Exploring time reversal with galaxy models (Young Talents Making Way)
Exploring the physical reasons for an arrow of time to reverse in simplified computer simulations using two colliding galaxies.. SPECIAL THANKS TO: James Armstrong Mike Nassir Dr. Joshua Barnes HISTAR Team Imagine a box with a barrier across the middle separating two different types of gas. If you break the barrier the two types of […]
The wonders of the Earth-like planets of the TRAPPIST-1 star (Young Talents Making Way)
The seven planets orbiting around the TRAPPIST-1 star further our understanding of planet formation and the development of life on Earth. The seven planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 are remarkable: they are similar in size to Earth and at least three of them could have liquid water on their surfaces. Here, we discuss this extraordinary […]
Munch on Plastics (Young Talents Making Way)
Plastic-eating worms could offer a solution to decompose plastic waste. “Today Americans discard about 33.6 million tons of plastic each year, but only 6.5 percent of it is recycled and 7.7 percent is combusted in waste-to-energy facilities which create electricity or heat from garbage. The rest ends up in landfills where it may take up […]
Small Plastic Causing a Big Problem (Young Talents Making Way)
Plastic pollution is a global issue which is raising concern for the health of marine and land ecosystems. Smaller microplastics 5mm are particularly problematic as they can be consumed by marine creatures as small as plankton. Beascuse plastic is hydrophobic, it absorbs pollutants like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and can act as a vector to […]
Enhancing Algal Bio-remediation in Wastewater Treatments with Cindy Tsou (Young Talents Making Way)
Using Algae to Reduce the Impact of Wastewater Treatments. Cindy is a finalist at this year State of Hawai’i Science and Engineering Fair. She will be talking to us about her science project at Mililani High School. Enhancing Algal Bioremediation in Wastewater Using the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Silver Metal Nanoparticles as a Optical Nanofilter […]
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Public officials from Congress to City Hall are now regularly subjected to threats of violence. It’s changing how they do their jobs. [...]
The president’s appearance at the historically Black college in Atlanta was not welcomed by all on campus, amid dissatisfaction with U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. [...]
Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. [...]
Officers were filmed punching several people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bay Ridge. [...]
Andrei R. Belousov, an intellectual with no military experience, is known for backing a state-dominated economy. [...]
The 14-year-old's body was found in the River Tyne and the younger boy was rescued and taken to hospital. [...]
Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice. [...]
Families have been let down over decades, says minister, ahead of a long-awaited inquiry report. [...]
Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. [...]
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg finds out if her Conservative and Labour guests know their parties' policies. [...]
DRC armed forces say they have thwarted an attempted coup involving Congolese and foreign fighters. A shootout was previously reported in the capital, Kinshasa. [...]
France has been attempting to restore order in the Pacific territory since riots broke out earlier this week. Airlines have suspended flights over the unrest. [...]
Gaza officials say over 20 people have died in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. A US security envoy is visiting Israel after talks in [...]
Both Russia and Ukraine traded drone assaults overnight as Russian forces continue their offensive in the northeast of Ukraine. Kyiv says its troops have destroyed a Russian minesweeper. DW has [...]
Saudi Arabian state media said that the 88-year-old monarch was suffering from fever and joint pain. His son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has de facto ruled the kingdom since [...]
An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, on Sunday, as fighting raged and Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the [...]
The jawbone of a nearly 50-foot sperm whale that washed ashore in New Zealand's southernmost region has been removed. While the act is illegal, it's also considered disrespectful to the [...]
President Joe Biden's national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss a wide-ranging security agreement between the countries. [...]
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk became the world's first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years by beating British fighter Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh. [...]
Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. [...]
At Saturday night’s U.S. Classic, world’s top gymnast shows she won’t be playing it safe entering the Summer Games. [...]
Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days [...]
Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots in general elections likely to reinforce the government’s crackdown on its shared border with crisis-stricken Haiti [...]
Americans throw out billions of disposable razors and blade cartridges a year. There’s a better way to shave that doesn’t create tons of plastic waste. [...]
French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where [...]
