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Scientists have developed CREATS, a novel technique for sequencing synthetic polymers, revolutionizing the understanding of how monomer arrangement influences material properties and enabling the design of polymers for specific applications. Credit: SciTechDaily.comSynthetic polymers, which are ubiquitous in modern life, include materials such as nylon and polyester fabrics, Teflon-coated cookware, and epoxy adhesives. On a molecular scale, these polymers consist of lengthy chains of monomers, the complexity of these…

Updated Jan. 16, 2024 5:13 pm ETA federal judge on Tuesday blocked JetBlue Airways’ $3.8 billion deal to buy Spirit Airlines, rejecting a merger that he said would hamper competition and lead to higher fares.The ruling thwarts what would have been the biggest U.S. airline merger in over a decade. It marks a victory for the U.S. Department of Justice, which sued last year to prevent JetBlue and Spirit from going ahead with their tie-up.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

China's Weibo social media platform blocked a hashtag on Taiwan's election Saturday after it became one of the site's top-trending topics following polls opening on the self-ruled island."In accordance with relevant laws, regulations and policies, the content of this topic is not displayed," a notice on the website showed when the hashtag "Taiwan election" was searched for at around 9:45 am local time (0145 GMT).Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology…

India on Friday blocked access to the web platforms of foreign cryptocurrency exchanges and virtual digital asset service providers such as Binance, Kucoin and OKX.The Android versions of these apps are also likely to be taken down as “orders to that effect have been passed already”, a senior government official said. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) had asked Apple to remove offshore cryptocurrency apps from its store.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

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How to summarize a geolocation table by merging contiguous network IPv4 blocksPhoto by Pascal Bernardon on UnsplashEvery device on the internet is uniquely addressable via an Internet Protocol (IP) address. The global IP address space is overseen by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Traditionally, IANA allocates address space in /8 prefix blocks for IPv4, which are subsequently assigned to Internet Service Providers and other organizations. Various databases exist to map these IP blocks to their respective…

The new molecular structure in which sandwich complexes form a nano-sized ring is called ‘cyclocene.’ Credit: Nature / AOC, KITNew Compounds for Organometallic Chemistry – Sandwich Complexes in the Form of Rings Are Kept Together by Their Own EnergySandwich compounds are special chemical compounds used as basic building blocks in organometallic chemistry. So far, their structure has always been linear. Recently, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Marburg were the first to make…

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Happy New Year! The crypto space has been off to a strong start for 2024 as reporters and ETF analysts have reported that a bitcoin spot ETF approval in the U.S. could be coming as soon. As a result, bitcoin’s price went over $45,000 on Tuesday, hitting its highest level since April 2022. It has since retracted slightly to $44,000 at the time of publication. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization is growing at $1.68 trillion, the highest level since May 2022. In other news,…

Updated Jan. 2, 2024 4:10 am ETThe Netherlands has blocked chip-equipment manufacturer ASML’s exports to China of some lithography systems, which are essential to making advanced microprocessors, in a partial license revocation following U.S. export restrictions.The Netherlands-based company said Monday that the Dutch government recently partially revoked an export license for shipping the NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i lithography systems to China in 2023.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for "VPN" over the past few days. That's most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors' government IDs or have blocked access in the regions altogether. As 404Media reports, Pornhub has chosen to block people in both states from accessing its website instead of asking for verification. The other websites owned…