Новости за 27.10.2021

Derek Lowe, Science

The NIH has not been doing itself any favors recently when it comes to questions about coronavirus research. Ever since the advent of SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, there have been questions about coronavirus work conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. My own view hasn't really changed since the last time I wrote about that particular issue: I think a natural origin for the current virus is very much more likely than it being some sort of engineering construct (in fact, I... Читать дальше...

Matt Simon, Wired

Just a short walk from the sea at San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, researchers are putting the finishing touches on a remarkable feat of engineering: an indoor ocean. Stretching 120 feet in this cavernous building, the 32,000-gallon concrete tank is topped with huge ducts that blast 60-mph winds across seawater piped in straight from the Pacific.

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR

NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, have been traveling for so long that they've left our solar system. Amazingly, these venerable probes still talk to Earth, but their plutonium-powered energy supply is getting ever closer to running out.

Livia Gershon, Sonian

Archaeologists in Utah have unearthed artifacts from a long-abandoned town once populated by Chinese workers who helped build the first transcontinental railroad in...

Diana Kwon, Nature News

For a few weeks in 2017, Wanda Kukulski found herself binge-watching an unusual kind of film: videos of the insides of cells. They were made using a technique called cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) that allows researchers to view the proteins in cells at high resolution. In these videos, she could see all kinds of striking things, such as the inner workings of cells and the compartments inside them, in unprecedented detail.

Mark Peplow, CEN

A protein that binds rare-earth elements could be used to extract and separate these valuable metals from low-grade sources, such as coal ash or electronic waste (ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00724).

Frank Gonzalez-Crussi, MIT Press Reader

Life is a continuous flow. In living organisms, there is an unceasing circulation and streaming of fluids with various beneficial, life-promoting effects. The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was so strongly impressed by this fact that he made it the leading principle of all his reflections on life. He was not alone.

Chloe Tenn, The Scientist

A team has extracted what could be DNA molecules from a 125-year-old fossil dinosaur, according to a study published last month (September 24) in Communications Biology. But other experts have voiced caution or outright skepticism about the findings.

Tripura: Section 144 imposed in Dharmanagar after mosque vandalised during VHP rally

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an end to the pay freeze affecting workers, with increases returning to the pay review process.

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BRITAIN’S creaking borders have been handed a £628 million upgrade to slash waiting times. The Chancellor confirmed he will plough millions into a new digital travel pass scheme to boost security and slash airport queues. Rishi said the creation of a “world-leading border” is key to Britain’s newfound status as a global trading nation. The […]

President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has faulted the lack of reliable power supply as an obstacle to Nigeria’s industrial growth. He said this on Tuesday at the 49th annual general meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in Abuja. Adesina stated that Nigerians spend $14 billion yearly on generators and fuel. He…

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape.

(Telecompaper) The Tax Appeal Tribunal in Nigeria has rejected Multichoice's appeal in a dispute over a USD 342 million tax claim from the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), CommunicationsWeek reported...

Kiril Petkov, seen as a contender to become Bulgaria’s next prime minister, was found to have broken the law by holding dual citizenship while serving as caretaker minister.

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra Ltd added 122,546 employees in April-September 2021. That compares an estimated 138,000 people that were onboarded in the fiscal ended March 31.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab filed a suit against the state on Wednesday over his prosecution for his role in the disaster.

With temperatures rising, the Arctic's permafrost has started to thaw — further accelerating climate change in a vicious circle.

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Aretha, Pense’e, and Waytogo excelled when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Oct. 27).Inner sand: 600m: Eagle Prince (Farid Ansari) 41. Ha