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Overcoming the challenges of invention.
An online tool to track research output and patent influence using the Count and Share method has been launched. The tool is available at natureindex.com, and users can track institution’s performance over time by create their own indexes and exports table data. The first is total patent citations (Patent citations), which is the sum of…
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It’s not as if the hype suggests that COP 27 has an effect on the climate.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in a report, said on Saturday that climate change “will have a devastating impact” on food security and ending hunger in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs will face the impact of climate change in areas where the economy is weak, they stated. LMICs will struggle to adapt to…
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A gyaelectronvolt emission from a merger.
We present the results of our analysis of the panchromatic afterglow of GW170817, a neutron star merger. In this paper, we show that the panchromatic afterglow of GW170817 is the full uniform data set, modelling, comparison with previous results, and implications. An off-axis structured jet remains supported by the decline in the X-Ray through radio…
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A kilo nova following a burst of high-energy particles.
A study of the electromagnetic counterpart of binary neutron star mergers LIGO/Virgo GW170817 and GRB 1701718A and GRB 211211A has been conducted. The electromagnetic counterpart reflects the observations of GRB 211211A and LIGO/Virgo GW170817. A study of the spectral evolution of GRB X-ray tails has been conducted. In addition, a study of the shape of…
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Police say four University of Idaho students were found dead.
Four men who went missing last week have been found dead in an Oklahoma river, police said. Police discovered the bodies of the four men when they were called to investigate an unconscious person just before noon on Monday. They are believed to be the four students from US’ University of Idaho who were stabbed…
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Reports say one student called police while he was in Uvalde.
Authorities are investigating why a teacher at an elementary school in Maryland, US walked 27 students and a teacher off campus after false reports of multiple stab wounds. Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said that when they found out there had been no stabs, they quickly found out that 27 students and the teacher were missing.…
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The US work culture is so broken that there are hotel rooms for it.
Elon Musk responded to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s tweet criticising “hardcore” work culture by writing, “So city of San Francisco attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl.” “When you arrive to work in jeans and a company sweatshirt you will stop by the cafeteria for…
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The police department in the Uvalde school district has been suspended.
A CNN report claimed that a school police officer in Texas, US, had called his dispatchers to get details after he received a call from a 10-year-old girl saying she was in a room full of victims. The girl said she had been shot and was “full of casualties”, the report added. She told the…
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Biden pledges the US will work with Asian nations.
US President Joe Biden has said that he has spent “more time with China’s President Xi Jinping than any other world leader”. “I think it’s more, how can we find ways to communicate about those issues where we have deep fundamental differences of perspective or concerns, but we need to be having continued and ongoing…
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After New York instituted pay transparency law, the salary ranges were wide.
New York City’s Human Rights Commission has directed employers with more than four employees to post minimum and maximum amounts they’re willing to pay to job applicants. As per the new regulations, employers are required to post the minimum and maximum amounts they are willing to pay. The employers who violate the salary transparency requirements…
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3 football players were killed in a shooting at the University of Virginia.
Three people, including three University of Virginia football players, were killed and two others were injured following a shooting at the campus on Sunday night. A suspect, identified as 23-year-old Chris Darnell Jones, has been apprehended, police said. The shooting happened on a charter bus full of students returning from a field trip to see…
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US president’s past promises in meeting with China are under scrutiny.
US President Joe Biden brought up North Korea, China and other countries during his meeting with Asian leaders, the White House said. Biden raised concerns about the activities at Ream Naval Base, which is believed to be a joint venture between Cambodia and China, the White House added. He also raised concerns about activities at…
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There are 3 reasons why China may become more assertive.
China could soon discover that the US and its allies are too far behind in a series of crucial technologies to maintain a military or technological edge over them, a researcher has said. China was trying to change international technology standards to help it track its citizens in other countries and suppress the speech of…
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The Tom Brady, Seattle Seahawks game is part of the football week 10 preview.
Minnesota Vikings will play the first game of a five-game international slate of games against New Orleans Saints on Sunday. Tom Brady is the first QB to start a game in three different countries outside of the US on Sunday. As a New England Patriot, Brady won all three of the international games he played…
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The culture wars are making some teachers leave the classroom.
A US school teacher has gone public about being harassed at school because of her school’s policies on COVID-19 safety measures or for teaching about race, racism or bias. “I don’t know how many times I had to leave the building because of this. It was a total harassment,” the teacher said. This comes after…
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The 100th international game is taking place in London.
The NFL is set to play its 100th game outside of the US for the first time when Minnesota Vikings face New Orleans Saints in a match that will be played in Germany on Sunday. It’s the first-ever regular-season game to be played in Germany, with Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks playing at the…
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Korea gets squeezed between the US and China, which leads toYankees, Go Home!
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the US will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the ASEAN in its “struggle to achieve a peaceful future”. Biden’s statement came as he landed in Cambodia for the G20 summit. US and ASEAN have signed more than 200 bilateral agreements during Biden’s tenure, including agreements on trade…
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Dave Chappelle spoke about Trump and antisemitism in his monologue.
Comedian Dave Chappelle, while addressing criticism over his stand-up special ‘The Closer’, said he’s willing to talk with trans people but is “not bending to anybody’s demands”. Chappelle said that he no longer enjoys performing in front of large crowds due to the backlash when comedians make offensive jokes. “I want everyone in this audience…
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There are 3 reasons why China may become more assertive.
US Vice President Joe Biden will raise the issue of freedom of navigation and fishing in the South China Sea with ASEAN leaders in order to demonstrate the US is against China, White House said. It added that Biden raised the safety concerns about activities at Ream Naval Base, which Cambodian officials have described as…
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9 experts have solutions for America’s climate crisis.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has announced that the country will invest $369 billion in over 100 programs that will invest in climate action, clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The investments include $2 billion to coastal communities and tribes for adaptation to climate change. In 2021, Joe Biden issued an executive order stating that…
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Is Wall Street to blame for the affordable housing crisis?
Rental prices in the US rose by 7.2% between September 2021 and September 2022, while home prices rose by 15.8%, according to US Census Bureau. Real estate investors bought a record 18.46% of the homes sold in the US in the fourth quarter of 2001, compared to 12.6% the previous year, according to new data…
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Billion-dollar disasters.
The effects of climate change are felt most strongly by communities that are already overburdened, includingIndigenous peoples, people of colour, and low-income communities, according to a new report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It said the effects of climate change were felt most strongly by low-income communities. “The effects of climate change are…
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The Fed may have changed markets forever.
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the fourth consecutive time in November, the first time it has done so in a decade. It has raised the rate by 0.75 percentage point every month for the past five years. The Fed has now raised the rate four times in a row…
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The woman doesn’t want to talk about the scandal, but she has to.
Responding to the controversy over ‘Arizona State Gamergate’, Anita Sarkeesian, a journalist and feminist, said, “It’s important to realise there is no one silver bullet.” Sarkeesian shared two screenshots of a Twitter user threatening her with a gun. Sarkeesian, who appeared on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ in 2018, said she was “heartbroken” as it was…
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The leader of the Oath Keepers asked Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
A man accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol in 2021 said that he didn’t mean anything to the Capitol that day, prosecutors said in their opening statement. In December 2020, Stewart Rhodes told others that January 6 presented a “hard constitutional deadline,” prosecutors said. He added, “My only regret is that they should…