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☆ Australian Journalist Says She Was Pushed Out of India
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Sameer Yasir | Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A senior journalist with Australia’s national broadcaster says she was effectively pushed out of India after her reporting on Sikh separatism angered the Indian government, accusing the authorities of hindering her from going to events, seeking to have her reporting taken down and refusing for weeks to renew her visa. Avani Dias, the South Asia correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, said on social media that Indian officials told her last month that her application for a resident journalist visa extension would not be approved because a television segment she had produced on accusations that India was responsible for the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada had “crossed the line.”She was eventually granted a temporary visa extension at the last minute after lobbying by the Australian government, less than a day before she was scheduled to leave the country, Ms. Dias said in her podcast, “Looking for Modi.” But she said that she ultimately decided to leave because “it felt too difficult to do my job in India.”“I was struggling to get into public events run by Modi’s party,” Ms. Dias said on the podcast. The Indian government has disputed Ms. Dias’ account and said she was assured by high ranking officials that her visa would be renewed.

Persons: Avani Dias, “, Dias, Modi, ”, Ms, Dias ’ Organizations: Australia’s, South, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Locations: India, South Asia, Canada

☆ Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Is Retracted
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kenneth Chang | More About Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

First discovered in 1911, superconductors can seem almost magical — they conduct electricity without resistance. Most require ultracold temperatures, and recent advances toward superconductors that function at higher temperatures require crushing pressures. A superconductor that works at everyday temperatures and pressures could find use in M.R.I. Superconductors unexpectedly became a viral topic on social networks over the summer when a different group of scientists, in South Korea, also claimed to have discovered a room-temperature superconductor, named LK-99. Even though it was published in a high-profile journal, Dr. Dias’s claim of a room-temperature superconductor did not set off euphoria like LK-99 did because many scientists in the field already regarded his work with doubt.

Persons: Dias’s, . Dias, Dias Locations: South Korea

☆ Superconductor Scientist Faces Investigation as a Paper Is Retracted
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Kenneth Chang | More About Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Many other scientists greeted the announcement with skepticism because an earlier Nature paper by Dr. Dias describing a different and less practical superconducting material had already been retracted. The university had previously conducted three preliminary inquiries into Dr. Dias’s research and decided the concerns did not warrant further scrutiny. On Tuesday, Dr. Hamlin said he was pleased that the journal had taken his concerns seriously. He said there were two additional instances of apparent data duplication in Dr. Dias’s work that he hoped would also be reviewed. One involves another Nature paper; the other is what Dr. Hamlin describes as a duplication of data in Dr. Dias’s thesis.

Persons: . Dias, James Hamlin, Dias, ”, Hamlin, Salamat, Keith V, Lawler, University of Rochester “, Dias’s Organizations: University of Florida, Adobe Illustrator, University of Rochester, University of Nevada, UNLV Locations: South Korea, Las Vegas

☆ A Looming Retraction Casts a Shadow Over a Field of Physics
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Kenneth Chang | More About Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A major physics journal is retracting a two-year-old scientific paper that described the transformations of a chemical compound as it was squeezed between two pieces of diamond. Such an esoteric finding — and retraction — would not typically garner much attention. But one of the leaders of this research is Ranga P. Dias, a professor in the physics and mechanical engineering departments at the University of Rochester in New York who made a much bigger scientific splash earlier this year, touting the discovery of a room-temperature superconductor. At the same time, accusations of research misconduct have swirled around Dr. Dias, and his superconductor findings remain largely unconfirmed. The retracted paper does not involve superconductivity but rather describes how a relatively mundane material, manganese sulfide, shifts its behavior from an insulator to a metal and then back to an insulator under increasing pressure.

Persons: Ranga P, Dias Organizations: University of Rochester Locations: New York

☆ Fundașul lui Manchester City, Ruben Dias, a fost desemnat cel mai bun jucător din Premier League
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fundașul lui Manchester City, Ruben Dias, a fost desemnat cel mai bun jucător din Premier League în ediția 2020/2021. Fotbalistul portughez, transferat de „citadini” de la Benfica Lisabona în septembrie pentru 68 de milioane de euro, a fost un adevărat „stâlp” al apărării echipei din Manchester. Dias a jucat 32 de meciuri în campionat, iar în 15 dintre acestea formația sa nu a încasat gol.Pentru titlul de cel mai bun jucător din Premier League, lusitanul a devansat alți 7 fotbaliști, printre care coechipierul său Kevin de Bruyne, compatriotul Bruno Fernandes de la Manchester United și pe egipteanul Mohamed Salah de la FC Liverpool.În același timp, la Manchester City a plecat și cu premiul pentru cel mai bun antrenor din Premier League, care i-a revenit lui Josep Guardiola.Cel mai frumos gol al ediției de campionat 2020/2021 a fost desemnat cel marcat de jucătorul lui Tottenham Hotspur, Erik Lamela, într-un meci cu Arsenal Londra.De menționat că în sezonul precedent, un alt jucător al lui Tottenham, Son Heung-Min a obținut această distincție cu un gol senzațional înscris într-o partidă cu Burnley.

Persons: Ruben Dias, Manchester . Dias, Kevin, Bruyne, Bruno Fernandes, egipteanul Mohamed Salah, Josep Guardiola.Cel, Tottenham Hotspur, Erik Lamela, Tottenham, Min, Burnley Organizations: Manchester City, Premier League, Benfica Lisabona, Manchester ., lusitanul, Manchester United, FC Liverpool.În, Arsenal Londra.De Locations: Son

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