California is entering a dangerous Fourth of July holiday weekend: Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise even as officials plead with the public to avoid the crowds and maintain physical distance in hopes of preventing more outbreaks than they can. overwhelm state hospitals. Californians hoping for Independence Day weekend …
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Credit: Jason Blackeye (Unsplash) The first comprehensive global assessment of heat waves at regional levels has revealed that in almost all parts of the world heat waves have increased in frequency and duration since the 1950s. Research published in Nature’s Communications It has also produced a new cumulative metric heat, …
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President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis and widespread protests over racial injustice have led him to “big trouble” before the November election, according to a policy expert. Speaking to CNBC’s “Street Signs Europe” on Friday, Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics at City University, said Trump had received …
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Abrikosov lattice at moderate vortex speeds (left); Abrikosov-Josephson’s ultrafast “vortex rivers” (right). Credit: Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy, University of Vienna. An international team of scientists from Austria, Germany and Ukraine has found a new superconducting system in which magnetic flux quanta can move at speeds of 10 to 15 km / s. …
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Since the governor began allowing local jurisdictions to set stricter limits than the state’s last month, a mosaic of rules has emerged, as have clashes over them. Maricopa County passed regulations requiring facial coatings in public. Staff at Antique Sugar, a vintage clothing boutique in Phoenix, received so much abuse …
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