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Regeringen vill ändra i skollagen så att det i skolavslutningar som hålls i kyrkan åter blir tillåtet att sjunga psalmer.

Freshly Exhumed writes "With the onslaught of graphene experimentation, especially in computing and RF, news from IEEE Spectrum comes that researchers at Georgia Tech have computer-modeled nanoantennas made from graphene that could provide wireless network communications between nanoscopic devices. "We are exploiting the peculiar propagation of electrons in graphene to make a very small antenna that can radiate at much lower frequencies than classical metallic antennas of the same size," said Ian Akyildiz, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in a press release. "We believe that this is just the beginning of a new networking and communications paradigm based on the use of graphene.""

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An exchange of gunfire has broken out on the border between Lebanon and Israel.

Former president and socialist leader Michelle Bachelet has defeated conservative opponent Evelyn Matthei.

En person dog och minst tre personer skadades i en bussolycka i Oslo på söndagskvällen, skriver norska VG.

En äldre kvinna omkom i en kraftig villabrand i Lerum på söndagskvällen.

Markus Allard petas nu från sin återstående plats i Vänsterpartiet - Ung vänster.

Jemens parlament klubbade i dag igenom ett förbud mot bombningar med drönare, alltså förarlösa flygplan.

Jan Björklund: Jag tycker att vi ska vårda vårt kulturarv.

SonicSpike writes "Light bulb manufacturers will cease making traditional 40 and 60-watt light bulbs — the most popular in the country — at the start of 2014. This comes after the controversial phasing out of incandescent 75 and 100-watt light bulbs at the beginning of 2013. In their place will be halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs, LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents — which are just regular incandescents that have the filament wrapped in gas. All are significantly more expensive than traditional light bulbs, but offer significant energy and costs savings over the long run. (Some specialty incandescents — such as three-way bulbs — will still be available.) ... The rules were signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007. They are designed to address gross inefficiencies with old light bulbs — only 10% of the energy they use is converted into light, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which has a handy fact sheet about the changes. The rest is wasted as heat. But the rules have drawn fire from a number of circles — mainly conservatives and libertarians who are unhappy about the government telling people what light bulbs they can use. They argue that if the new ones really are so good, people will buy them on their own without being forced to do so."