Everyone has heard the adage, “You can’t make something out of nothing.” However, the mechanics of our cosmos isn’t quite so black and white. Decades have been spent by scientists trying to create matter out of thin air. And now they’ve demonstrated that the notion put forward seventy years ago was right, and we can…
Ball Aerosol Packaging, the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA), Ecosurety, a packaging compliance scheme, The Metals Processing Institute, Suez Recycling and Recovery UK, and Tandom Metallurgical Group Ltd, processors of reclaimed aluminium, are just some of the partners involved in the working group for this initiative. The change will spur higher recycling rates throughout the…
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With the majority of spectrum licences available from the most recent Federal Communications Commission auction, T-Mobile will be able to close the “Swiss cheese”-like gaps in its rural network. The FCC stated Monday that T-Mobile has successfully bid $304.3 million for 7,156 of the total 7,872 licences up for grabs. The area covered by T-licenses…
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With the opening of nominations for its 2023 medals and prizes programme, IChemE seeks to recognise the most exceptional achievements in the field of chemical engineering. The Medals and Prizes Committee of IChemE presents 22 medals and prizes each year to individuals and institutions that have done exceptional work in research, education, and service to…
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Clinical successes in cancer treatment can be directly attributed to the discovery of cisplatin’s anticancer capabilities. Nevertheless, cisplatin has drawbacks including general toxicity. Its mechanism of action is the root cause of this problem because it kills both cancerous and healthy cells. The development of cancer medicines with high selectivity represents a significant area of…
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Five passengers were rescued last month after their sailboat was attacked by a pod of orcas off the coast of Portugal. Raffaella Ciccarelli of 9News reports that when the boat began to take on water, the passengers launched a life raft and were scooped up by a passing fishing boat. This sort of interaction between…
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