NI health trusts ‘stopped from carrying out early abortions’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Medical professionals who can perform an abortion include a doctor, a registered nurse or a registered midwife Some NI health trusts have been stopped from carrying out early abortion services, BBC News NI understands.Last month, NI's abortion laws changed to permit terminations up to…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
‘Nature is healing’ memes: Twitter makes fun of exaggerated stories of reduced pollution during lockdowns
Tweets include the return of the dinosaurs, Godzilla and the Loch Ness monster About a week or two after several countries over the world imposed a partial or total lockdown, there were many posts on social media about how the reduction in human activity has resulted in the increased visibility…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
[Opinion] Coronavirus sees approval-rating soar for EU leaders
The prevailing wisdom holds that the Covid-19 pandemic could "break the EU", lead to the renationalisation of competencies, and create an inward looking continent devoid of solidarity. Yet this temporary trauma belies the tremendous opportunity emerging to create a more integrated and cohesive European Union. Over 70 years ago, the…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
Friends and Peers Remember Chynna Rogers: ‘I’ll Never Forget You Angel’
Following the news on Wednesday that rapper and model Chynna Rogers had died in her native Philadelphia at age 25, her friends and peers paid tribute to her on social media. “Chynna was SOOO f—ing dope man wtf… scary to even have to say RIP,” singer Yung Baby Tate said.…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
Giuseppe Conte: EU needs to help coronavirus hit countries
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionItalian PM Giuseppe Conte said he might begin to relax some measures by the end of this monthItaly's prime minister has told the BBC that the European Union risks failing as a project in the coronavirus crisis.Giuseppe Conte says the EU must…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
A Mercury Retrograde Mardi Gras by Holiday Mathis
hhd@get.creators.com (Holiday Mathis) If your life were a Mardi Gras parade, what would your float be like? The meetup of the moon and a retrograde Mercury promises surprise themes and happenings for revelers (and lots of lost keys and phones)! Even if you don’t celebrate Fat Tuesday, this is a…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
To make or to break: Novel reversible technique produces acyl fluoride using rare metal
IMAGE: A new technique to produce value-added complex acyl fluorides from commercially available simple acyl fluoride. view more Credit: Tokyo University of Science Acyl fluorides are organic compounds that contain a fluorine atom in their structure. These compounds have recently gained much attention in transition-metal catalysis due to their stability and…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production
IMAGE: New-type noble metal aerogels were developed for outstanding pH-universal electrocatalysis toward hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction. view more Credit: Wiley-VCH Electrocatalysis is one of the most studied topics in the field of material science, because it is extensively involved in many important energy-related processes, such as the oxygen…
bubmagApril 9, 2020
Google bans employees from using this app
NEW DELHI: After NASA and Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX, it’s now Google’s turn to ban its employees from using the Zoom app. Ever since work from home has become a norm across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, professionals have turned to apps like Zoom. The teleconferencing…
bubmagApril 9, 2020