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Turkey intends to finish 1st unit of nuclear power plant by 2023
(MENAFN)As said by Turkish president, the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant is going to be finished in May 2023. Erdogan referred to the nuclear energy vital for Turkey–s future, this ... ...
Spacetech Startups Get Access to ISRO Facilities, Expertise to Test Rocket Systems
Spacetech startup Agnikul Cosmos has signed an MoU with Department of Space (DoS) for access to ISRO facilities and expertise to test rocket systems. ...
Man arrested following discovery of drugs worth €129,000 in Co Cork
A man has been arrested following the discovery of €129,700 worth of cocaine, cannabis and cash at a
The companies polluting the planet have spent millions to make you think carpooling and recycling ...
Marianne Ayala/Insider Plastics companies spent millions to kickstart recycling programs, and it helped them avoid bans. Decades later, fossil-fuel interests spend millions to promote carpooling and reducing energy use. Activists and researchers say this
Science Shaky on School Mask Mandates While Harms Ignored
News Analysis Should children be required to wear masks at school? A review of the costs and benefits, including some of the
Scientists found a way to improve immune response against skin cancer
Skin cancer is a treatable condition and immunotherapies can be very effective. But even our novel medicine can be improved. A team of researchers led by the University of Birmingham found that skin cancer patients may have better prognosis if their immune
Strange cannibalism – why milkweed butterflies eat their young
Animals are usually very protective of their own species. However, cannibalism is not uncommon behaviour in nature. For example, scientists have observed that milkweed butterflies sometimes feed on live caterpillars. In other words, these butterflies eat their
Nuclear Power Promoters Banned from Climate Conference
The climate cult’s true colours are revealed when it actively agitates against nuclear power; bad enough that they won’t promote it, worse still when they seek to sabotage nuclear power’s prospects, altogether. This is the crowd out to convince us that
The Drake Well: Not To Be Forgotten
American oil history began for certain in a valley along a creek in a remote area of northwestern Pennsylvania on August 27, 1859. There a well drilled, with the intention of profiting from the extraction of oil, by Edwin Drake reached 69.5 feet into the
New Levels Of Repression In France
Former Cambridge University mathematics professor and Principia Scientific International contributor, Dr Urmie Ray, has been monitoring the dire COVID tyranny unfolding from within her native France. Below is the first of her “at the scene” reports
New finding: Y chromosomes regulate genes in reproduction
Hyderabad: A Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) study has found that Y chromosome regulates genes on other chromosomes that are involved in male reproduction, which was earlier considered only to determine sex of the species. The study carried
Bacteriophage along with antibiotic helps to treat antibiotic-resistant infections [Study]
A new study undertaken by a group of researchers discovered that antibiotic-resistant infections can be treated with specifically targeted bacteriophages. When combined with antibiotics, certain bacteria-killing viruses aid in the fight against Mycobacterium
Corruption-accused caterer appointed to KZN economic development tender panel
Two companies charged with allegedly defrauding the KwaZulu-Natal premier’s office of R24-million have been appointed to a panel of service providers for the province’s economic development department. Nto’s Catering and PMG Events have not been blacklisted
How a ukulele sent to orbit in SpaceX launch has DC-area ties
One of the items that went into space in this week’s civilian SpaceX launch was a ukulele. The astronaut who will play it was taught by a musician with D.C.-area roots. Over the course of about a month before
The reason ‘black tigers’ exist and why that is dangerous
Simlipal is not the sole example of what the study described as “intense founding bottlenecks” among tiger populations endangered by human-induced habitat fragmentation. ...
SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew members take call from Tom Cruise while soaring miles above the Earth
The Inspiration4 crew sits inside a model Crew Dragon spaceship. Left to right: Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Hayley Arceneaux. SpaceX SpaceX's first all-civilian crew spoke to Tom Cruise about their time in space. The Inspiration4
Pres Raisi presents Iranian-developed nanotechnology products to Tajikistan
President Raisi who has flew to Tajik capital for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit presented six Iranian products, all of which
Space Tech Startups Get Access To ISRO Facilities. What They Plan To Test
The Department of Space (DoS) has entered into a Framework MoU with aerospace startup Agnikul Cosmos for access to ISRO facilities and expertise towards the development and testing of... ...
What Life Is Like Aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule
SpaceX Dragon living quarters described in detail and what the Inspiration4 - the first civilian crew in Space - is up to. ...
Turkey to implement 1st unit of Akkuyu nuclear power plant by May 2023
(MENAFN)The first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant is going to be implemented by May 2023, Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He further highlighted the importance of nuclear ... ...
EU & Canada Are Banning Single-Use Plastics In 2021
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KEAM 2021 Result Declared For Engineering Entrance Exam, Check Direct Link Here
The KEAM 2021 Result has been declared by
Chinese Astronauts Return Safely After a 90-Day Space Station Mission
Chinese astronauts returned to Earth safely on Friday after their 90-day visit to an unfinished space station in the country's first crewed mission since 2016. ...
