In a network of vibrating nanochords, the radiation pressure of the laser light causes sound waves to travel in one direction across the network and amplify the vibrations at the same time. Credit: Ricardo Struik (AMOLF) Using a network of light-controlled vibrating nano-strings, AMOLF researchers have caused sound waves to move in a specific irreversible …
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New Brunswick is the first maritime province to have a suspected case of smallpox. Health Minister Dorothy Shephard revealed the news during question period in the New Brunswick legislature on Wednesday morning. Shephard said the suspicious case was sent to the Winnipeg National Microbiology Laboratory last month. He said he could not confirm where the …
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The Bank of Canada on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.5% and indicated further gains. The central bank’s decision to raise its rate by half a percentage point was widely expected as it acted to aggressively curb high inflation. Inflation reached 6.8 percent in April, more than double the level the central bank …
In a network of vibrating nanochords, the radiation pressure of the laser light causes sound waves to travel in one direction across the network and amplify the vibrations at the same time. Credit: Ricardo Struik (AMOLF) Using a network of light-controlled vibrating nano-strings, AMOLF researchers have caused sound waves to move in a specific irreversible …
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Moses Ingram, Ewan McGregorPicture: Kate Green (Getty Images) Maybe Star Wars has learned a thing or two from its past failures to protect its actors from racism because, this time, the franchise is stepping up its defenses with Obi-Wan himself. Shortly after Moses Ingram made public some of the vile messages he had received from …
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Dustin Johnson will not play at the RBC Canadian Open in Toronto next week. Instead, he will headline the first LIV Golf Series event in London, England. Johnson, who is sponsored by RBC, was one of 42 players nominated on the field for the first tournament in the upcoming golf series which is backed by …
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Much of Ontario’s election campaign period has been spent talking about what party leaders are saying and where they have traveled, but there are also some local races that are heating up. Here are 11 constituencies to see on election day: Vaughan-Woodridge Where is this cavalcade? This assembly is located in the York region and …
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Elon Musk said COVID-19 “tricked people into thinking they don’t really have to work hard.” Working from home did not make workers less productive, three economists told Insider. The only limitation on productivity was when workers had children at home whom they had to look after. Loading Something is loading. Elon Musk is not a …
Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known as KK, dies at the age of 53 after a concert in the city of Calcutta, provoking a lot of tributes and questions. Indian singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known as KK, has died after falling ill in the middle of a concert, and the incident has raised doubts about arrangements at …
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It seems that the richest man in the world has had it with all this business of working from home. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., entered the debate over his return to office on Twitter by writing an email that he apparently sent to the electric car maker’s executive staff on Tuesday. Under the …
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