Monthly Archives: July 2020

Trump in trouble with coronavirus, Black Lives Matter: Expert

President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis and widespread protests over racial injustice have led him to “big trouble” before the November election, according to a policy expert. Speaking to CNBC’s “Street Signs Europe” on Friday, Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics at City University, said Trump had received …

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Towards super fast vortex movement in superconductors

Abrikosov lattice at moderate vortex speeds (left); Abrikosov-Josephson’s ultrafast “vortex rivers” (right). Credit: Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy, University of Vienna. An international team of scientists from Austria, Germany and Ukraine has found a new superconducting system in which magnetic flux quanta can move at speeds of 10 to 15 km / s. …

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The virus emerges in Arizona, but the rodeo continues

Since the governor began allowing local jurisdictions to set stricter limits than the state’s last month, a mosaic of rules has emerged, as have clashes over them. Maricopa County passed regulations requiring facial coatings in public. Staff at Antique Sugar, a vintage clothing boutique in Phoenix, received so much abuse …

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Hamilton: the true story of the Burr-Hamilton duel

As challenged, Hamilton had the right to choose the weapons he brought to Weehawken. Strangely, they belonged to his brother-in-law, John Barker Church, and were the same weapons his son used and that Church used on a separate occasion in a duel against Burr, the biggest injury being Burr losing …

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