Peter Serafinowicz “Acting Masterclass – Kevin Spacey”

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Peter Serafinowicz gives us an “Acting Masterclass with Kevin Spacey”.

Posted: February 3, 2021

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Peter Serafinowicz “Acting Masterclass – Michael Caine”

Posted: January 27, 2021

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Peter Serafinowicz “50 Impressions in 2 Minutes”

Posted: February 3, 2021

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Could AI help recover energy and fresh water from municipal wastewater?

11 May 2021

As city populations boom and the need grows for sustainable energy and water, scientists and engineers with the University of Chicago and partners are looking towards artificial intelligence to build new systems to deal with wastewater. Two new projects will test out ways to make "intelligent" water systems to recover nutrients and clean water.

Discovery of new geologic process calls for changes to plate tectonic cycle

11 May 2021

Geoscientists at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Istanbul Technical University have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas of Earth's crust long before it should be geologically altered by known plate-boundary processes, highlighting the need to amend current understandings of the planet's tectonic cycle.

Understanding SARS-COV-2 proteins is key to improve therapeutic options for COVID-19

11 May 2021

COVID-19 has had a significant impact since the pandemic was declared by WHO in 2020, with over 3 million deaths and counting, Researchers and medical teams have been hard at work at developing strategies to control the spread of the infection, caused by SARS-COV-2 virus and treat affected patients. Of special interest to the global population is the developments of vaccines to boost human immunity against SARS-COV-2, which are based on our understanding of how the viral proteins work during the infection in host cells. Two vaccines, namely the Pfizer/BioINtech and Oxford/AZ vaccine rely on the use of delivering the gene that encodes the viral spike protein either as an mRNA or through an adenovirus vector to promote the production of relevant antibodies. The use of monoclonal antibodies has also been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Low-temperature crystallization of phase-pure α-formamidinium lead iodide enabled by study

11 May 2021

Though different fabrication approaches exist, two-step deposition is one of the main experimental techniques now used to make efficient, stable PSCs, especially on the industrial scale. The process involves first depositing lead iodide (PbI2) and then adding halide salts of monovalent cations such as methylammonium iodide (MAI) and formamidinium iodide (FAI) to convert it to perovskite.

World's fastest information-fueled engine designed by university researchers

11 May 2021

Simon Fraser University researchers have designed a remarkably fast engine that taps into a new kind of fuel—information.

Best practices to prevent the federal government from blowing its technology budget

11 May 2021

With the U.S. federal government investing billions of taxpayer dollars in executing technology programs, wouldn't you like to know where this money is going? A new study has identified ways to reduce federal spending in the execution of these taxpayer-funded technology programs.