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Stromboli Volcano, Italy

Stromboli Volcano, Italy

Stromboli (/ˈstrɒmbəli/ STROM-bə-lee, Italian: ˈstromboli; Sicilian: Struògnuli (ˈʂː(ɽ)wɔɲɲʊlɪ); Ancient Greek: Στρογγύλη, romanized: Strongýlē) is one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupting nearly continuously since…
Arctic Shipping that isn’t Sustainable Risks Worsening the Environment in the Arctic

Arctic Shipping that isn’t Sustainable Risks Worsening the Environment in the Arctic

Shipping traffic in the Arctic is expected to skyrocket in the coming decades. This activity is already exacerbating climate change and jeopardizing fragile ecosystems. The…
Tetranitratoxycarbon – a Hypothetical Molecule

Tetranitratoxycarbon – a Hypothetical Molecule

Tetranitratoxycarbon is a hypothetical molecule proposed in 2012 by Clara Lazen, a fifth-grade student in Kansas City, Missouri, who envisioned its structure and built a…
From the Sea, Clean Fuel can be Extracted Using a New Nanomaterial

From the Sea, Clean Fuel can be Extracted Using a New Nanomaterial

The hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be a plentiful and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been hampered…
Room-temperature operation of an Ultrathin Magnet is Possible

Room-temperature operation of an Ultrathin Magnet is Possible

Scientists have developed an ultrathin magnet that can function at room temperature. The ultrathin magnet could pave the way for new applications in computing and…
Polystyrene (PS): Structure, Properties, and Uses

Polystyrene (PS): Structure, Properties, and Uses

Polystyrene (PS) /ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn/, is a strong, stiff, beautifully clear synthetic resin made from styrene polymerization. Polystyrene is a rigid, dimensionally stable, chemically resistant to aqueous…
Younited Credit Raises $170 Million for its data-Driven Credit Offering

Younited Credit Raises $170 Million for its data-Driven Credit Offering

French startup United Credit has raised $ 170 million in funding. Goldman Sachs is also participating in the Eurozone, BPFerence, and AG2 to La Mondial…
Twitter Now lets you Limit who can Reply to a Tweet after the Fact

Twitter Now lets you Limit who can Reply to a Tweet after the Fact

If you’re tired of the bright transmissions, respondents are also taken to Twitter just to meet the waves after the North wave; a new Twitter…
Tiny bird Turns Raw Data into real-time API at Scale

Tiny bird Turns Raw Data into real-time API at Scale

Meet Tiny bird, a new startup that helps developers scale data products without having to worry about infrastructure, query time, and all the risky issues…
This Week in Apps: iOS 15 Public Beta Arrives, Android App Bundles to Replace APKs, App Consumer Spend Hits New Record

This Week in Apps: iOS 15 Public Beta Arrives, Android App Bundles to Replace APKs, App Consumer Spend Hits New Record

Welcome to the apps this week, the weekly TechCrunch series that brings the latest recovery to mobile OS news, mobile apps, and the overall app…
Russian Insurtech and Telemedicine Startup BestDoctor Raises $26M B from Winter Capital Partners

Russian Insurtech and Telemedicine Startup BestDoctor Raises $26M B from Winter Capital Partners

Last year we covered the BestDoctor series in one round when the Russian insuretech startup raised $4.5 million for corporations for its online medical insurance…
New Research Shows Music can Develop the Spoken Language of the Hearing-Impaired

New Research Shows Music can Develop the Spoken Language of the Hearing-Impaired

Researchers from the University of Helsinki discovered that music can assist youngsters with hearing loss learn to talk. Parents, educators, speech therapists, and rehabilitation professionals…
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