A mural of the Prince leaning against a Little Red Corvette looks up at the statue, which was installed June 28 in Henderson, Minnesota. Fans of the 1984 film will recognize Henderson from the Lake Minnetonka scene where actress Apollonia Kotero’s character jumped into the icy water only to discover …
Read More »Florida, Texas release daily COVID-19 logs as ‘positivity’ rates rise
(Reuters) – Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots for the US coronavirus outbreak, both reported record daily increases in confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined. . For the sixth consecutive day, Texas also posted a record high …
Read More »Scientists say WHO ignores risk of coronavirus floating in air as aerosol
TribLIVE’s daily and weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and the information you need, right to your inbox. SEATTLE – Six months after a pandemic that has killed more than half a million people, more than 200 scientists around the world are challenging the official view of how …
Read More »Who is first in line for a coronavirus vaccine? New information shows prioritization loaded with hazards
New information released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that future prioritization of a possible coronavirus vaccine could be fraught with dangers. . As the discussion of priority groups stood out on Thursday, the coronavirus continues to present a …
Read More »The crystalline structure discovered almost 200 years ago can revolutionize solar cells
Perovskite structure. Credit: John Labram, Oregon State University Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are focusing their scientific attention on materials with a crystalline structure discovered almost two centuries ago. Not all materials with the structure, known as perovskites, are semiconductors. But metal-based and halogen-based perovskites are, and have …
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