Louis Brus explica algunos de los fundamentos de la investigación y cómo la KGB investigó su relación con el científico ruso Alexei Ekimov, con quien comparte el premio Nobel de Química 2023.
Louis Brus, center, shares Nobel recognition with two other quantum dots pioneers.
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Louis Brus, one of the newest Nobel laureates in chemistry, speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Para combater a desinformação e aumentar a confiança da população na ciência é preciso ir além do letramento científico, ensinando e estimulando a capacidade de análise para a formação de opiniões embasadas.
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Não basta restabelecer confiança da população na ciência para vencer a desinformação. É urgente criar sistemas eficazes para ensinar crianças e jovens a pensar de forma racional e crítica
Children wave peace doves at a concert for peace in Bogota, Colombia, in August 2022.
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While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.
Une femme dans un centre de conseil pour les victimes de viol à Paoua, à 500 km au nord-ouest de Bangui, en République centrafricaine.
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Le taux de natalité était plus faible et le taux de mortalité nettement plus élevé dans les zones échappant au contrôle du gouvernement en République centrafricaine.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 16, 2022, including electric vehicle subsidies with ‘buy American’ rules.
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Joe Biden’s ‘buy American’ effort with EVs likely violated World Trade Organization rules that the US helped create. The US has an opportunity now to update the system – if it’s willing to take it.
A woman at a a counselling centre for rape victims in Paoua, 500km northwest of Bangui in the CAR.
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The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
Le taux de mortalité infantile atteint 70 pour 1 000 naissances en République démocratique du Congo.
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Un travail de recherche en République démocratique du Congo met en lumière le rôle essentiel des pratiques de gestion dans la qualité des soins dispensés aux populations les plus défavorisées.
Used cars that get exported from places like Europe, Japan and the U.S. are most often shipped to countries in Africa where they are resold.
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Older imported cars pose risks to motorists and spew pollution. Some countries, including Ghana, are taking steps to limit the harms of this piece of the vehicle life cycle.
The opening of a hydro-electric dam on the Nile River at Merowe, north of Khartoum, in 2009.
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Most Americans knew the late Dianne Feinstein as a US senator. But for San Francisco voters, she will forever be remembered as the woman who stepped in at a tragic moment to lead the city.