(Bloomberg) – America’s largest technology companies are thriving in a pandemic that has increased dependence on their products and services, while affecting the rest of the economy. Quarterly results from Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc. showed Thursday that the industry is capitalizing on the crisis as …
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Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a flat honeycomb pattern, where each hexagon is made up of six carbon atoms at their vertices. UT Dallas physicists are studying the electrical properties that arise when two layers of graphene are stacked. Credit: University of Texas at Dallas …
Read More »Billie Eilish released a Studio Ghibli-esque music video for her song, ‘my future’
Pop superstar Billie Eilish is already known for her experimental music videos. The latter, for her new single “my future”, is no exception. In the new video, Eilish changes the dark and grim atmosphere of most of her videos to jump into an animated world. The video begins with an …
Read More »The three key obstacles to eliminating a coronavirus vaccine
Vaccines have transformed the world, saving hundreds of millions of lives. They are also by far our best hope for stopping the Covid-19 pandemic. Our other options to stop the disease are to stay apart, which hurts our economy and society, or to build a “collective immunity” through natural infection, …
Read More »Japan’s ruling pacifist party proposes strike capability to stop missile attacks
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese pacifist took a step closer to acquiring weapons capable of attacking North Korea on Friday after a ruling party committee approved proposals to consider acquiring strike capacity to stop missile attacks. ballistic. Giving long-range ammunition to Japan’s Self-Defense Forces is controversial for a country that …
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