A new antimicrobial suture material that glows in medical imaging could provide a promising alternative for mesh implants and internal stitches. Surgical site infections are one of the most common medical infections, occurring in 2 to 4% of patients post-surgery. For some procedures, such as vaginal mesh implants to treat prolapse, infection rates can be higher. Study lead author and Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Dr Shadi Houshyar, said their suture was being developed in partnership with clinicians specifically for this type of procedure. “Our smart surgical sutures can play an important role in preventing infection and monitoring patient recovery…
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The pace at which the show approaches the whole Wujing thing is unsatisfactory. That said, The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 5 was shaping up to be disappointing until they introduced an interesting case, slightly nodded toward the only thing we are excited about, and pulled something out of Siya Malik. The downfall or the supposed downfall of the almost unbeatable Raymond Redington has been a long time coming. The saying “you live by the sword, you die by the sword” has never been more applicable. As he did on The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 4, Raymond still claimed he had handled…
Hold up, is Mabel Mora getting married? It’s the question on everyone’s mind after Selena Gomez was spotted in a wedding dress while filming “Only Murders in the Building” on March 21. Gomez looked straight out of a fairytale in the strapless gown featuring a sweetheart neckline, embellished lace appliqué trailing down from the bust, and a full tulle skirt. The dress is a best-selling design from David’s Bridal that retails at $999 and comes in several different colors options, including champagne, solid white, and all black. The classic gown is a rather surprising choice for Mabel, but she gives…
As for charging, the car is built on Kia’s E-GMP platform, which allows for superfast 800-volt charging and vehicle-to-load (where you can run your household appliances from the car’s battery should you wish). Again, the EV9 targets here are 6 minutes to add 100 kilometers of range at a high-speed charger, as opposed to the 4.5 minutes the EV6 takes to do the same at a 350-kW charger. This would suggest a battery capacity of around 100 kWh, but the EV9’s exact battery size will be given later this month.The EV9’s interior looks as impressive as its exterior. Big enough…
Song of the Week delves into the newest songs we just can’t get out of our heads. Find these tracks and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Childish Gambino returns with the Swarm EP and “Sticky.” It’s rare that such a disarming song can conjure such a threatening aura — and yet, that’s exactly what KIRBY and Childish Gambino have achieved on “Sticky.” The song arrives under the name of fictional pop star Ni’jah, the central figure of Donald Glover’s new Prime Video series, Swarm. The newly-released Swarm EP is spearheaded…
San Diego Studio’s MLB The Show series has been a yearly standout for sports titles for over a decade now, and, incredibly, the franchise not only fought off stagnation, but also improved each year. However, what’s most impressive about MLB The Show 23 is simply its love for baseball, both in the past and present, as it goes out of its way to celebrate what makes America’s pastime so great. Storylines mode is one of the most notable new additions this year and is all about a specific portion of the Negro leagues. It focuses on eight Black baseball pioneers,…
The Story Behind One Bossy Offer by Nicole Snow Just like life, all good romance books should be bursting at the seams with banter, hilarious obstacles, and heartfelt moments so intense they leave you in a fuzzy smiling haze. In my latest grumpy-sunshine romance novel, One Bossy Offer, the seams completely rip and everything spills out. Jennifer Landers thinks she’s just been handed a fresh start. Her beloved grandmother left her a cozy inn far from the big-city rat race she’s used to. But before she can even stop to smell the roses with two big, lovable Dobermanns she’s also…
Five years ago, NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope helped discover a family of seven rocky exoplanets orbiting the same star, known as TRAPPIST-1. Now, NASA’s new infrared powerhouse — the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — measured the temperature of one of those worlds, TRAPPIST-1b, in new research published in the journal (opens in new tab). The bad news: The Earth-like planet is almost certainly uninhabitable.Astronomers used JWST’s mid-infrared camera, called MIRI, to look for the planet’s thermal emission — think heat-sensing “Terminator” vision. They found that TRAPPIST-1b is scorching — about 450 degrees Fahrenheit (232 degrees Celsius), about the temperature…
You has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Will Season 5 finally see Joe Goldberg get his judgment day? The You Season 4 finale certainly set the stage for that possibility. Netflix announced You‘s impending end on Friday, March 24. Along with the final renewal announcement came the news that Sera Gamble will step away from her showrunner position but stay on the series as an executive producer. Executive producers Michael Foley and Justin W. Lo will step in as co-showrunners for You Season 5, which Gamble says will reach a “delightfully twisted conclusion.” “As I step back…
