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Comparative research on resilience-related policies and local practices in five cities worldwide

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Comparative research on resilience-related policies and local practices in five cities worldwide

Comparison of risk implications and resilience pathways in resilience-related policy documents across the five cities. Credit: Jing Ran, Qionghui Li, Joe Ravetz, Tristram C. Hales, Adrian Healy, Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Omar Pérez Figueroa, Anna Taylor In the context of urban studies and urban planning, future cities’ development and prosperity is highly related to their capacity to … Read more

An Unfinished Film review – moving and mysterious movie about China’s Covid crisis | Film

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An Unfinished Film review – moving and mysterious movie about China’s Covid crisis | Film

Out of agony and chaos, Chinese film-maker Lou Ye has created something mysterious, moving and even profound – a kind of multilayered docu-realist film, evidently inspired by a real-life situation in film production. As well as everything else, the film meditates on what it means to be “unfinished”. Very few of us will leave this … Read more

Carbon-capture batteries developed to store renewable energy, help climate

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Carbon-capture batteries developed to store renewable energy, help climate

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide. This type of battery stores the renewable energy generated by solar panels or wind turbines. Utilizing this energy when wind and sunlight … Read more

Low-temperature pulse irradiation technique enables flexible optoelectronic devices

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Low-temperature pulse irradiation technique enables flexible optoelectronic devices

PIS synthesis of large-area PTE film and characterization. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44970-4 The synthesis of metallic inorganic compound thin films typically requires high-temperature processes, which hampers their applications on flexible substrates. Recently, a research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) developed a pulse irradiation technique that synthesizes a variety of thin … Read more

Sunak clashes with Janet Street Porter on Loose Women as Starmer unveils Labour’s general election pledges – UK politics live

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Sunak clashes with Janet Street Porter on Loose Women as Starmer unveils Labour’s general election pledges – UK politics live

Keir Starmer launches Labour election campaign with six pledges to voters Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has clashed with Janet Street Porter on ITV’s Loose Women over his recent spring Budget. The Prime Minister was confronted … Read more

When saying ‘please’ is more strategic than magic

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Carbon-capture batteries developed to store renewable energy, help climate

By kindergarten age, most children have been taught that “please” is a magic word. “Please” is an expression of politeness that shows courtesy and respect, turning a potential demand into a request that will — poof! — magically be granted. But a new study on the ways people make requests of one another suggests that … Read more

Researchers discover new family of bacteria with high pharmaceutical potential

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Researchers discover new family of bacteria with high pharmaceutical potential

Microscopic image of a colony of Pendulispora rubella. Credit: Ronald Garcia/HIPS Most antibiotics used in human medicine originate from natural products derived from bacteria and other microbes. Novel microorganisms are therefore a promising source of new active compounds, also for the treatment of diseases such as cancer or viral infections. A team from the Helmholtz … Read more

Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way | Catriona Crombie

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Imagine getting life-saving drugs to sick people without relying on big pharma? We may have found a way | Catriona Crombie

Healthcare should make people’s lives better. That fact can hardly be contested. Yet for some patients with rare diseases, commercial interests are dictating who gets to access life-saving treatment and who doesn’t. Pharmaceutical companies have long been driven by global demand and the potential for the highest profits. In the past two decades, the market … Read more