The symmetry breaking phase transition in magic angle graphene. The four ‘flavors’ of Dirac electrons that fill your energy levels are represented by four ‘liquids’ that fill conical vessels. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science In 2018, it was discovered that two graphene layers twisted with respect to each other by …
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Mel Gibson denies Winona Ryder’s claims of her anti-Semitic comments – Variety
Mel Gibson is responding to Winona Ryder’s explosive claims that the Oscar-winning actor and director made anti-Semitic and bigoted comments and accused the “Stranger Things” star of lying about their interactions. “This is 100% false,” a Gibson representative said in a statement to Variety. “She lied about it more than …
Read More »John Elway believed that Peyton Manning wanted to play for Washington more than Denver
fake pictures When the Browns almost traded for Jim Harbaugh, the soccer world narrowly missed a twice-a-year sibling battle that had met in the Super Bowl in early 2013. In early 2012, the soccer world nearly got two Manning bowls per year. An excellent and detailed oral history of Peyton …
Read More »Should I buy a new MacBook now or wait for Apple’s silicon?
Apple The question I get most frequently from CNET readers is some version of: “Should I buy a 13-inch MacBook Air or a 13-inch MacBook Pro“That is easy enough to answer, depending on the budget and the needs of the interlocutor. But what happens when MacBooks or other apparently identical …
Read More »JCPenney closes 13 other stores
The department store chain, which filed for bankruptcy last month, is slowly moving toward its goal of closing 250 stores, about 30% of its network of 846 locations. The company previously said it expects 200 of those closings to occur later this summer, and the remaining 50 to close by …
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