Photography by Getty Images The person behind today’s biggest red-carpet superstars announced he’s stepping down. This points to an industry-wide problem. By Natalie Michie Date March 15, 2023 In the tricky business of conjuring viral red-carpet moments, no one is more prolific than image architect Law Roach. Zendaya’s famed stylist — and FASHION’s November 2022 cover star — has over the years become a celebrity in his own right, shining brighter with each new creative endeavour. This is why shockwaves were sent through the fashion industry on March 14 when he announced his untimely retirement. RELATED: Law Roach Is the…
E-commerce platform Amazon India has recorded the highest growth in the festive season sale, with 80 percent of the buyers coming from Tier 2 and beyond towns.Mobiles and accessories saw strong double-digit growth this season as compared to Amazon Great Indian Festival (AGIF) 2021 and 5 times higher when compared to average business days, with 80 percent of customers coming from Tier 2 and 3 cities.While the company did not disclose details of overall sales that it registered during AGIF 2022, Amazon India Vice President Manish Tiwary said “it has been the best-ever festival sale” for the company.Amazon claims to…
Millions of rocks orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but only some fly relatively close to Earth. NASA classifies asteroids that orbit within 30 million miles (50 million kilometers) of Earth as near-Earth objects (NEOs). But within this population of space rocks is a sub-group of particularly worrisome objects that are so large, and orbit so closely to Earth, that they could pose a real threat to our planet if a direct collision were to occur. NASA calls these troublesome rocks “potentially hazardous asteroids” (PHAs), or “potentially hazardous objects” (PHOs).How many potentially hazardous asteroids are there, and how…
The Manchester band Mandy, Indiana have announced their debut album. I’ve Seen a Way is out May 19 via Fire Talk. The record features the recent track “Injury Detail,” as well as the brand new single “Pinking Shears,” which arrives with a new video today filmed in Manchester and features lyrics sung in frontwoman’s Valentine Caulfield native French. Watch the new clip below.Originally a duo of Caulfield and Scott Fair, the band is now a quartet featuring Simon Catling and Alex Macdougall. The album follows Mandy, Indiana’s 2021 … EP.All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors.…
It appears that Disney has yet another live-action remake of an old animated movie in the pipeline: The Aristocats, originally the 1970 animated feature about a bunch of Parisian kitties voiced by the likes of Phil Harris and Eva Gabor. It also appears that an interesting filmmaker has signed on to direct: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who in addition to being the drummer for The Roots has moved into documentary filmmaking in recent years; his movie, Summer of Soul won Best Documentary at the Oscars last year.Now Questlove’s going to try his hand at fiction — and cats, with The Hollywood Reporter, saying the…
The official trailer for the Bridgerton prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story was just dropped by Netflix. It shows a young Charlotte, played by India Amarteifio, as she questions why she was chosen to wed King George, played by Corey Mylchreest. As she begins to familiarize herself with court life, she meets familiar characters like a young Lady Danbury, who is played by Arsema Thomas. Shonda Rhimes writes and executive produces the new show, which will premiere May 4th on Netflix. Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books. Read The Full Article…
A chip developed in the study. Credit: Grigorii Likhachev (EPFL) Scientists at EPFL and IBM have developed a new type of laser that could have a significant impact on optical ranging technology. The laser is based on a material called lithium niobate, often used in the field of optical modulators, which controls the frequency or intensity of light that is transmitted through a device. Lithium niobate is particularly useful because it can handle a lot of optical power and has a high “Pockels coefficient,” which means that it can change its optical properties when an electric field is applied to…
Did McCall realize she was being too trusting? On The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 13, an operative killed all but one of the employees of a marine biology research group. McCall and the team joined forces with Colton Fisk when they discovered a connection between the murders and a secret CIA program he was involved in. Elsewhere, Aunt Vi found herself questioning Robyn’s tactics. Use the video above to watch The Equalizer online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV as much…
This celebrity-approved translucent nail trend is out of this world. By Lauren Knowles Date March 15, 2023 Transparency is trendy in society these days — and on our nails, too. Allow us to explain. Though intricate floral designs and sweet pastel polishes capture the blooming essence of spring, there is a new nail trend in demand this season that has nothing to do with the polish painted onto them but rather, the lack thereof. Meet alien nails, the avant-garde see-through manicure that is anything but boring. RELATED: Press-On Nails Are the Easiest Way to Change Up Your Manicure Coined by…
Slowly but surely Apple TV+ is finding its feet. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library of dramas, documentaries, and comedies. It’s also fairly cheap compared to services like Netflix—and Apple often throws in three free months when you buy a new iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV.Curious but don’t know where to get started? Below are our picks for the best shows on the service. When you’re done, head over to our guides to the best Netflix shows, Amazon Prime shows, and Disney+ shows, because you…
