Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) is 5.4% doctors to its Q2 revenue, where revenue dipped somewhat, but which provided guidance for another potential revenue contract in Q3, as well as news of a SEC probe into its iQiyi unit. Overall revenue fell 1% to 26.03B yuan (about $ 3,685B), although it increased …
Read More »Investigators uncover secrets of the past with new international standard for carbon dating – HeritageDaily
Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. The team of researchers at the universities of Sheffield, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Oxford, St Andrews and Historic England, plus international colleagues, used measurements of …
Read More »Renowned climate scientist Konrad Steffen dies after falling by ice in Greenland
US-Swiss climate scientist and glaciologist Konrad “Koni” Steffen died on Saturday while doing research in Greenland. He was 68. © ANDREAS RIGLING, AFP via Getty Images Konrad Steffen died on 8 August 2020, in an accident during a campaign of measures in Greenland. Steffen can be seen here on July …
Read More »Impossible Foods receives $ 200 million in fresh funds
Investors who salve like it will have to wait a little longer to buy some Powerless Foods stock on the public market. The fast-growing plant-based meat launch said Thursday it secured a fresh $ 200 million in funding, led by new investor Coatue. Impossible has now raised $ 1.5 billion …
Read More »Scientists discover way to make quantum states 10,000 times longer
A team of scientists at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced the discovery of a simple modification that allows quantum systems to remain operational – or “coherent” – 10,000 times longer than before. Credit: University of Chicago If we can take advantage of it, quantum technology …
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