[ad_1] The director of the French cycling team Arkea, Emmanuel Hubert, claimed Colombian Nairo Quintana, at the center of an investigation with his brother Dayer after finding material presumably doping in his room during the last Tour de France and said he didn’t doubt his innocence. “I have no doubts” …
Read More »These ants dress in a protective ‘biomineral armor’ never seen before in insects
[ad_1] Ants are rather organized little creatures. Highly social insects, they know how to forage, build complicated nests, steal pantry snacks, and generally take care of the queens and the colony, all working together. Leaf cutter ants increase this collaboration by several levels. Colonies of leaf cutter ants like Acromyrmex …
Read More »The spacecraft with a precious asteroid cargo is almost home after 5 billion kilometers of travel
[ad_1] In the dusty desert town of Woomera in the South Australian desert, scientists are preparing. On December 6, 2020, after six years in space, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 probe will finally return to Earth. It carries with it an incredibly rare, precious and hard-won cargo: at least …
Read More »Chromosomes don’t look the way you think they are. We now have a 3D image of the real thing
[ad_1] If you’ve ever studied chemistry or biology, there’s a very good chance you’ve come across the common pictorial representation of what a chromosome should look like. As millions of high school and college students attest, it is a tall, narrow X shape, displaying the appearance of two chromatids joined …
Read More »Ripple backed Forte and the industry pioneers team up to revolutionize the game
[ad_2][ad_1] Source: quakeboy – Shutterstock Gallium Studios, Monster Ideas, Penrose and GC Turbo will use Forte’s blockchain-based economic technology to create new revenue models focused on community and player experiences. Forte partnered with Ripple in March 2019 to accelerate mainstream adoption of blockchain technology in games. SAN FRANCISCO – November …
Read More »Unexpectedly, the universe gets hotter as it expands
[ad_1] For nearly a century, astronomers have understood that the Universe is in a state of expansion. Since the 1990s, they have realized that since 4 billion years ago, the rate of expansion has been accelerating. As this progresses, and the galaxy clusters and filaments of the Universe move further …
Read More »The Milky Way’s ‘family tree’ reveals the fate of the mysterious Kraken galaxy
[ad_1] The Milky Way collided and merged with many other galaxies over the course of its long life, but reconstructing its history was a tall order. A new analysis of dense star clusters orbiting the Milky Way has now given us the story of the most complete galactic merger ever. …
Read More »EURO 2020 groups announced
[ad_1] The groups have been completed at EURO 2020, which is expected to be done in the summer of 2020 due to the Corona pandemic, but has been postponed to the summer of 2021. The last 4 teams of the Nations League play-offs have also been announced. After the play-offs …
Read More »According to the leader of Biden’s financial policy transition team, there is a “strong case” that Ethereum and XRP are stocks
[ad_2][ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden called crypto-literate Gary Gensler, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to lead one of his financial regulation transition teams. Biden’s campaign announced Tuesday that Gensler will specially lead the team focused on the Federal Reserve, banks and securities regulators. The former Obama administration …
Read More »This impressive plasma jet eliminates the coronavirus on surfaces in seconds
[ad_1] Among the many problems we have had with the spread of COVID-19 is the ability of the coronavirus to survive on surfaces for hours on end. While we can effectively clean hard materials or sterilize them with alcohol, what about more delicate surfaces like cardboard? Even in the atmosphere, …
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