The Academy
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| First episode date | May 2007 |
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| Networks | Fox Reality Channel |
| Genres | Reality Television |
| Languages | English |
| Cast | Holt McCallany |
| Dec 19, 2009 | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1790507 |
About The Academy
This new reality series takes viewers behind the scenes of the grueling and psychologically demanding 18-week course all recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department must complete. In addition to being physically demanding, the training process is so stressful that many recruits don't make it through. Even the ones who fail, however, walk away from the experience with their lives changed. …
American Fiction director says white audiences are too comfortable with black clichés
... Over the last 15 years, only one film that has taken that accolade has failed to get a best picture nomination at The Academy Awards...
Welsh rugby: Does it matter if other countries develop your players?
... " We want to collaborate with the regions and identify what can we can do better, if we can improve The Academy system and produce more and better players...
Parents say strict Spilsby school is breaching human rights
... " The school said suspensions were used " proportionally" to help keep The Academy calm and safe, and as " behaviour has improved the number of these has fallen significantly"...
Jon Fosse: Norwegian author and playwright wins Nobel Literature Prize
... " His novels, The Academy said, are " heavily pared down to a style that has come to be known as Fosse minimalism "...
Quantum dots: TV screen crystals win Chemistry Nobel Prize
... The Academy said it was trying to understand why the names were released early...
Sham security courses prompt gig safety concerns
... An investigation into what happened at The Academy is ongoing...
Teen sentenced after stabbing Tewkesbury schoolteacher
... Speaking about the attack and the four-hour lockdown at The Academy, district judge Lynne Matthews said: " Isn t this what you seen on TV in America? Not Tewkesbury...
UK's first school set up in partnership with orchestra opens
... The BBC is the first media to be invited in since The Academy started its new term...
Quantum dots: TV screen crystals win Chemistry Nobel Prize
By Georgina RannardScience reporter, BBC News
The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work in developing what are called quantum dots.
People may have come across these Tiny crystals in their QLED TV sets where the nanoparticles create colour.
They are also used in Medical Imaging to guide surgeons, in better targeting of cancer drugs, and in solar panels.
Winners Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov will share the 11m Swedish Krona (£824,000) prize.
Their names were released accidentally in a press release from Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences, hours before the official announcement on Wednesday morning.
The Academy said it was trying to understand why The Names were released early. " This is of course very unfortunate. We deeply regret What Happened , " The Academy chair said.
He insisted that The Final decision on The Winners was not made until The Academy met just before the official announcement.
" It's quite an honour, " prize-winner Moungi G. Bawendi told The Academy in a phone call minutes after The Names were announced.
He Said he was " very surprised, sleepy, shocked and very honoured" adding that he had not heard The News before The Academy rang him.
Quantum dots are extremely Tiny - just a few millionths of a millimetre across.
Their exact size determines The Colour of light they emit when given energy. Smaller quantum dots are blue, and bigger dots are yellow and red.
" For a long time nobody thought you could make such small particles, " but The Winners this year managed to do just that, The Academy said when announcing The Prize .
The three scientists are US-based. Russian physicist Alexei I. Ekimov is credited with first discovering quantum dots in the 1980s, and US chemist Louis E. Brus then realised The Crystals could be developed floating in fluid.
Paris-born Moungi G. Bawendi invented a method for making the particles in a much more controlled way, meaning they could be more easily created.
" Quantum dots are thus bringing The Greatest benefit to humankind, " said The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
" Researchers believe that in The Future they could contribute to flexible electronics, Tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and encrypted quantum Communication - so we have just started exploring the potential of these Tiny particles, " it added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
