Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — are on pace to reach 2.21 billion units in 2019, exhibiting flat growth year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. The PC market is expected to continue its downward trend, while the mobile phone market is set to return to growth in 2020.
"For the eighth consecutive year, the...
The Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has announced the contest “The Best Research Work” dedicated to the 96th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev among young scientists, doctoral candidates, candidates for a degree - young researchers of this scientific institution. According to the chairman...
Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences announces a competition to receive Academician Ali Guliyev Prize for 2019 among young researchers. According to the conditions of the competition this prize will be awarded to a young researcher working at the Institute and achieving high scientific results....
Chinese scientists have designed a method to turn agricultural waste into high-density aviation fuels, which might reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry.
Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences use cellulose, a main component of agricultural and forestry waste, as a raw material to produce a kind of polycyoalkane compound.
This compound...
On March 30, 2019 at acad.A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS there was held a seminar dedicated to the results of the joint work of a group of scientists from Azerbaijan, Germany and Georgia to study the possibility of cleaning up the soil contaminated by Persistent Organic Pollutants by using plants (phytoremediation method). Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)...
For some time now, we've been hearing about implantable scaffolding-like material that helps heal injuries to bones. Scientists have now developed a new type of that material, aimed specifically at difficult-to-treat osteochondral injuries.
The long bones in our arms and legs have a layer of smooth, compressible cartilage at each end, which gradually transitions to hard bone underneath. This dual-density...
On March 27, Azerbaijan celebrates the Science Day for the first time. In this regard, an event was held at academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives (ICA) of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS). The participants of the event observed a minute's silence in memory of the outstanding scientists who laid the foundations of the institute. Academician-secretary of the Department of Chemical...
Apple has refreshed its iPad lineup. The company is (finally) updating the iPad mini and adding a new iPad Air. This model sits between the entry-level 9.7-inch iPad and the 11-inch iPad Pro in the lineup.
All new models now support the Apple Pencil, but you might want to double-check your iPad model before buying one. The new iPad models...
Today, the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of ANAS, together with young scientists of the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS, has organized “The Evening of Chemistry” dedicated to the Science Day at high school No. 251 of Nizami district of Baku.
The school director, Aygun Azizova, welcomed the guests and noted that she highly appreciated the celebration...
According to the Action Plan of the Presidium of ANAS, in connection with Science Day, celebrated on March 27, the Open Doors Day was organized at academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of ANAS. In accordance with the agreement reached between the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of ICA and Kaspi Educational Center, teachers and students of...