Новости за 25.11.2024

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?

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.

Nicklas Bendtner was caught up in a horror stabbing attack in New York last week, with a friend of the former Arsenal striker injured in the incident

The bill proposes sweeping changes to energy development. It would prioritize speedy approval over thorough review of environmental impacts, including threats to water quality.

THE I’m A Celebrity campmates desperately want the public to stop voting for Dean McCullough to do trials.

Coleen Rooney has been branded 'dull' on I'm a Celeb by 'Wagatha Christie' rival Rebekah Vardy, so we asked AI who would win if the two football super WAGs settle their differences in a boxing ring

Another one bites the dust.

U.S. preparing military deployments in Japan and Philippines amid Taiwan emergency contingency, drawing criticism from China

A sequel to Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” could soon be in the works at Bridge7, the newly formed production banner from producer Swati Shetty and former CAA agent Grant Kessman. The duo secured film sequel and television rights in a deal struck with the U.K.-based Celador, which produced the original film with Film4. The 2008 […]

Now that the historically nasty, contentious presidential election of 2024 is over, don’t let down your guard just yet. There’s another war percolating that most certainly could boil over come a day meant for expressing gratitude for loved ones. You guessed it: Thanksgiving. Whether your candidate won or not, there’s gonna be trouble at Thanksgiving […]

Living in a world where inflation has become a part of our everyday vocabulary, it’s still pretty jarring to see the asking prices of new vehicles.

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Add Bellator featherweight champ Patricio Pitbull to the list of frustrated fighters on the PFL roster.

A man was charged in connection with last week’s bomb hoax outside the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities from the U.K. said Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, was charged and taken into custody Monday, after appearing at Ealing Magistrates' Court. He was arrested at his home Sunday. The legal developments come after U.K. police on Friday...

Deaths and serious injuries on London’s roads are not independently investigated like those on the railway network

The president and first lady will be traveling by motorcade in both directions between JFK Airport and Staten Island, which means there could be unannounced closures and frozen zones.

A United States women's national team legend has retired from international soccer after 11 years with the team. Her final matches with the Stars and Stripes will be against England and Holland.

A 25-year-old “savagely” slit his mother’s throat with a pruning knife before he called 999 and admitted killing her, a court has heard.