Light-emitting semiconductors are used throughout everyday life in TVs, smartphones, and lighting. However, many technical barriers remain in developing environmentally friendly semiconductor materials.
Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, global warming will exceed what many ecosystems can safely handle.
The two Middle Eastern countries exchanged messages through a Russian intermediary saying they would not preemptively attack each other.
Prosecutors have disclosed an additional allegation of sexual misconduct against actor Timothy Busfield as they seek to keep him in jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges. Busfield is accused of groping a 16-year-old girl who was auditioning for a role at the B Street
Meltdown from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 definitely looks different in Black Ops 7 , but does it look worse? The post One Of These Games Is From 2012 And The Other Is From 2026 appeared first on Kotaku .
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Trump has the least healthy eating habits of anyone in his administration but praised the commander in chief for what he described as his remarkable stamina nonetheless. In an interview released Tuesday on
In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ordinary—like collecting water, walking to the fields or casting a fishing net—now carry a quiet, ever-present fear. A new national analysis shows that
Their mouths may move convincingly, but they’re far from lifelike—for now The post The Quest for the Perfect Lip-Synching Robot appeared first on Nautilus .
Alan Jackson, the attorney, says he's still bound by client confidentiality
Jamelle Bouie : “The American public, then, is left not with a president but with a man who imagines himself master and behaves like a tyrant. A man whose agents brutalize ordinary citizens and then defame them in the wake of their deaths…”
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John Bolton, a former national security advisor to President Trump, says he believes the US will opt for 'targeted strikes' on Iran as the region braces for a militarily intervention. Trump teased American 'help is on its way.'
Teeth provide a wealth of information about the lives of Iron Age Italians, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Roberto Germano of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and colleagues.
A new study suggests that with low to moderate levels of global greenhouse emissions in coming decades, more of India could become suitable for growing avocadoes. However, with high enough emissions, growing zones could shrink and destabilize by 2070.
President Trump is leading the US into a dangerous trap of military intervention at the expense of the economy, as evidenced by his aggressive foreign policy, and neglect of domestic needs.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams is set to make her acting debut in “Babygirl” director Halina Reijn’s latest movie for A24. Reijn will write and direct the project, titled “Please,” with Abrams starring. Plot details for the film remain under wraps. David
The singer-songwriter is also gearing up to release an album, telling THR recently, “It’s definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made.”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is shifting his position and says he will now vote with Senate Republican leaders to defeat a resolution that aims to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela. Hawley, who backed advancing the measure last week, said he had
On today’s “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus breaks down the issues and the schedule for Hollywood union contract negotiations that are set to begin Feb. 9 when SAG-AFTRA sits down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. AI, health care
The Paris Louvre has introduced a new €32 (+45%) entrance fee for non-European individual visitors; guided groups will have to pay €28, capped at 20 people per visit to preserve quality, according to museum authorities.
Ayandeh Bank – which was run by regime cronies – went belly up with nearly $5 billion in losses on a pile of bad loans, according to a report.
More than half of surveyed U.S. voters oppose the Trump administration “running” Venezuela, according to a new poll. The survey results from Quinnipiac University found that 57 percent of people oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuelan politics until the Trump administration is
Under the first phase of the three-phase deal, Hamas released all but one hostage it was holding in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians who were held in Israeli prisons.
PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra tiers are receiving a bounty of new games to play to start 2026.
Here's how to make your phone work again if it's stuck on "SOS."
Phone stuck in SOS mode? You aren't alone.
Brooklyn producer evilgiane is the head of the omnivorous Surf Gang collective, and he’s done forward-thinking work with people like Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt. Just last month, Surf Gang and London rapper Jawnino released the extremely cool collaborative project
The Grammy Award-winning producer directed, co-wrote and produced the the upcoming film.
Last year the long-running Italian dance music festival C2C made its US debut at New York City's Knockdown Center. C2C Festival NYC will make its return to the same venue on May 8, 2026, and today they've announced the lineup: Arca (her first New York performance in two years),
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is standing behind one of its members who was suspended Tuesday following a tense exchange with President Trump at a Michigan Ford plant. In a statement, UAW criticized Trump’s use of an obscene gesture toward the worker as "vulgar." “The
When justice is real, it doesn’t pick sides, shield power or shift scrutiny away from the hardest questions. It serves everyone equally, or it fails the very purpose it claims to uphold.
The House Administration Committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-backed congressional stock trading bill, despite Democratic objections that the legislation falls short. The bill, introduced by committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) on Monday, would allow members of
Jan 14 - Senior Taiwanese officials are travelling to Washington to advance talks on reducing U.S. tariffs on the island's exports and strengthening investment, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
It includes the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian government, as well as the reconstruction and demilitarisation of Gaza, US envoy Steve Witkoff says.
An X user claims to have seen early access info about Forza Horizon 6 in a pop-up ad while playing Forza Horizon 5
The best we can hope for is this tax gets voted down — and serves as a lesson to would-be plunderers elsewhere.
Sarah Trahern, the CEO of the Country Music Association, will retire at the end of 2026, she announced Wednesday. She will continue to lead the CMA through the end of the year while the search for a successor gets underway. Trahern has led the organization since 2014. The CMA
Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy is returning to theaters for the 25th anniversary of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” and cinephiles seem eager to return to Middle-earth. Showtimes for the three films — “Fellowship of the Ring” is set for Jan. 16, “The Two Towers” for
I never know that Powerplant was just one guy. The wiggy London post-punk project has been putting out records since 2018, and it’s got a live lineup that includes a bunch of people from the DIY punk universe. On record, however., the entire thing is the project of the
Zohran Mamdani’s newly appointed commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Rafael Espinal, has already lined up a meeting with Gotham-based SAG-AFTRA leadership to find out what the department could be doing to better serve the actors’ union
President Trump on Wednesday afternoon will hold a signing ceremony for bipartisan legislation that requires the National School Lunch Program to include whole milk and 2 percent milk. The signing of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 comes after the Trump
The series includes returning franchise star Robert Picardo, lifelong fan Paul Giamatti, and newcomers like Gina Yashere, who prepped by watching DS9.
The pause starting on 21 January will bar foreign nationals who 'would take welfare and public benefits.'
MEPs worry that without strict conditions, Viktor Orbán will funnel EU funds meant for defence into his upcoming election campaign.
The acoustic troubadour plugs in and cranks up the amp on The Dreamin' Kind , produced by Greta bassist Sam Kiszka
Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests.
A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support Center at the Medical Research Institute of Kanazawa Medical University has identified eleven novel factors essential for the development of fertilized eggs.
Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as caffeine and nicotine.
