Fearing that a combination of seasonal effects and COVID-19 hospitals will prevail, many countries are supporting campaigns to increase flu vaccination. Speed Media / Sportswire Icon By Kelly ServickAugust 14, 2020, 4:30 p.m. Science‘s report on COVID-19 is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. In March, as …
Read More »Renowned climate scientist Konrad Steffen dies in an accident in Greenland
Konrad Steffen, a world-renowned climate scientist, died at the age of 68 on Saturday (August 8) in an accident in Greenland. Steffen, director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, has been researching climate change for more than 40 years, focusing on its impact on the …
Read More »Computer scientists set benchmarks to optimize the performance of quantum computers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two UCLA computer scientists have shown that existing compilers, which tell quantum computers how to use their circuits to execute quantum programs, inhibit the ability of computers to achieve optimal performance. Specifically, her research has revealed that improving quantity compilation design can help achieve computational speeds …
Read More »Study recounts the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Volcanic eruptions in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest over the past 2.6 million years are multiple and closely related to signatures on the surface of currently active magma than normally thought, according to newly published research. A synthesis of volcanic valves on the surface …
Read More »How Kamala Harris’ Indian Relatives Helped Shape Their Perceptions of Civil Rights and Citizenship
Gopalan was a preliminary 19-year-old student. She had graduated early from the University of Delhi, but the trip to California marked her first time out of India, where her parents and three siblings lived. She was alone. Fortunately for Gopalan, she had chosen to study on a campus that was …
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