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World headlines
Student gunman kills one, wounds others at California high school A California high school student dressed in black is suspected of having opened fire on campus on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding several others before he was arrested, officials said. Pelosi says Trump has admitted to bribery as impeachment probe intensifies House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the U.S. Constitution. Ford to use Mustang name for electric SUV Ford Motor Co will use the Mustang name, previously reserved for a muscle car, for an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) that customers in the United States, Canada and Europe can start ordering on Nov. 17, the company said on Thursday. Walmart posts strong results ahead of holidays, earns praise from Trump Walmart Inc raised its annual outlook on Thursday as a robust economy boosted purchases at its stores and website and the retailer picked up market share in food and other groceries, earning praise from U.S. President Donald Trump. War crimes court OKs probe into deportation of Myanmar's Rohingya The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had approved a prosecution request to investigate crimes against humanity against Myanmar's Rohingya minority who were systematically driven across the border to Bangladesh. Hong Kong students hunker down as government dismisses curfew rumors Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters paralyzed parts of the city for a fourth successive day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways, as students built campus barricades and the government dismissed rumors of a curfew. Suspend Hong Kong status in event of China crackdown: U.S. commission The U.S. Congress should enact legislation that would suspend the special economic status Hong Kong enjoys under U.S. law should China deploy forces to crush protests in the territory, a congressional advisory body said on Thursday. U.S. wrong to push Turkey to drop Russian defenses: Erdogan Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan said Washington was not right to propose that Ankara get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defenses it purchased, calling it an infringement of sovereign rights, according to Turkish media. |
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Science headlines
New material breaks world record turning heat into electricity Thermoelectric materials convert heat into electrical energy. The amount of energy that can be generated is measured by the so-called ZT value. The best thermoelectrics to date were measured at ZT values of around 2.5 to 2.8. Scientists have now developed a completely new material with a ZT value of 5 to 6. It is so effective that it could be used to provide energy for sensors or even small computer processors. Engineers find bottlebrush copolymers can be tailored for applications A microscopic polymer in the form of a common kitchen implement, the bottlebrush, could give industry exquisite control over the properties of surface coatings. Get your game face on: Study finds it may help Could putting on a serious face in preparation for competition actually impact performance? According to a new study, there may be substance to game face. Simulation reveals how bacterial organelle converts sunlight to chemical energy Scientists have simulated every atom of a light-harvesting structure in a photosynthetic bacterium that generates energy for the organism. The simulated organelle behaves just like its counterpart in nature, the researchers report. The work is a major step toward understanding how some biological structures convert sunlight into chemical energy, a biological innovation that is essential to life. Computer scientists develop new tool that generates videos from themed text A global team of computer scientists have developed ''Write-A-Video'', a new tool that generates videos from themed text. Using words and text editing, the tool automatically determines which scenes or shots are chosen from a repository to illustrate the desired storyline. NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossils Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021. Bacteria in the gut may alter aging process Microorganisms living in the gut may alter the aging process, which could lead to the development of food-based treatment to slow it down. Micro-rubber in the environment The tread on the tire is worn out, new tires are needed. Everyday life for many drivers. But where do these lost centimeters of tire tread 'disappear' to? As micro-rubbers, they mainly end up in soil and water and, to a small extent, in the air. And the amount of these particles in our environment is anything but small, as researchers have now calculated. Observing changes in chirality of molecules in real time Chiral molecules - compounds that are mirror images of each other - play an important role in biological processes and in chemical synthesis. Chemists have now succeeded for the first time in using ultrafast laser pulses to observe changes in chirality during a chemical reaction in real time. Researchers create and stabilize pure polymeric nitrogen using plasma Researchers have reported the production of the first pure polymeric nitrogen compound at near-ambient conditions. The substance, which has existed only in theory for the last three decades, is predicted to be able to produce massive amounts of clean energy with atmospheric nitrogen as its only byproduct. |
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