Via C&EN, this grim news (article by Krystal Vasquez):
Faced with a budget shortfall, the University of Akron (UA) is proposing to merge its department of chemistry; department of chemical, biomolecular, and corrosion engineering; and School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and to cut up to 15 faculty positions across these disciplines.
If the the Ohio public research institution moves forward with the proposal as is, 10 of the cuts are slated to come from the polymer school... Читать дальше...
Digital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their owners to evade traffic regulations or even law enforcement surveillance.
What’s going on with men? There’s a growing body of evidence that men are falling behind. You can see it in education, in the labor market, and in the data on drug overdoses and deaths by suicide. The fact is, we have an alarming number of lonely, alienated, and disaffected young men in this country. […]
Team concluded 14th season of research at important Nile site.
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Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and functional.
A five-year-old actor signed with Fox Studios and became a superstar
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A concerted campaign by the public broadcaster’s chairman Kim Williams has helped convince the federal government to tip in more dollars.
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Delhi Airport: Delhi Airport has become the first airport in the country that connects to 150 destinations.
March for Our Lives co-founder David Hogg announced he is running for Democratic National Committee vice chair on Monday in a bid to change the status quo within the party following its general election losses last month. In an interview with The Hill, Hogg, 24, cited Democrats’ losing ground with young voters in November as...
Congress is scrambling to roll out a government funding bill to avert a shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as lawmakers sprint to wrap up business for the year — and 118th Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was expected to unveil the text of a stopgap on Sunday, but that plan did not come to fruition as...
The youth movement among House Democrats? Don't believe the hype. Even as a few Democratic committee heads are being pushed aside for younger replacements, the party is elevating some of its most senior members to lead virtually every major committee in the next Congress. On Wednesday, the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee confirmed the ranking...
President-elect Trump, Democratic lawmakers and the Supreme Court are on a collision course over restricting birthright citizenship, which Trump has identified as a top priority for his incoming administration. Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the 14th Amendment’s language, which grants all people born in the United States citizenship, is being exploited in a way...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling into a tricky — yet critical — decision over whom to appoint as the next chair of the House Rules Committee, a post that will set the tone for legislating and play a key role in keeping Republicans united in next year’s ultrathin majority. At least four Republicans — Reps. Virginia...
President-elect Trump’s focus on the federal workforce has sparked alarm among employees as they take center stage in discussions about transforming government. "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have floated a number of plans targeting federal workers, including plans to end telework. And GOP lawmakers in Congress’s two DOGE caucuses have...
Across social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, Dela Rosa and Go see a surge in mentions, but their names are often paired with Duterte and his bloody drug war
Hailey Bieber (along with her go-to nail artist, Zola Ganzorigt) has your holiday nail inspiration and it's totally unexpected.
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“Graham in ‘The Holiday’ isn’t just Jude Law being fit,” argues Kate Lloyd. “He’s Jude Law being fit and kind and loving and stable. And I’d argue that’s exactly the kind of crush the girlies need at this moment in history.”
When Tottenham Hotspur faced Southampton this weekend with a threadbare squad, few could have predicted that an 18-year-old would emerge as the star of the... The post Lucas Bergvall’s impressive Spurs stats as he shines on Premier League debut appeared first on Spurs Web.
