An Artistic Illustration of the Light Activated Antenna-Reactor Catalyst Rice University engineers designed to break down carbon-fluorine bonds in fluorocarbons. The aluminum portion of the particle (white and pink) captures light energy (green), activating islands of palladium catalysts (red). In the box, fluoromethane molecules (above) made up of one carbon …
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Seeing NFL players, coaches, teams, and even the league itself support the idea of kneeling down during the national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice in 2020 is encouraging and also surprising, given what happened in 2016 and 2017. A story by Elise Jesse of WLWT, an NBC affiliate …
Read More »Jeff Ross denies accusation of having a sexual relationship with a minor girl – Deadline
Comedian Jeff Ross denies a woman’s accusation that the two had a sexual relationship when the woman was 15 years old. “I have never had a sexual relationship with a minor,” Ross wrote on Twitter Monday night. The woman, who posted under the Facebook username Iwas15hewas33, said she was in …
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Today at the Next @ Acer conference, Acer is announcing an updated version of its compact gaming desktop, the Predator Orion 3000, and the company was able to send us a pre-production unit for a practice. As this is a pre-production unit, the final performance is not yet tuned, but …
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The stock market had bullish gains around noon on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, but the DJIA is still below the 200-day moving average, which has been a resistance level. Top DJIA winners included Apple (AAPL) Nike (NKE) and Merck (MRK) The Nasdaq compound opened to …
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