UN says global carbon emissions set to rise 16 per cent by 2030
A UN analysis of countries' latest plans to cut carbon emissions shows they will actually rise 16 per cent on 2010 levels by 2030, leaving only a small window to limit global warming to 1.5°C ...
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021
Royal Observatory astronomer Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder takes us on a tour of some of the best images from this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year. ...
The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to make its first Mercury flyby
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury will pass within about 200 kilometres of the surface of Mercury in October, where it will measure the planet’s magnetic field and exosphere ...
Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout
Cuttlefish are usually solitary creatures, but videos show them forming defensive groups to migrate together, suggesting they are more social than we thought ...
Woman who first gained sense of smell at age 24 finds it disturbing
A woman born without the brain regions needed to smell has puzzled doctors by gaining the ability to detect some smells in her twenties – an experience that has caused her anxiety ...
Mushballs inside Uranus and Neptune may solve an atmospheric mystery
Uranus and Neptune appear to have less ammonia than expected, but it might have been hidden by slushy balls of ammonia and water that hail down deep into the planets’ atmospheres ...
Europcar Brazil Places Order for 50 Skyworks Aeronautics eGyro™ Electric Aircraft
-- Today, Europcar Brazil announced plans to purchase 50 eGyro™ electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Skyworks Aeronautics (“Skyworks”) for use in Brazil, the world’s fourth largest market for civil
Long Term Calorie Restriction in Rats Slows Muscle Fiber Atrophy with Aging
Muscle mass and strength declines with age, leading to sarcopenia and contributing to frailty. Many distinct mechanisms are thought to be involved, from stem cell inactivity to chronic inflammation. Most of these mechanisms are favorably impacted by the
Immune Escape
Cancers in different tissue types develop unique genetic mechanisms to avoid discovery and destruction by the immune system, suggests a new study in mice by scientists at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Center. The
‘When I go into a room and it’s mainly men, I have to not care’
When Anna N. Schlegel (née Anna Navarro Descals) first arrived in Silicon Valley in 1992, she was a philologist from Olot, a town in northern Catalonia, with little experience in the tech industry. She founded a translation start-up, sold it, and went
Global Warming On Rise, Catastropic to World at 2.7 Degress: UN Chief
The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7-degrees of heating. This is breaking the promise made six years ago to pursue the 1.5-degree Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Saturday. He said failure to meet
Back To Nature Benches Are Tribute To Science Teachers
Working together, local Boy Scouts assemble benches for outdoor learning. A set of outdoor benches, which were recently installed west of the main entrance at Emerson Middle School, 8201 N. Cumberland, Niles, are a memorial tribute to two science teachers who
Aluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an aluminum protective
ISRO expertise to help two space-tech start-ups test rocket systems
The pact will enable Agnikul Cosmos undertake tests and access facilities at ISRO centres to testing its 3D-printed, single-piece, semi-cryo engine and other systems. ...
2 spacetech start-ups get access to ISRO facilities, expertise to test rocket systems
The Department of Space (DoS) has entered into a Framework MoU with aerospace start-up Agnikul Cosmos for access to ISRO facilities and expertise towards the development and testing of subsystems and systems of space launch vehicles. The MoU will enable the
SpaceX’s First Private Crew Motivates Children With Cancer From Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s first space tourists are taking in sweeping views of Earth that few have witnessed and motivating children with cancer.
Tom Cruise talks to SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew members orbiting in Dragon capsule
SpaceX`s charity-driven mission named Inspiration4 is all set to return to the earth, splashing down in the Atlantic ocean on Sunday (September 19). ...
Staying young, from the cells on up
Researchers at Université de Montréal and McGill University have discovered a new multi-enzyme complex that reprograms metabolism and overcomes “cellular senescence,” when aging cells stop dividing. In their study published today in Molecular Cell, the
For some peptides, killing bacteria an inside job
Peptides could be primed to solve the knotty problem of antibiotic resistance among humans. Rice University scientists believe they can help. The Rice lab of chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky modeled a range of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), natural and varied
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California, Berkeley, researchers are finding commonalities between the two that could lead to ways to prolong the lives
Sansera Engineering IPO GMP, Allotment, Listing Date, Key Details you Need to Know
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New documentary reveals Stephen Hawking’s painful personal life
WE all know Stephen Hawking as a scientific genius but a new Sky documentary has taken a more personal look at the professor's private life. Sky Original documentary
Stars of Science, the Qatar Foundation TV edutainment initiative, gives Arab women the chance to ...
(MENAFN - PR Newswire) Watch Stars of Science to discover the top Arab innovators of Stars of Science Season 13 Dr. Buthaina Al Ansari joins the jury panel on season 13 of Stars of Science ... ...
