the countryside, according to a new study.
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A group of small, freshwater animals (bdelloid rotifers) protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes 'stolen' from bacteria, according to new research. This raises the potential that rotifers are producing novel antimicrobials that may be less toxic to animals, including humans, than those we develop from bacteria and fungi.
China's Communist Party under President Xi Jinping's leadership adopts reforms aiming for socialist modernisation by 2035. Emphasis on building a high-standard socialist market economy and improving national security. Plans to strengthen military and enhance Party's leadership. Focus on economic growth and market efficiency.
A new study suggests that the U.S. government's push to increase heavy-duty trucks' energy efficiency could encourage more shipping by truck instead of rail, reducing the policies' anticipated effectiveness by 20%.
After the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, new attention should fall on the research about what leads to political violence and how it might be prevented.
New Jersey has decided to allow building a new backup power plant at one of the country’s largest sewage treatment facilities. The plant will be in Newark, and residents there have put up a hard fight against it. The existing plant dumped some 840 million gallons of raw sewage into waterways when Superstorm Sandy knocked out electricity there in 2012. Thursday's decision is the first major action under an environmental justice law designed to prevent additional pollution in overburdened communities. Читать дальше...
So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding stars in a cluster to move in an unexpectedly orderly way.
A Chinese international relations professor has told Sputnik that as the likelihood of former US President Donald Trump returning to office increases, so does the potential for deeper social and political divisions between Washington and Beijing.
The flowless zinc-bromine battery (FLZBB) is a promising alternative to flammable lithium-ion batteries due to its use of non-flammable electrolytes. However, it suffers from self-discharge due to the crossover of active materials, generated at the positive graphite felt (GF) electrode, to the negative electrode, significantly affecting performance. Now, researchers have developed a novel nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon-coated GF electrode that effectively suppresses self-discharge. This breakthrough... Читать дальше...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched billboards around Milwaukee for the last day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), ahead of former President Trump’s highly anticipated speech to accept the GOP nomination. In a statement first provided to The Hill, the DNC said it placed billboards around the city and is having a mobile one...
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Security lapses by the Secret Service and local police are emerging as more is learned about the movements of the man who tried to kill Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Researchers have developed a new formal description of internal world models, thereby enabling interdisciplinary research. Internal world models help to make predictions about new situations based on previous experience and to help find one's bearings. The new formalized view helps to compare world models of humans, animals and AI and to eliminate deficits.
The novelist, whose previous books include 'Heft' and 'The Long Bright River,' offers the perspectives of multiple characters in her new page-turner.
By harnessing the power of machine learning, researchers have constructed a framework for analyzing what factors most significantly contribute to a species' genetic diversity.
The independent investigation into the circumstances behind the murder of Thanasis Nicolaou will plough ahead despite the certiorari (a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case tried in a lower court) filed by state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos. Sources close to the matter confirmed on Thursday that the latest developments would not […]
New research is shedding light on how viruses ensure their survival by precisely timing the release of new viruses. The discovery offers a new theoretical framework for understanding these dynamic biological phenomena.
Antonio Ginestri is known for speeding through Manhattan in high-end motorcycles and cars
West Bengal's Governor, CV Ananda Bose, has called on state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to provide an immediate report on the objectives of a seven-member panel to review three new criminal laws. The panel, led by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court, will review the new criminal laws and suggest state-specific amendments. The Trinamool government is expected to move two resolutions on alleged irregularities in NEET and the "hurried" implementation of the new criminal laws.
Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed on Thursday to more than double the monthly minimum wage to 70,000 naira ($43) as the country struggles with a severe cost of living crisis.
Belarus considers Poland's political demands as unreasonable, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said.