Inside FCA’s Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan. Photo: Fiat chrysler Most Fiat Chrysler workers have returned to factories for more than a month after being temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic. And although production has restarted, workers have also been temporarily detained at two plants separated by …
Read More »Turkey debates the status of the iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
In its more than 1,400 years of existence, the majestic vaulted structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as the main cathedral of the Byzantine Empire, a mosque under the Ottoman Empire, and a museum in modern Turkey, attracting millions of tourists each year. . The 6th century building …
Read More »Expelled Manhattan federal prosecutor Berman to testify before the House next week
House Democrats have scheduled a transcribed interview next week with toppled US Attorney Geoffrey Berman, a powerful prosecutor from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) who was investigating President TrumpDonald John Trump House panel approves defense policy bill 0.5B House of Representatives panel votes against curtailment of Insurrection Law …
Read More »A swine flu threat with pandemic potential is emerging in China
A flu virus found in pigs in China has pandemic potential and needs to be monitored “urgently,” researchers warn in study in peer-reviewed journal. PNAS this week. Threat alert: While it has not been transmitted from human to human, the virus is causing concern because it is a genetic mix …
Read More »The crystalline structure discovered almost 200 years ago could be key to the solar cell revolution
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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