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Slipping boron into alkyl ethersThe carbon–oxygen bonds that hold alkyl ethers together are relatively inert. Lyu et al. report that zinc and nickel can team up to insert boron between the carbon and oxygen using an unusual mechanism. First, a dibromoborane pries open the bond with help from a zinc…

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by Issa Maki , posted on 04 April 2021 / 1,261 Views It's not hard to turn a cold shoulder on the sheer amount of ports, remakes, and remasters on Nintendo Switch. Something like Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, with its enhanced graphics and brand-new epilogue is certainly worth consideration, but Capcom…

2021-04-01 15:00:00by Eric Van Allen PSX walk with me For fans of obscure PlayStation games and the TV series Twin Peaks, the 1998 PlayStation adventure Mizzurna Falls has been a bit of a white whale. Several translation efforts have been released over the years, but a new patch doesn't just…

DUBAI: The International Prize for Arabic Fiction has announced its six shortlisted authors who are competing to receive a $50,000 award when the winner is revealed on May 25. Read on to learn more about the writers and their novels.  Abdulatif Ould Abdullah - ‘The Eye of Hammurabi’ In the…

Identifying PAHs in spaceMidinfrared spectroscopy has shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are abundant in many astronomical objects, but this technique cannot determine which specific PAH molecules are present. Radio astronomy could provide individual identifications if the molecule is sufficiently abundant and has a large dipole moment, but PAHs are…

These eye-pleasing PC tweaks will make using Windows 10 a bit more pleasant. Rob Schultz Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors In what was either a revelation or a sign of getting older, I recently experienced a sudden urge…

The final episode of HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” airs this Sunday, but some critics of the documentary series say the filmmakers have only put forward one side of the case, failing to include Woody Allen’s side of the story and omitting key facts that detract from a pro-Farrow conclusion. Critics…

At the beginning of last month, Apple rolled out the first beta for iOS 14.5, which is primed to be the most substantial update for iOS 14 since it launched last September. One of the many new features and changes spotted by the beta users was the ability to set…

The day to vote on HR-1, a major piece of legislation that would overhaul campaign finance laws, expand voting rights and limit partisan gerrymandering, has arrived in Washington. First introduced in 2019, the HR-1, or the For the People Act, is being hailed by some as the next Voting Rights…