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We get to know the global juggernaut behind America's next carmaker and take its first product, an all-electric SUV, for a spin. VinFast says it already has 60,000 reservations globally for its VF 8 and VF 9 electric SUVs. VinFast In the wake of Tesla's industry-shaking success and the future promise of electric, autonomous mobility, would-be electric car companies are sprouting up everywhere. The floodgates have opened, with the last decade seeing more startups get off the ground than at any time since the dawn of the automobile. Most are already finding out the hard way that car building is...

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Most Downloaded Articles The most downloaded articles from Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry in the last 9 months. Preliminary survey on cold fusion: It’s not pathological science and may require revision of nuclear theory Luciano Ondir Freire, Delvonei Alves de Andrade Open Access December 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572665721008973 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115871 rights and content Under a Creative Commons license ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights • After three decades, “cold fusion” field is alive with thousands of publications technologies. • Nuclear reactions in solids are more complex than simple fusion. • They also seem to need energy triggers like background radiation. • The field does...

Exclusive: French President Emmanuel Macron—the one who wanted to make unvaccinated Frenchmen second class citizens—just won reelection against more conservative Marine Le Pen, largely due to a big turnout among senior voters (Macron didn’t do so well in the under 35 graphic). One congratulation on his reelection raises some big red flags—literally. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state media outlet Global Times, which has openly called for war and violence against China’s enemies, was seemingly full of glee at Macron’s reelection. "China and France share many similar views in terms of safeguarding multilateralism and improving global governance," Global Times wrote. "We...

In China, companies, banks, and individuals cannot freely move money into or out of the country unless they comply with strict foreign exchange (forex) rules. The Chinese communist party (CCP) has been imposing “zero tolerance” controls to limit foreign exchange trading done in a private or surreptitious manner. But despite the CCP’s best efforts, the massive outflow of Chinese capital to other countries is continuing and the speed has recently accelerated. One example of the CCP’s crackdown efforts involves the Tianjin-based Quanjian Group. Quanjian was fined $14.6 million for its foreign trading by the Anhui Branch of China’s State Administration...

Rephrase: In one sense, the Shanghai Lockdown is President Xi's way of saying to the internal, Chinese Communist Party, Shanghai opposition to Xi's quest for lifetime dictatorship, "see, I can paralyze your city with just one word". Steven Mosher was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China, in 1979. He was invited there by the Chinese government, where he had access to government documents and actually witnessed women being forced to have abortions under the new “one-child policy.” Mr. Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions...

According to Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, in the event of a nuclear attack on Moscow, there is space in underground facilities for all of the population. While this is a very bold claim, Moscow is famous for the massive amount of bunkers it has available for Civil Defense (гражданской обороны) and the military.

A mother and her boyfriend were sentenced in the death of 9-year-old Trinity Love Jones, whose body was found in a duffel bag in Hacienda Heights three years ago, authorities said Tuesday. The child was found dead by maintenance workers on March 5, 2019, her body partially stuffed inside a duffel bag down an embankment in the area of Hacienda Boulevard and Colima Road. The discovery shocked the community, with the child’s body going unidentified for days as authorities circled sketches of the girl and tips poured in.

In an evidence-based clinical practice guideline published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, recommendations are presented for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) after major extremity trauma. Researchers evaluated the current best evidence associated with treatment to develop recommendations for prevention of SSI among adults after major extremity trauma. Fourteen strong and moderate-strength recommendations were developed. In the setting of open fracture in major extremity trauma, the authors suggest early delivery of antibiotics to reduce the risk for deep infection. In operative treatment of open fractures, preoperative antibiotics are suggested to prevent SSI. Patients with open fracture are...

Three out of every five people in the U.S. now have antibodies from a previous Covid-19 infection with the proportion even higher among children, demonstrating how widespread the virus was during the winter omicron surge, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of people with natural Covid antibodies increased substantially from about 34% of the population in December to about 58% in February during the unprecedent wave of infection driven by the highly contagious omicron variant

Joe Biden agreed to pay son Hunter's legal fees for his deal with a Chinese government-controlled company, emails reveal. The revelation ties the president even closer to Hunter's overseas business dealings – and makes his previous claims that he never discussed them with his son, even less plausible. Joe was able to pay the bills after earning millions of dollars through his and his wife's companies after he left office as vice president. Some of the wave of cash came from their book deals and speaking engagements. But the president's financial filings reveal that he declared almost $7million more income...

