Javier Ríos was 8 years old when he was killed by a death squad operating on the margins of Peru’s Army in November 1991. His father and 13 other people were shot execution-style at the same barbecue in Barrios Altos, an inner-city neighborhood in Peru’s capital. “Not a day goes […]
Daily Archives: January 12, 2018
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A nanostructured gate dielectric may have addressed the most significant obstacle to expanding the use of organic semiconductors for thin-film transistors. The structure, composed of a fluoropolymer layer followed by a nanolaminate made from two metal oxide materials, serves as gate dielectric and protects the organic semiconductor – which had […]
Scientists have observed the concentration of lithium inside individual nanoparticles reverse at a certain point, instead of constantly increasing. This discovery is a major step toward improving the battery life of consumer electronics.
A career intelligence analyst who is an expert in hostage policy stood before President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last fall to brief him on the impending release of a family long held in Pakistan under uncertain circumstances. It was her first time meeting the president, and when she […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump arrived for his first medical checkup as president at Walter Reed military hospital on Friday, undergoing a physical examination amid suggestions in a recent book and by his detractors that he’s mentally unfit. Trump’s motorcade pulled into the medical facility in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington, […]
Hungary receives billions of euros worth of EU development funds each year and they are an important driver of economic growth. The EU is currently preparing for tough negotiations on its next seven-year spending plan, with some countries calling for a reduction in generous funding for the ex-communist east. And […]
The last time Chicago ran in the West End, it introduced the concept of ‘stunt casting.’ Major TV and pop celebrities were constantly brought in with a fanfare of press each time to take over a lead role and keep interst in the show high. It worked and the London […]
Father Charged With Murder of 3-Year-Old Adopted Orphan Found Dead in Pipe More (DALLAS) — The father of a 3-year-old girl adopted from an Indian orphanage was indicted on a capital murder charge Friday, nearly three months after the girl’s body was found in a culvert near their suburban Dallas […]