When microbiologist Jared Leadbeater returned to his office for the first time in months after a work trip, he found something strange. A cream-colored manganese carbonate compound (MnCO3), which coated the glassware he had left in his sink, had gone dark. Something had stolen some of his electrons. “I thought, …
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Text size Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images After a few shaky days, oil prices rose on Wednesday after a surprising result at an OPEC meeting and better-than-expected government data from the US. Brent crude, the global benchmark, set 2.1% higher at $ 43.79 on Tuesday, while West …
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Oil futures rose on Wednesday to mark their biggest settlement in more than four months, fueled by the largest weekly decline in U.S. crude supplies so far this year, even as an OPEC + committee arrived to an agreement to reduce record production cuts from next month. “Any move by …
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The numbers: Business activity in New York State increased in July for the first time since the pandemic began in March, according to the New York Fed Empire State Manufacturing Survey released on Wednesday. The Empire State Trading Conditions Index rose to 17.2 in July from 0.2 negative in the …
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden talks about modernizing infrastructure and his plans to tackle climate change during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, July 14, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters Former Vice President Joe Biden released an expanding plan Tuesday to modernize America’s infrastructure and …
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