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UN scientists propose ‘minerals trust’ to power green energy, protect communities
Mongabay
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June 7, 2025
Rapidly scaling up renewable energy to limit future warming requires a sharp increase in the supply of critical minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium for technologies including solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicles. Yet sourcing...
The imperfect science of the perfect martini and where you can get one in London
Country Life
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June 7, 2025
If London’s dining scene has been shaking things up of late, one drink appears to reign supreme: the Martini. Shaken or stirred, wet or dry, it’s thriving under all its guises. Chefs are turning into archivists, trying to outdo one another as they...
Nigerian Scientist Develops Silk-based Healing, Tissue Fiber
Leadership
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June 7, 2025
US-based Nigerian medical researcher, Ruth Ebubechukwu, is harnessing the power of one of nature’s strongest materials – spider silk – to revolutionise healthcare. Motivated by a passion to improve lives, her research focuses on creating...
The Disinformation Campaign to Hide Secret Technology Led to the Creation of Myths About UFOs
PJ Media - Virginia
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June 7, 2025
Does the government operate a secret program to "back engineer" alien technology recovered from crashed spacecraft? This is taken as gospel truth by a large number of UFO enthusiasts. And there is eyewitness testimony to support that claim. A...
LAM RESEARCH CORP (NASDAQ:LRCX) – A Strong Growth Stock with Reasonable Valuation
myMotherLode - California
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June 7, 2025
LAM RESEARCH CORP (NASDAQ:LRCX) was identified as an affordable growth stock by our stock screener. The company, a key player in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, demonstrates strong growth potential while maintaining solid profitability and...
Scientists sound alarm over troubling health risk lurking in children's candy: 'We never stop to think'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 6, 2025
Photo Credit: iStock (web) Experts studying the health risks of talc have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reevaluate its presence in candy, other foods, and medications. There is a prevalence of talc in our food and prescriptions...
Scientists puzzled by cosmic object sending signals to Earth every 44 minutes
The Peninsula
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June 7, 2025
Doha, Qatar: Scientists recently discovered a cosmic anomaly: a mysterious object sending signals to Earth with a pulse repeating every 44 minutes - a pattern never observed before. Located 15,000 light years away from our planet, the mysterious...
Kidnapping suspect arrested in Southend after live facial recognition technology used
Echo News
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Officers from Essex Police deployed the technology in Southend High Street on Friday to track down wanted individuals. Live facial recognition technology works by comparing live camera feeds of faces against a pre-determined "watch list" of...
Nazara Technologies acquires Sachin Tendulkar-backed Smaaash for ₹126 crore
CNBC-TV18
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June 7, 2025
Nitish Mittersain-led Nazara Technologies Ltd completed the acquisition of gaming and entertainment company Smaaash Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. for ₹126 crore, turning it into a wholly owned subsidiary, the company said in an announcement on Friday...
Worried Northwestern lab directors describe ‘bleak’ atmosphere in wake of Trump research funding freeze
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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June 7, 2025
The Trump administration’s freezing in April of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grants from the National Institutes of Health and forced the university to spend...
Bruins trying to sift through the science of finding value in the NHL Entry Draft haystack
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Black & Gold dropped their Spoked-B marker on him at No. 45 in 2003, with no one — including the Canadiens, who passed on him twice — expecting the little-known, demure kid from Quebec City would turn into one of the game’s greatest two-way...
How Scientifically Accurate Is Severance?
/FILM - Indiana
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June 7, 2025
The premise of Dan Erickson's dystopian sci-fi series "Severance" is novel and intriguing. The main characters on the show work for a mysterious corporation called Lumon who have perfected a new kind of brain implant that offers its employees the...
18 Research Universities Back Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Funding Cuts
Forbes
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Harvard University receives new backing from 18 other institutions in its lawsuit against the Trump ... More administration's freezing of federal funds.getty A group of the nation’s leading research universities has requested that a federal judge...
Scientists Just Found the Oldest Barred Spiral Galaxy – And It’s a Monster
SciTechDaily
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June 7, 2025
J0107a, the earliest known barred spiral galaxy, reveals wild star formation and high-speed gas flows—clues to galaxy growth from the dawn of time. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A massive barred spiral galaxy from 11.1 billion years ago has been...
Researchers make astounding breakthrough that could change the face of automotive travel: 'Can pave the way'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 7, 2025
A team of researchers from various Korean labs and universities has established a way to boost the performance of electrochemical hydrogen storage systems — systems that utilize electrochemical reactions to store hydrogen to later release as fuel....
Henderson State announces naming of Caver College of Aviation, Science, and Nursing
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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Henderson State University has named its College of Aviation, Science, and Nursing after a 1962 alumnus. The rebranded Lorraine and Troy Caver College of Aviation, Science, and Nursing honors Henderson graduate Dr. Troy Caver and his late wife,...
Journalists Recap State of NIH Cancer Research and Abortion Law’s Effect on Clinical Decisions
North Denver News - Colorado
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June 7, 2025
The afternoon’s compelling report. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Trump administration cuts to the National Institutes of Health on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on June 3. KFF Health News Southern...
China slams US as research pair face toxic fungus smuggling charge
South China Morning Post
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June 7, 2025
China has condemned “political manipulation” by the United States and its “overstretched concept of national security”, days after two Chinese researchers were charged with illegally importing a toxic fungus described by US authorities as a...
Wish to age gracefully? Your midlife might be the last call to shape a healthier future, new research warns
The Economic Times
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June 7, 2025
Aging might be inevitable, but how you age could be entirely in your hands. A new wave of research from top global institutions reveals that the secret to a healthier, more resilient older self may lie in the choices you make during your forties...
The gloomy science as gloom for science
Buenos Aires Times
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June 7, 2025
In last month’s Buenos Aires City midterms, Peronist candidate Leandro Santoro took issue with both the local and national administrations, while making a distinction between them as being respectively “negligent” and “cruel.” Yet both tags could...