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Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor http://news.mit.edu/2020/carbon-nanotube-transistors-factory-0601
Contagion: The BBC Four Pandemic https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059y0p1
There Is a Playbook for Police Reform https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/opinion/police-reform-obama-task-force.html
Meet the hard-working microbes that make your favorite cheeses https://www.popsci.com/story/science/microbes-that-make-cheese/
Diet and gut bacteria fundamentally influence cancer drug toxicity https://newatlas.com/medical/diet-gut-microbiome-chemotherapy-cancer-drug-toxicity/
Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world’s energy system https://theconversation.com/physicists-hunt-for-room-temperature-superconductors-that-could-revolutionize-the-worlds-energy-system-80707
This startup is using AI to give workers a “productivity score” https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/04/1002671/startup-ai-workers-productivity-score-bias-machine-learning-business-covid/
US billionaires have become $565 billion richer during the pandemic https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/business/billionaire-wealth-inequality-pandemic-jobs/index.html
Rentabilidade de bancos brasileiros sobe em 2019 e lucro bate recorde, mostra BC https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2020/06/04/rentabilidade-de-bancos-brasileiros-sobe-em-2019-e-lucro-bate-recorde-mostra-bc.ghtml
Butterfly-inspired nanotech makes natural-looking pictures on digital screens https://phys.org/news/2020-06-butterfly-inspired-nanotech-natural-looking-pictures-digital.html
The greatest decade in cinema history? https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200601-the-greatest-decade-in-cinema-history
Three pioneers who predicted climate change https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/three-pioneers-who-predicted-climate-change/p08ftt06
Diet, gut microbes affect effectiveness of cancer treatment, research reveals https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-diet-gut-microbes-affect-effectiveness.html
Uruguay Targets Heavy Trucks for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pilot – FuelCellsWorks https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/uruguay-targets-heavy-trucks-for-hydrogen-fuel-cell-pilot/
Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world’s energy system https://phys.org/news/2020-06-physicists-room-temperature-superconductors-revolutionize-world.html
The pandemic’s first major research scandal erupts https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6495/1041