A biochemist explains how plant-based proteins are able to impersonate meats and other animal proteins
The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.
An assisted migration of beech trees in need of protection from climate change is bearing its first fruits in France after 13 years, with saplings now gracing the former World War I battlefield of Verdun.
Researchers from Durham University, Jagiellonian University (Poland) and the John Innes Center have achieved a breakthrough in understanding DNA gyrase, a vital bacterial enzyme and key antibiotic target. This enzyme, present in bacteria but absent in humans, plays a crucial role in supercoiling DNA, a necessary process for bacterial survival.
Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's unique, but superficially bland, ice giants.
Researchers Samuel Poincloux (currently at Aoyama Gakuin University) and Kazumasa A. Takeuchi of the University of Tokyo have clarified the conditions under which large numbers of "squishy" grains, which can change their shape in response to external forces, transition from acting like a solid to acting like a liquid.
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt?
"It’s not guaranteed that we’re going to have an avalanche center moving forward," said Patrick Black, executive director of the West Central Montana Avalanche Center.
Joseph Ambroz, 77, was wheeled into the courtroom for his first hearing in Nebraska since he was returned to stand charges for the murder of Mary Kay Heese in 1969.
In a sea of controversial choices for the incoming administration, the president-elect’s choice for treasury head is being welcomed on Wall Street with open arms.
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The Justice Department will not continue its prosecution of the president-elect.
Читать дальше...The Gozney Arc XL takes a huge leap forward for home pizza oven tech.
The United Nations’ former Environment Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General contorted the Bible, common sense, and data to push climate alarmism in an exclusive interview with The New Americans’ Alex Newman at the COP29 “climate” summit in Azerbaijan. Erik Solheim, a Norwegian politician who associated with the Socialist Left Party and its youth branch, the ...
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Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash between Barcelona and Brest.
Leaders on the left fear that many among their supporters are vulnerable to that scapegoating. In contrast, leaders on the right often see that scapegoating as a means to achieve electoral gains. Trump reflected and strengthened the view that ...
Is doomsday TV feeding our fascination with the end of the world -- or just making us more anxious about it?
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Azita Ghanizada, whose previous TV credits include Good Trouble and Alphas, is among the latest additions to NBC’s Suits L.A. spinoff. Premiering Sunday, Feb. 23 at 9/8c, Suits L.A. is set in the world of the original USA Network drama and follows Ted Black (played by Arrow vet Stephen Amell), a former federal prosecutor from […]
Now that elections are over in the US, we thought it would be useful to review some of the broader policy implications of the changing administration for the electric utility industry. There are four themes we want to cover here: environment regulations, prospects for natural gas usage, power generation, new nuclear-powered generation. The incoming Trump administration has made no secret of the fact that they believe climate change is a hoax or a non-issue. As a result we should assume that the mandate... Читать дальше...
Global oil demand continues to surprise on the upside, BP Plc (NYSE:BP) Chief Executive Murray Auchincloss told the Energy Intelligence forum in London on Monday, saying that oil demand kept rising on average by more or less 1% each year, with BP predicting robust oil consumption for the next 5-10 years. Commodity analysts at Standard Chartered have reported that global oil demand hit an all-time high of 103.79 million barrels per day (mb/d) in August, marking the third successive month in which a new all-time demand high has been set. Читать дальше...
'Wider, Higher, Cheaper' - 'Wider, Higher, Cheaper' is not a new trend. In architecture, where real estate value as an asset cannot be separated from its relationship with the building, finding the maximum area of the building-to-land ratio and floor area ratio is also essential. The theme of the Korean Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition was the 'Floor Area Ratio Game,' it dealt with Korean architects' efforts over the past 50 years to achieve the maximum floor area ratio. Читать дальше...
The Frame TV lets you turn your screen into a piece of art when it's off.
