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100 Years of Element Zero: Andreas von Antropoff's Neutronium and the Naming of the Neutron

open access: yesZeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, EarlyView.
Congratulations to the 100th Anniversary of the publication of Andreas von Antropoff's element 0, “–“! This contribution provides a historical account of the concept of element zero and the naming of the neutron. The concept of element zero is 100 years old, having a first documented appearance in a 1926 publication by Andreas von Antropoff, while the ...
Holger Kohlmann
wiley   +1 more source

The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

Migrating bards: Writers’ burdens and a writers’ body in Nigeria at the turn of the century

open access: yesTydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018
Wole Soyinka’s 1986 Nobel Prize for literature was received as a well deserved international recognition not only of the distinction of Soyinka’s sustained output but also as a tribute to Nigerian and African literature in general. However, given decades
Isidore Diala
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Nobel laureates in economics

open access: yes, 2005
El premio nobel de Economía es creado, gracias al testamento de Alfred Nobel inventor de la dinamita, y se comienza a otorgar en 1901 a aquellas personas que hicieran aportes al desarrolloy avance de la humanidad.
Gutierrez Londoño, Eber Elí; Universidad de Medellín
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The social life of money for children

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Scientometric identification of elite \u27revolutionary science\u27 research institutions by analysis of trends in Nobel prizes 1947-2006

open access: yes, 2007
Most research is \u27normal science\u27 using Thomas Kuhn\u27s term: checking, trial-and-error improvement and incremental extrapolation of already existing paradigms.
Charlton BG
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Living Low and Dry: Costs of and Resilience to Soil Hydric Stress in a Fossorial Amphisbaenian Reptile

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil drought imposes moderate, temporary costs on a strictly fossorial amphisbaenian reptile. However, these animals seem to cope with, at least, moderately short droughts thanks to their peculiar adaptations to living in an underground environment. ABSTRACT The physiological traits of animals can be strongly influenced by climatic fluctuations, and ...
José Martín   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tales of Cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence: Diverging Stakeholderships?

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces the evolution of the Internet from the 1990s to the 2020s and compares it with the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly following the public launch of ChatGPT in late 2022. It identifies both parallels and divergencies between these two overlapping technological domains, focusing on the growing ...
Johan Eriksson, Giampiero Giacomello
wiley   +1 more source

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