At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

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Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Del Amitri singer Justin Currie will be among those appearing at the Aye Write book festival as it returns in full this ...

Line art exercises and tutorials are a great way to sharpen your skills in this minimalist and challenging art form. Line art often requires an amount of planning for a successful composition plus ...

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Texas governor Greg Abbott has announced a ban on Sharia Law in the state after an imam launched a campaign to pressure Muslim-owned stores to stop selling pork, alcohol and lottery tickets. Imam F.

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...

Sports presenter Dougie Donnelly is to join Nicola Sturgeon and Irvine Welsh at this year's Aye Write festival in Glasgow - as the event celebrates its 20th year. The former face of the BBC’s ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes write errors in spin-torque switching due to thermal fluctuations in a system with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Prior analytical and numerical methods are ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new active capacitor voltage balancing control method for the flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converters which is fully implemented using logic-form equations. The ...

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