Lisupplyco The designed structure of heterogeneous molecular catalysts from cobalt porphyrins with various substituents. Credit: Hao Li et al. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an industrially important chemical with versatile applications. However, the traditional method used to produce H2O2 is energy intensive and produces significant emissions. As a means to achieve sustainable developmentscientists have sought to synthesize … Read more
Canada is so far resisting calls from other countries to step up pressure to keep Russian and Belarusian athletes out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Russia invaded Ukraine within days of the closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, with Belarusian support. The participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in … Read more
Gus Alva, MD, DFAPA: Let me move over to a different theme. I’d like you both to discuss the differences in the time to achieve goals or response with different classes of major depressive disorder treatments. We touched on rapid-acting antidepressants. What are some of the advantages of rapid symptom resolution? Charles Montano, MD: We … Read more
Artist’s concept of the MESSENGER spacecraft on approach to Mercury. Credit: NASA/JPL Simulations of the formation of the solar system have been largely successful. They are able to replicate the positions of all the major planets along with their orbital parameters. But current simulations have an extreme amount of difficulty getting the masses of the … Read more
Black holes are bizarre things, even by the standards of astronomers. Their mass is so great, it bends space around them so tightly that nothing can escape, even light itself. And yet, despite their famous blackness, some black holes are quite visible. The gas and stars these galactic vacuums devour are sucked into a glowing … Read more
Photosynthesizing algae play an important role in marine life. Clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much more resilient to future climate change than previously thought is the focus of a study published in Science Advances by an international team of scientists, incl University of Hawaii at Mānoa oceanography professor David Karl. “Knowing how marine algae … Read more
Overwatch 2 season 3 kicks off Feb. 7, and will introduce an all-new map to Blizzard’s hero shooter: Antarctic Peninsula. The map should feel both new and familiar to Overwatch players; they’ve been fighting in a slice of that icy continent since 2016, when Blizzard added the Ecopoint: Antarctica arena map to the original Overwatch. … Read more
Tom Girardi, a former high-profile trial lawyer known for winning a record settlement for the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges that he embezzled more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Mr. Girardi was charged with five counts of wire … Read more
Apple today continued with its ongoing “Shot on iPhone” series, sharing a 30-minute film from Indian film director Vishal Bhardwaj. The movie was shot entirely on Apple’s latest flagship smartphone, the iPhone 14 Pro. The short film, called “Fursat,” is described as a “magical story about a man so obsessed with controlling the future that … Read more
Imagine being Paul O’Grady, one of the country’s preeminent entertainers, flying high at 67 with a loyal audience of millions every Sunday afternoon on the wireless, only to be told he was going to have to give up half his shows every year to accommodate a much younger and less accomplished DJ. That replacement, an … Read more