Key Points Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, her office said Harris is not showing symptoms and has not been in close contact with President Joe Biden or first lady Jill Biden, the vice president’s press secretary said. Harris, 57, “will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence,” her press secretary, Kirsten Allen, said in a statement.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday pardoned Abraham Bolden, the Chicago man who was the first Black Secret Service agent to serve on a White House detail, who maintained charges against him that led to prison time were trumped up. Bolden “has steadfastly maintained his innocence, arguing that he was targeted for prosecution in retaliation for exposing unprofessional and racist behavior within the U.S. Secret Service,” the White House said in announcing Biden’s clemency actions. Biden pardoned three people, including Bolden and commuted the sentences of 75 other people serving long sentences for nonviolent drug offenses, who under current guidelines would...

If you have the paper, flaunt it like Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk. That could be what other billionaires are about to do as they seek to drive headline-grabbing change at well-known public companies as Musk did with Twitter. "It's the beginning of a wave," Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of Vinson & Elkins' Shareholder Activism practice, said. "It's not the first time this has happened. There's lots of billionaires who have bid for companies in the past. There's lots of billionaire activists that have bid for companies." "I think we are going to see a lot more unsolicited bids on a...

Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter will see substantial changes implemented on the social media platform with everything from longer tweets and paid subscriptions using 'joke' cryptocurrency Dogecoin all within the realm of possibility. He is said to favor temporary 'timeouts' for users who break the new rules, rather than permanent bans such as those given to Donald Trump. . . . Details of his immediate plans are slim, but the Tesla chief portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist. Other mooted changes include blue verification checkmarks for anyone who subscribes to Twitter's premium Blue service, which costs $2.99 a month.Musk is...

Germany's decision to not immediately end Russian oil imports – a move that would deliver a crucial blow to the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine – came at the urgent request of the Biden administration, a senior European official involved in Russian sanctions tells Newsmax. The European official told Newsmax that the Biden administration has also been pushing the Germans to delay cutting off Russian oil until later this year and after the U.S. midterm elections. The White House appears to believe it has a chance to keep the Senate in Democrat hands – but that opportunity could be...

SECOND WEEK OF EASTER JOHN 3:7B-15 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares that he must be lifted up to bring eternal life to believers. Why would God’s salvation of the human race have to include something as horrifying as crucifixion? We live in a time when the human predicament is regularly denied, explained away, or ignored. Despite the massive counter-evidence from the moral disasters of the last century, we are still beguiled by the myth of progress: with just enough technical advancement, psychological insight, and personal liberation, we will solve our problems. But with this sort of stupidity and superficiality...

Kamala Harris arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base where Discoverer-1, the first satellite to enter a polar orbit and America’s bold response to Russia’s Sputnik, was launched to announce that we would be unilaterally surrendering to Russia and China in the growing satellite wars. Last November, Russia had conducted a DA-ASAT or direct-ascent anti-satellite test which demonstrated its ability to take out satellites. The Russians had used their A-235 anti-ballistic missile system to destroy their own Kosmos 1408 satellite. The message was clear: Moscow had the ability to clear out enemy satellites in the event of any conflict. Including ours....

Yale Divinity School, located in New Haven, ConnecticutTwo centuries after its founding, Yale Divinity School marked its first-ever non-Christian service in honor of Earth Day. Around 80 students gathered on April 22 outside the university’s Marquand Chapel to mark the annual observance with singing and non-denominational prayers, according to The Yale Daily News. A student organizer told the independent student newspaper it was the first time a non-Christian service was held at the Yale Divinity School in its nearly 200-year history. Master of divinity student Tasha Brownfield led the event, which she described as “Indigenous- and Black ecology-based with a...

Despite being the world's richest person, much of Musk's wealth is tied up in Tesla stock, meaning he would likely have to borrow against his holdings to fund the deal.

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