Tom Cruise gets sneak preview from SpaceX's 1st private crew
Tom Cruise got a sneak preview of what it's like to circle Earth in a SpaceX capsule.
Climate change: UN warns of countries’ climate plans and calls for ambitions
9 hours ago Photo released, Getty Images Comment on the photo, Many countries have not fulfilled their obligations Despite all the promises of drastic action, UN experts say the world is moving to dangerously high temperatures. The experts of the International
Australian scholar hails success of China's crewed mission for space station construction
As the International Space Station started to show its age, "it is also important that this (Tiangong) is operating and can perform science into the future, which was what their 90-day mission was working towards," said Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist and
Bettongs, nature's soil engineers, thriving on the Yorke Peninsula
A group of brush-tailed bettongs sent from an island off the SA coast is flourishing. ...
Eastern Florida State Women’s Tennis to Compete at Embry-Riddle Aeronautic Open in Daytona Beach
Greco returns after last years semifinal appearance in the national tournament The Eastern Florida State College women’s tennis team will open the fall season this weekend at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautic University Open at Crotty Tennis Complex in Daytona
Automotive Engine Valves Market in Auto Parts & Equipment Industry | 66 Mn units growth ...
(MENAFN - PR Newswire) Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Automotive Engine Valves Market by Type, Material, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025 ... ...
Los Angeles rocked by 4.3-magnitude earthquake days after smaller quakes
A preliminary 4.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Los Angeles Friday evening. ...
Space Tourists Call Actor Tom Cruise While Orbiting Earth
While orbiting Earth, four space tourists called U.S. actor Tom Cruise to talk about life aboard the spacecraft. Representatives for SpaceX's first privately chartered flight said the crew members spoke Friday with Cruise, who is hoping to take part in a
Uttar Pradesh to release report card on ‘Double Engine’ govt benefits
The report card, a copy of which ET has reviewed,
Can scientists learn about Earth by looking at Venus?
Scientists say Venus may hold important insights into some of humanity’s biggest challenges today. As NASA gears up for its Mars 2020 mission, CBS News’ Jeff Glor spoke to some who are looking to Earth’s mysterious neighbor. ...
Scottish company recycles plastic waste into roads
A Scottish firm. MacRebur, has invented a way to recycle plastic waste into road pavement, replacing some of the oil-based bitumen, or asphalt, that holds regular roadways together. Roxana Saberi reports. ...
After 17 years of hiding, large swarm of Brood X cicadas expected to emerge
Starting next week, trillions of Brood X cicadas
'Devious Licks' Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools
Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers and even turf from football fields, bedeviling school administrators seeking to contain the viral internet trend.� The "devious licks"
8 Bizarre Things Science Has Taught Us About Sex
Everybody loves a bit of sexytime, including the scientists who study it closely because, hey, there's nothing sexier than over-analysing things,
NH lawmaker ‘can’t put up’ with the anti-science views of Republicans and switches parties
New Hampshire State Rep. William Marsh, who switched his political affiliation from Republican to Democrat this week, says the Republican Party has lost its way especially in the fight against Covid ...
Teen, 15, Gets USB Cable Stuck Inside His Member Trying To Measure Length
An adolescent inserted the USB cable into his penis “to measure the length of his penis triggered by sexual curiosity.” ...
SpaceX's first tourist crew brought a spacesuit-wearing puppy plushie to orbit
A screengrab from a live broadcast from the Crew Dragon spaceship shows Hayley Arceneaux holding up Jude the plush dog, September 17, 2021. SpaceX SpaceX's first tourist crew brought a plush puppy wearing a spacesuit to orbit with them. The space pup is based
How a ukulele sent to orbit in SpaceX launch has local ties
One of the items that went into space in this week’s civilian SpaceX launch was a ukulele. The astronaut who will play it was taught by a musician with local roots. Over the course of about a month before the
Chinese astronauts return with first mission for space station construction accomplished
-- Having worked in the space station core module Tianhe for three months -- the longest-ever human space mission in Chinese history, three astronauts of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to Earth on Friday, hitting a new milestone in China's space
Astronauts return home after China's longest space mission
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese astronauts, the first sent to orbit for space station construction,
All-civilian Inspiration4 crew shows off in zero-gravity orbit
Sept 17 (Reuters) - A 42-year-old data engineer on the first all-civilian astronaut crew to reach orbit made some spaceflight history on Friday, with a zero-gravity ukulele performance in a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth's surface. Chris
The Toro Company: Exmark Mfg. 2022 Summer Intern/Co-Op - Test Engineering
The Toro Company: Exmark Manufacturing (a division of The Toro Company) is seeking qualified candidates for our summer 2022 paid internship and co-op opportunities with Beatrice, NE ...
