MOSCOW — University of Idaho, Idaho Falls researchers have verified a new process to save communities millions of dollars and speed up development of the world’s first Molten Salt Nuclear Battery (MsNB), a nuclear energy reactor to generate heat and produce electricity. Generating energy from nuclear fuel dissolved in molten […]
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Iran Nuclear Program Has a Potential 3 Month Breakout But Loses a Lead Scientist
A top Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was killed by five gunmen. There have been successful assassinations of leading Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010. This is the first successful assassination since 2012. The Iranian government has difficulty recruiting scientists for nuclear research. Arms Control Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program The […]
Scientists, students demand action to keep Arecibo radio telescope operating
RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty ImagesBy CRISTINA CORUJO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — After the National Scientific Foundation (NSF) announced last Thursday the demolition and decommission of the iconic Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, scientists, experts and many Puerto Ricans have taken to digital platforms to plead with the government […]
Event Data Recorder Market Share, Growth, Statistics, by Application, Production, Revenue & Forecast to 2025
The ‘ Event Data Recorder market’ research report now available at MarketStudyReport.com delivers a thorough analysis of the industry trends influencing the global business scenario. In addition, the report offers definitive information pertaining to the commercialization aspects, revenue estimation, and market size of the industry. The report overtly defines the […]
Vaccine Maker AstraZeneca’s Computer Systems Targeted by Hackers
As the race to develop the COVID-19 vaccine continues, it appears that suspected North Korean hackers attempted to access AstraZeneca’s systems in the last weeks. Reuters reports that the hackers pretended to be job recruiters and used LinkedIn and WhatsApp to contact AstraZeneca employees with false job offers. Sources told […]
China’s co-op with BRI countries shows strong vitality amid COVID-19 pandemic
China’s cooperation with Belt and Road countries has shown strong vitality during the COVID-19 pandemic, and so far, China has signed 201 cooperation documents on joint Belt and Road construction with 138 countries and 31 international organizations, reported Shanghai Securities News Friday. Proposed in 2013, the Silk Road Economic Belt […]
Photography Has Never Known How to Handle Climate Change
Read: We are running out of air Many photographic chemicals produced by American manufacturers and sold in Europe referred to their country of origin in the brand name, such as “Wolcott’s American Mixture,” a chemical solution that increased the light sensitivity of the daguerreotype plate. Greater sensitivity to light meant […]
An AI helps you summarize the latest in AI
The news: A new AI model for summarizing scientific literature can now assist researchers in wading through and identifying the latest cutting-edge papers they want to read. On November 16, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) rolled out the model onto its flagship product, Semantic Scholar, an AI-powered scientific […]
Why the World’s Largest Free-Trade Pact Matters
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is an extraordinary achievement amid aggressive geopolitics, self-defeating trade wars, and accelerating global pandemic. It is also a leap toward a better future. Last June, the ministers of RCEP countries underscored their determination to sign the free-trade agreement amid unprecedented headwinds in global trade, […]
Academics, video game makers team up in rare collaboration
LONDON (AP) — A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry. Lack of transparency from game makers has long been an issue for […]
China positions rocket ahead of ambitious lunar mission
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday moved a massive rocket into place in preparation for launching a mission to bring back materials from the moon for the first time in four decades. The Long March-5 was transported by tractor from its hangar to the nearby launch site at the space […]
How Old Is the Oldest Stuff in the Solar System?
The Earth is old. Real old. Sometimes it is hard to truly grasp just how old it is compared to human lifespans, but if we say time represented in a century is the same as the length of a football field (100 yards or 91 meters), then all of Earth’s […]
Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula
Four orange laser beams blaze through the Milky Way while an angry purple nebula transfixes us with its death-stare. Happily (or sadly, depending on how much news you’ve consumed this week), Earth is not doomed; in fact, it’s an Earthly telescope that’s launching the lasers in this epic image from […]
More Frequent, Severe Climate-Fueled Disasters Exacerbate Humanitarian Crises
Extreme weather and climate-linked disasters have killed 410,000 people since 2010, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The group’s “World Disasters Report 2020” released yesterday says more frequent and severe catastrophes threaten to exacerbate humanitarian crises and lead to economic hardship even as global […]
Analyst Valuation and EPS Growth for NASDAQ:CPSI NASDAQ:CABA NASDAQ:NKSH NASDAQ:CDTX
Wall street sign with American flag in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS (NASDAQ:CPSI) EARNINGS INFORMATION (NASDAQ:CPSI) Computer Programs and Systems last announced its quarterly earnings data on August 4th, 2020. The reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of […]
Stephen Lewis: Awash in a Sea of [Mis]Information | Lifestyles
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In a tribute to the active acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, Chaucer describes his Oxford clerk — equivalent to a modern-day undergraduate — by saying, “And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.” Two incidents that bookend the college teaching career from which I retired some time ago illustrate how […]
NASA gives MSU new satellite antenna | News
MOREHEAD A second giant antenna dish soon will show up on the hillside behind Morehead State University — a gift from NASA that MSU space science students will use in their studies and research. It’s a 12-meter tracking antenna used for monitoring low-orbiting satellites. The antenna will be used for […]
Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX’s second crew flight – U.S.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX’s second crew launch, coming up next weekend. For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station, with private companies providing the lifts. There will be double […]
Scientists Say Gentoo Penguins Are Four Species, Not One
South Georgia Gentoo penguins (P. poncetii) live in more northerly habitats where conditions are milder, than their Southern Gentoo cousins which live on the Antarctic ice. Credit: Gemma Clucas First analysis combining genetic and physical differences of populations of gentoo penguins indicates they should be treated as four separate species. […]
Pokemon Go November 2020 Events: Anime Week, Community Days, Returning Legendaries, And More
November is officially here, and it’s turning out to be yet another busy month for Pokemon Go players. Developer Niantic is holding a variety of events in the popular mobile game this month, ranging from new Pokemon Spotlight Hours to a new Limited Research event, returning Legendary Pokemon Raids, and […]