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Water Scarcity

Africa: Thirsting for Water Security?

Berlin, Germany — Water is essential and indispensable for life on earth. We know that; and many of us have perhaps heard, written and uttered these words themselves a 'million' times. Therefore, I am astonished and increasingly worried about the relatively low-level of attention and priority accorded to water at…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Water Scarcity

How the Coronavirus Crisis Highlights the Need for Clean Water

As the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic, experts say that a key way to minimize the odds of getting sick is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. But what if you don’t have access to clean water? March 22 is World Water Day, designated by the United Nations to…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Panda

Panda poo, ants and slugs could be key to the green fuel of tomorrow

A new research project at Aarhus University will exploit millions of years of evolution to develop sustainable biofuels. Among other things, the solution lies in the digestive system of pandas. By imitating natural biological degradation processes, a team of researchers from the Department of Engineering and the Department of Bioscience…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Recycling

[ASAP] Electrostatic Interactions Govern Extreme Nascent Protein Ejection Times from Ribosomes and Can Delay Ribosome Recycling

The ejection of nascent proteins out of the ribosome exit tunnel, after their covalent bond to transfer-RNA has been broken, has not been experimentally studied due to challenges in sample preparation. Here, we investigate this process using a combination of multiscale modeling, ribosome profiling, and gene ontology analyses. Simulating the…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

Brian Hoyer will compete for Patriots’ starting QB job, agent says

The man who was switched places with Jimmy Garoppolo now has a chance to succeed Tom Brady.Brian Hoyer agreed to a one-year contract with the New England Patriots on Sunday, his agent, Joel Linta, told Pro Football Talk. That will come with $2 million guaranteed and a chance to compete…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Clearview

Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI

Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. A few months ago, I wrote about how the Indian government dismissed fears of mass surveillance in response to concerns that its proposed…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Hrant Dink

U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History

“You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own,” President Barack Obama told hundreds of cheering U.S. troops in Baghdad on April 7, 2009, his first visit to the country after being elected. He added that now, “Iraqis need to take responsibility for their country.” For brazen hypocrisy…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

NASDAQ

Asian markets fall, led by plunge from Australian stocks

U.S. futures dropped 4% and Australia’s share benchmark initially plunged 8.5% as work on more stimulus for the U.S. economy hit snags in the U.S. Senate. India’s Sensex 1, -4.61% plummeted 9.4%. Singapore’s benchmark plunged 7% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Geely

Geely donates medical supplies to Europe, Malaysia for coronavirus fight; we get face masks, testing kits

In Geely, International News / By Danny Tan / 23 March 2020 10:33 am / 29 comments Carmaker Geely and the Li Shufu Charity Foundation have begun shipping urgently needed medical supplies to Europe and Malaysia to aid the fight against the coronavirus. The first batch of donated medical supplies…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Palestine

India to go ahead with $2.3 bn Turkish shipyard deal

NEW DELHI: India is going ahead with a $2.3 billion (about Rs 15,000 crore) deal to manufacture fleet support vessels (FSVs) in collaboration with a Turkish shipyard following a review after questions were raised on Turkey’s links with Pakistan and the recent diplomatic tiff with the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government.…

bubmagMarch 23, 2020

Africa: Thirsting for Water Security?

How the Coronavirus Crisis Highlights the Need for Clean Water

Panda poo, ants and slugs could be key to the green fuel of tomorrow

[ASAP] Electrostatic Interactions Govern Extreme Nascent Protein Ejection Times from Ribosomes and Can Delay Ribosome Recycling

Brian Hoyer will compete for Patriots’ starting QB job, agent says

Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI

U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History

Asian markets fall, led by plunge from Australian stocks

Geely donates medical supplies to Europe, Malaysia for coronavirus fight; we get face masks, testing kits

India to go ahead with $2.3 bn Turkish shipyard deal

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