King’s College en Cranfield hopen sterker te worden door verrassende fusie
Het nieuws zal een schok zijn voor het personeel, vooral bij Cranfield, maar de leiders van de instellingen zeggen dat de bedoeling groei is.
theguardian.comHet nieuws zal een schok zijn voor het personeel, vooral bij Cranfield, maar de leiders van de instellingen zeggen dat de bedoeling groei is.
theguardian.comAjay Haridasse needed assistance at 26-mile markAaron Beggs and Robson De Oliveira came to aidA pair of Boston Marathon runners who teamed up to help a fellow athlete across the race’s finish line have been praised for their “beautiful moment” of sportsmanship.Ajay Haridasse, a 21-year-old university student from Wakefield, Massachusetts, found himself stumbling after passing the 26-mile mark in Monday’s race. After falling for a fourth time, he was “getting ready to crawl” to the finish line, Haridasse told the Boston Herald. Continue reading...
theguardian.com• Artificial intelligence has identified new materials significantly stronger than conventional metal alloys through machine learning analysis of material combinations. • MIT researchers used AI to discover a 3D printable aluminum alloy that demonstrates five times greater strength, with efficiency improving dramatically under specific conditions. • This AI-driven materials discovery could accelerate development of advanced materials for aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing applications.
youtube.comMayor says disinformation, including about London crime rates, is ‘eating away at basic bonds of trust’Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration.In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a lack of action could prompt more domestic terrorism by people who believe conspiracy theories they find online. Continue reading...
theguardian.comUS is in weaker position than before war as Tehran has shown capacity to inflict pain on Trump administrationMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe announcement of a two-week ceasefire has allowed Donald Trump to hail the reopening of the Hormuz strait as a victorious dawn of a new golden age, but it is Iran that now enters peace talks with the stronger hand.The Tehran regime goes to the negotiations planned for Friday in Pakistan bloodied but still intact. It still holds a stockpile of highly enriched uranium (the original crux of the conflict with the US, Israel and allies), and it now claims at least part-control of the strait, having demonstrated its power to close the narrow waterway and hold the world to ransom. Continue reading...
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