Chiral characterization: Upon illumination with red light, semiconductor nanohelices generate twisted blue light. (Courtesy: Ventsislav Valev, Kylian Valev and Lukas Ohnoutek) Researchers in the UK and the US have discovered a novel photonic effect that could make it far easier for chemists to assess the chirality of new drug candidates. Led by Ventsislav Valev at
Olivia Colman plays Leda in The Lost Daughter / Courtesy www.imdb.com An Italian film scholar reviews Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Lost Daughter and finds a powerful interpretation that, although it sometimes strays from the original, deserves praise on its own merit. The glorious city of Naples is absent in The Lost Daughter, directed
Pedestrians walk through Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, April 20, 2020. Adam Glanzam | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up two cases challenging college admission policies that consider the race of student applicants, potentially imperiling the divisive programs that
Refresh for latest…: With an amazing $1.69B worldwide cume through Sunday, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the No. 6 film ever globally, passing Jurassic World ($1.67B) and The Lion King ($1.662B) to get there. This includes a running $970.1M from the international box office, which should portend an eventual $1B overseas gross — and without a China bump. Domestic is at
WASHINGTON — A proposal by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) that would give the agency a greater role in investigating failures of commercial launches is facing strong opposition from both the industry and the Federal Aviation Administration. The NTSB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, in November regarding commercial space investigations. The
Noise ColorFit Icon Buzz smartwatch will launch in India next week, as per a microsite on Amazon. A microsite on the official website teases the price and some key specifications of the upcoming smartwatch. The Noise ColorFit smartwatch will feature Bluetooth calling and get support for Google Assistant as well as Siri. Noise ColorFit Icon
Servicemen of Russia’s Eastern Military District units attend a welcoming ceremony as they arrive at unfamiliar training ranges in Belarus combining their own means of transport with travelling by train, to take part in a joint military exercise held by the Union State of Russia and Belarus and aiming to simulate repelling an external attack
R. Kelly‘s former manager, James Mason, agreed to stay away from R. Kelly’s girlfriend, her dad and their family for good … as a result, his terroristic threats case was dismissed. A spokesperson for the Henry County D.A.’s office, tells TMZ … the case against Mr. Mason was dismissed last month in exchange for him
Alfred Thierry Mugler, the visionary French designer who defined 1980s fashion and was responsible for some of the most out-there and iconic looks of the past decades, has sadly passed away aged 73. Much more than just a name on a perfume bottle, the French-born designer and “enfant terrible” was, for a tremendous amount of
The hotly-anticipated premiere of Snowpiercer Season 3 is imminent, and we will soon know what has become of Layton’s pirate train and those left to suffer Wilford’s crazed Nero-esque rule. Two significant characters who sided with Layton in the final confrontation of Snowpiercer Season 2 are Bess Till and Alex Cavill. Both are on board
The Best Sex Takes Three Loads of Laundry Lint Before my lover and I have sex, I cover myself in lint. It’s not that we only have sex on lint day—as we call it—but it’s the best sex and on the days leading up to it, we get more and more excited. It takes three
The U.K.’s ambitions to position itself as a global power are facing a setback as a string of domestic political dramas continue to distract the government from its international responsibilities, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Speaking to CNBC, the ex-leader of the Labour party — currently in opposition to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives —
Trader on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 21, 2022. CNBC Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Sunday, following the S&P 500’s worst week since March 2020, as investors awaited more corporate earnings results and a key policy decision from the Federal Reserve. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 100 points.
Representative of the People’s Police of the Lugansk People’s Republic shows a seized home-made strike drone equipped with a grenade launcher which was used by Ukrainian government troops, near Slavyanoserbsk, east Ukraine. Alexander Reka | TASS | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The State Department recommended Sunday that all U.S. citizens in Ukraine depart the country
Critically acclaimed specialty holdovers continued to plant their flags in theaters as awards season advances and Oscar nominations loom — and on a weekend with few new releases, most not reporting grosses today. Among the bigger indies, United Artists Releasing’s Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson grossed an estimated $683k in week nine from 772
WASHINGTON — After missing its initial launch window in 2020 in part because of the pandemic, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission is on schedule for a launch in September. ESA said Jan. 18 preparations for the mission, which will land a rover named Rosalind Franklin on the surface of Mars, are on track for
While the Apple iPhone 14 series is still months away from its release, rumours about the iPhone 15 lineup have already started surfacing. Apple is testing prototypes and component samples of 5x telephoto lenses for the iPhone 15 Pro. A final decision on who will be the manufacturer is expected in May 2022. The information
Pro-choice demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on November 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from Texas abortion providers to immediately send their case challenging the state’s strict abortion law back to a lower court. Doing so would have allowed the abortion