Dual-Camera Super-Resolution with Aligned Attention Modules
Current smartphones use an asymmetric-cameras system consisting of multiple fixed-focal lenses. The most common configuration has dual cameras with wide-angle and telephoto lenses that have different fields of view. A recent paper on arXiv.org proposes to use
A Strange Type of Dark Energy Could Solve the Mystery of Our Expanding Universe
Our grasp of the universe is evolving. Cosmologists have discovered signs of a new kind of dark energy that might have come into being during the initial 300,000 years following the Big Bang, according to a report from the peer-reviewed journal Nature citing
SpaceX's Inspiration4 crew is having a blast and doing science in orbit (video)
From ultrasounds to ukelele jam sessions and space art, it appears the Inspiration4 crew is staying busy in orbit. ...
Shelf Engine moving to larger Seattle office, opens new location in Denver
The grocery-ordering automation startup will use the extra space to house its rapidly growing team. A Shelf Engine executive says the company plans to hire more than 100 people per year. ...
Desperate move to save world's largest tree
As fires in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range grow fiercer, firefighters have taken to desperate measures to protect a grove that's home to the world's biggest — and oldest — trees. Officials have wrapped a fire-resistant blanket around an 83m giant
FDA advisors green-light Pfizer boosters for people 65+ and at-risk groups
/ Vials with COVID-19 Vaccine labels showing logos of pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech. (credit: Getty | Photonews) A
Argonne scientist Walter McFall dies at 86; recruited, encouraged ‘countless’ women and minority engineers
Walter McFall was a research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory who shifted into recruitment and helped diversify the ranks of engineers. | Provided After a family tragedy, he started working at age 7. “He was robbed of his childhood,” said his sister.
Tom Cruise gets sneak preview from SpaceX’s 1st private crew
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Tom Cruise got a sneak preview of what it’s like to circle Earth in a SpaceX capsule. Representatives for SpaceX’s first privately chartered flight revealed Friday that the actor took part in a call with the four space tourists
Scientists predict supernova glow in 2037
Supernovae exploded 10 billion years ago. However, astronomers believe that by 2037 its reflections will reappear in the sky. Specialists publish and write related scientific works in the journal Nature Astronomy “World 24. Scientists have explained that
When Will the SpaceX Inspiration4 Crew Land?
The Inspiration4 crew are scheduled to splash down on Saturday evening. ...
Extension Gardener Series teaches gardening, science-based practices
Extension Gardener Series teaches gardening, science-based practices September 17, 2021 Robesonian News 0 Staff report LUMBERTON — People interested in learning about gardening and science-based gardening practices are invited to attend the 2021
Comserveonline--> Asia-Pacific Engineering Plastics Market : Regional Segment Analysis, forecast and market revenue
(MENAFN - Comserve) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, Sep 17, 2021, 08:45 /Comserve / -- Asia-Pacific Engineering Plastics Market With Top Countries Data, Industry Analysis , Size, Share, Revenue, ... ...
Comserveonline--> South America Engineering Plastics Market Overview By Share, Size, Industry Players, Revenue and Product Demand
(MENAFN - Comserve) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, Sep 17, 2021, 08:45 /Comserve / -- South America Engineering Plastics Market With Top Countries Data, Industry Analysis , Size, Share, Revenue, ... ...
Japan’s steel industry wants new govt to maximise use of nuclear power
Japan’s steel industry wants the new government
Woodward L’Orange Offers Flexible Engine Technology to the Marine Industry
Woodward L’Orange is one of the world’s leading
Tyrannosaurs softies with offspring, killer instinct with prey
FUKUI--The jaws of the mighty tyrannosaur were armed with such high-sensitivity tactile sensory glands that the beast was able to differentiate between when to deftly carry its offspring in its mouth or rip apart the flesh and bones of prey, new research
States are begging Americans to kill spotted lanternflies as scientists struggle to keep the pests ...
A spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Matt Rourke/AP Spotted lanternflies, which resemble polka-dotted moths, are spreading across the eastern US. Experts are telling people to kill the insects, as lanternflies are a destructive
Callista and Newt Gingrich: Celebrating a great American on Constitution Day
Without George Washington's military leadership in winning the Revolutionary War and his political leadership in forming our republic, there would be no U.S. Constitution – or United States of America at all. ...
Time until dementia symptoms appear can be estimated via brain scan
Researchers have developed an approach to
Coral reefs are 50% less able to provide food, jobs, and climate protection than in ...
The capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services such as food and jobs,
Fiber tracking method delivers important new insights into turbulence
A new technique for measuring turbulent flows has been developed. By using fibers rather than particles -- the usual method of measurement -- the researchers could get a more detailed picture of turbulent flows. <!-- more --> ...
Faster research through automation: New way to count micronuclei in cells
Researchers have created a novel automated program that
The microbial molecule that turns plants into 'zombies'
A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down