Heavy metal/rock bands are non commercial and non-mainstream by nature. More than that – they are polarizing entities. Those who love them, really love them. To those who do not, heavy music can often seem aggressive, frightening and, at worse, offensive. It’s little wonder, then, that for many years those bands at the more extreme end of the musical spectrum found scant opportunity to perform live on TV.However, as the networks gradually opened up, both in the U.S. and the U.K., extending their schedules into late evening and night, and multiplying in number, spaces for ground-breaking and genre-evolving metal bands…
A Shin Kamen Rider trailer has been released for the fourth movie in Hideaki Anno’s Shin series, which serves as a reboot of the 1971 Kamen Rider series. “College student and motorcycle enthusiast Takeshi Hongo is abducted by the evil organization Sustainable Happiness Organization with Computational Knowledge Embedded Remodeling, otherwise known as ‘Shocker,’ and converted into Batta Augment-01 as part of their plans for world domination,” reads the movie’s synopsis. “Before they can brainwash him to do their bidding, he escapes and uses his new enhanced abilities, renaming himself Kamen Rider, to wage a one-man war against Shocker.” Check out…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I’m usually a bit of a fake dating girl when it comes to my romance novels, but recently I’ve been seeing some great marriage of convenience romance that gives the fake dating trope a run for its money. Marriage of convenience romance is essentially just fake dating dialed up to 10 when you think about it. Instead of only pretending to be in a relationship, these stories take the charade all the way with characters faking engagements and even marrying in order to…
This weekend, you can watch live as the first asteroid ever discovered passes across one of the night sky’s most beautiful spiral galaxies.The Rome-based Virtual Telescope Project (opens in new tab) will host a livestream starting at 11 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 26 (03:00 UTC on Monday, March 27), when Ceres will be visible in front of Messier 100 (M100), a stunning example of a grand-design spiral galaxy, according to NASA (opens in new tab).Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, according to NASA (opens in new tab), and accounts for nearly a…
Did Red cut out a close friend? On The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 5, the relationship was put in a precarious position when his cooperation with the FBI was disclosed. Meanwhile, an investigation surrounding the murder of a judge shed new light on an unsolved case. Fortunately, there was some help with the case in the form of an agent with past knowledge of what happened. Use the video above to watch The Blacklist online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV…
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India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio on Friday posted a 28 percent year-on-year rise in its net profit for the September quarter at Rs. 4,518 crore, as subscriber additions and ARPU boosted realisations.Its net profit stood at Rs. 3,528 crore in the same period previous fiscal, the telco said in a regulatory filing.The revenue from operations of Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) increased 20.2 percent to Rs. 22,521 crore for the just-ended quarter from Rs. 18,735 crore in the year-ago period.The Q2 scorecard comes amid large-scale network deployments across the country for 5G services, the much-talked-about next-generation technology that promises to…
Metallica have shared the latest single from their upcoming album, 72 Seasons. The seven-minute song, “If Darkness Had a Son,” arrives with a moody music video directed by frequent collaborator Tim Saccenti, who helmed the visuals for recent tracks “Screaming Suicide” and “Lux Æterna.” Watch the clip for “If Darkness Had a Son” below.The rock band announced 72 Seasons back in November. The 12-track LP marks Metallica’s first full-length in six years, following Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. 72 Seasons was produced by Greg Fidelman, James Hetfield, and Lars Ulrich. It arrives April 14. Metallica will also kick off a substantial tour behind…
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With increasing rates of extinction and biodiversity loss across the globe, scientists are debating whether we are living during the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, prompting a drive to accelerate our conservation efforts, with researchers working to understand how to protect as many species and ecosystems as possible. In their recent paper in Biological Conservation, UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology researcher and post-doc Steven Presley and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of the Environment Michael Willig and their colleagues looked at three strategies for creating conservation networks and…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Italy has a long history of literary greatness. People know the classic names — Dante, Eco, Calvino — but tend to too often associate Italian literature with the past. The books of Elena Ferrante, particularly her stunning Neapolitan novels, have helped to bust through that assumption, and one of her volumes is on this list. But primarily, I wanted to focus this list on modern and contemporary Italian literature that you may not have heard of, but should read. I’ve gathered books that…