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React Reveal is an animation framework for React. MIT licensed, mobile, and written specifically for React in ES6. It can be used to create various looping animations in your application.In this article, we will take a closer look at the concept of React Reveal, explores its capabilities, and provides practical examples to demonstrate its capabilities. React Reveal is a powerful animation library that allows developers to easily create stunning interactive animations in React apps. With a simple syntax and plenty of…

China’s leading EV maker Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL as its better known, established a new aviation unit this week, signaling electric airplane development may be closer than expected. CATL’s aviation unit explores electric airplanes According to a report from Yicai Global, CATL and Chinese state-owned plane manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) are exploring the development of electric airplanes. CATL and COMAC established a joint venture this week…

The varying extent of ice sheets has so far been inadequately represented in conventional climate models. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology In recent decades the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica have decreased dramatically, and scientific projections suggest an increasing retreat in the future. Ice sheets form on land in regions with sufficient snowfall, which compacts and forms ice over time due to…

Maritime trade at-risk. a, Cross-border downtime risk for import flows of countries. b, Same as a but for exports. c, Top 30 countries in terms of maritime trade at-risk (in value terms), including a breakdown between domestic and cross-border downtime risk. Basemaps in a,b from GADM (gadm.org). The country codes refer to country ISO-alpha3 code. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01754-w More than…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain During his presidency, Donald Trump and members of his administration repeatedly accused federal civil servants of undermining their agenda through the "deep state." They sought to curtail career employees' workplace protections, sought to severely cut some agencies' funding, and in some cases attempted to undermine or alter agency missions. …

Too Long; Didn't ReadThis article delves into Unity's Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) and Entity Component System (ECS), which optimize game development through simple, intuitive architecture. These technologies, along with additional Unity packages, enable high-performance, efficient game creation. The advantages of these systems are demonstrated through a Conway's Game of Life algorithm example. Too Long; Didn't ReadThis article delves into Unity's Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) and Entity Component…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Moral values such as purity and loyalty are often linked with hateful language, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Scholars in the field of natural language processing (NLP) have, in recent years, focused on improving the automated detection of hate speech so such language can be removed from online spaces. But some scholars have argued that mere detection is not a real…

From aiming to re-fuel satellites in orbit to monitoring the Earth's health, Indian start-ups in the space sector are exploring niche markets with the hope of striking it big as opportunities for global commercial collaborations open up. India becoming a signatory to the Artemis Accords and the focus on the space sector, particularly on addressing issues related to export control and technology transfer, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the US will open up doors for private players, industry leaders…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup GrummanAfter the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>James Webb Space Telescope</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement and extend the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. It covers longer wavelengths of light, with greatly improved…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain "Star Wars" is a series of science fiction fantasy movies and television shows. As is now quite common across movies and TV, the filming locations have become popular tourist destinations for fans of the franchise. Moreover, given the Disney buyout of the franchise from Lucasfilm in 2012, the inevitable theme park attractions at Disney resorts are now a major pull for that kind of tourism too.…