6,170 articles mezi dny 1.8.2020 a 31.8.2020
Study sheds light on Continental's role as pillar of Nazi war machine
Germany's Continental, the world's third-biggest auto parts supplier, played a big part in the Nazi's armaments and war economy, using forced labourers to make products such as gas masks, a study presented by the company showed on Thursday. Conti commissioned the independent research by historian Paul Erker to explore the darkest chapter of the company's history. "The study shows that...
Binding sites for protein-making machinery
ETH Zurich researchers can predict how tightly a cell's protein synthesis machinery will bind to RNA sequences—even when dealing with many billions of different RNA sequences. This binding plays a key role in determining how much of a specific protein is produced. The scientists are developing their prediction model using a combination of synthetic biology experiments and machine learning...
Shedding light on rapid emergence of new species
New international research led by Monash University scientists has changed our understanding of the evolutionary processes that can lead to the rapid emergence of new species.
Maunakea observatories discover three pairs of merging supermassive black holes
A cosmic dance between two merging galaxies, each one containing a supermassive black hole that's rapidly feeding on so much material it creates a phenomenon known as a quasar, is a rare find.
Thin-skinned solar panels printed with inkjet
Solar cells can now be made so thin, light and flexible that they can rest on a soap bubble. The new cells, which efficiently capture energy from light, could offer an alternative way to power novel electronic devices, such as medical skin patches, where conventional energy sources are unsuitable.
Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole
A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has, for the first time, detected constant infrared emission from winds produced during the eruption of a black hole in an X-ray binary.
How low did it go? Scientists calculate Earth's Ice Age temperatures
Scientists have calculated just how cold it got on Earth during the depths of the last Ice Age, when immense ice sheets covered large parts of North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
UK coronavirus live: government falls short of contact-tracing target for ninth week in row
Dido Harding says service will continue to be built; Ed Davey declared leader of Lib Dems; Covid isolation payments could go beyond lockdown areas, says HancockEd Davey elected Liberal Democrat leaderCritics say £13-a-day isolation pay a slap in the faceScotland and Wales to buy 12-minute testing machinesUnclear UK advice on PPE cited in care home deathGlobal coronavirus latest - live 12.45pm BST...
TikTok CEO resigns after 3 months amid geopolitical turmoil over app
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has left the Chinese-owned video app firm just three months since joining, and only days since the company sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump over an executive order effectively banning it in the United...
Arctic Ocean is warming by a degree every decade in highest rise since the last Ice Age, 40-year study shows
The Arctic Ocean is warming by a degree each decade in the highest rice since the last Ice Age, a newly-published 40-year study has shown. Scientists say this rapid heating is a threat to the Arctic ice, and temperatures have risen far more sharply than their models predicted. New research by the University of Copenhagen, published in Nature Climate Change, compares current temperature changes in...
Fox's Tucker Carlson rationalizes Kenosha suspect's actions, Facebook takes down militia pages
Fox News host Tucker Carlson drew the ire of Twitter users on Wednesday when he spoke of the deadly violence that erupted the previous night in Kenosha, Wis., where police have accused a white teen of intentional homicide. Meanwhile, Facebook said it had taken down some militia pages that encouraged armed civilians to travel to...
B.C. hotelier sues Facebook for $50M over 'imposter account'
A Vancouver Island hotelier accused in connection with a U.S. Ponzi scheme is suing Facebook for $50 million over the existence of an “imposter” account set up in his...
Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals—especially those that live close to or within polar regions—hibernate to get through the tough winter months when food is scarce, temperatures drop and days are dark.
Daylight study reveals how animals adapt between seasons
Scientists have discovered how a biological switch helps animals make the seasonal changes crucial for survival, such as growing a warm winter coat and adjusting body temperatures.
Study finds younger and older drivers more likely to drive older, less safe vehicles
A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older—two age groups at a higher risk of being involved in an automobile accident—are more likely to be driving vehicles that are less safe, putting them at even higher risk of injury. The findings underscore the need for these...
India coronavirus: Covid strikes remote Greater Andamanese tribe
There are just 53 members of the Greater Andamanese tribe left- 10 have contracted the virus.
Brain gain: Early stimulation gives mice life-long benefits
Mice that grow up in stimulating environments not only become smarter and more curious but are also more likely to develop individualized "personalities," a new study showed Wednesday.
UNICEF: A third of world's children missed remote learning
The U.N. children's agency says at least a third of children couldn't access remote learning when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, creating "a global education emergency."
Damage from whopper hurricanes rising for many reasons
A destructive storm is rising from warm waters. Again.
Laura, now a Category 2 hurricane, still extremely dangerous
Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate.
Typhoon damages buildings, floods roads on Korean Peninsula
A typhoon barreled through the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, damaging buildings, flooding roads and toppling utility poles before weakening into a tropical storm.
Terms in Seattle-area rental ads reinforce neighborhood segregation
A new University of Washington study of thousands of local rental ads finds a pattern of "racialized language" that can perpetuate neighborhood segregation, using specific terms to describe apartments in different areas of town.
New method to combat damage, help revive NY berry industry
At the Berry Patch farm in Stephentown, New York, big, ripe blueberries are waiting to be picked.
Thermodynamics of computation: A quest to find the cost of running a Turing machine
Turing machines were first proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in 1936, and are a theoretical mathematical model of what it means for a system to "be a computer."
Reduce insecticide spraying by using ant pheromones to catch crop pests
Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex have developed a new system that slowly releases ant pheromones to attract pests to an insecticide bait. This means that instead of spraying the whole crop with pesticides, traps can be placed in specific areas for more targeted protection.