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Could carbon monoxide foam help fight inflammation?

Technology Org | 2022-07-04, 10:53

Foams that incorporate small amounts of the gas could be delivered to the GI tract to combat colitis and other conditions. Carbon monoxide is best known as a potentially deadly gas. However, in small doses it also has beneficial qualities: It has been shown to

South Korea returns to nuclear power's warm embrace

Deutsche Welle | 2022-07-04, 10:50

President Yoon Suk-yeol is going all in on nuclear power, both at home and abroad, marking a shift from his predecessor's undecided approach. ...

Technip Energies to engineer groundbreaking CCS project in Norway

Upstream Online | 2022-07-04, 10:47

Engineering giant Technip Energies said it has been awarded a large engineering, procurement and construction contract by Hafslund Oslo

The Danger Of Coronal Mass Ejections

Principia Scientific | 2022-07-04, 10:45

Every so often, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs. To a photon, the sun is like a crowded nightclub. It’s 27 million degrees inside and packed with excited bodies—helium atoms fusing,

Bone density Loss In Space: A Serious Concern

Principia Scientific | 2022-07-04, 10:45

Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a “big concern” for future missions to Mars. Previous research has shown

China says it has photographed all of Mars from orbit

Principia Scientific | 2022-07-04, 10:45

China is claiming that as of Wednesday, its Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter has officially photographed the entire Red Planet. And it’s shown off new photos of the southern polar cap and a volcano to prove it. “It has acquired the medium-resolution image

21st Century crimes against humanity

Principia Scientific | 2022-07-04, 10:45

I hope that the new material here will help more people to wake up as to what is going on. The term “plandemic” is used by Dr Reiner Fuellmich in his evidence on the establishment’s Covid‑19 crimes against humanity. To facilitate the “plandemic”, Boris Johnson

Rolls-Royce SMR announces shortlist for first factory

The Engineer | 2022-07-04, 10:33

This is the first of three factories, with construction set to commence once Rolls-Royce SMR receives approval to build a fleet of SMRs. The locations of the final shortlisted sites are Sunderland, Richmond in North Yorkshire, Deeside in Wales, Ferrybridge in

Deadly asteroid killed dinosaurs; but cockroaches survived, how?

International Business Times | 2022-07-04, 10:32

It was around 66 million years back that a giant asteroid hit the earth with full fury. The asteroid impact was so huge, and it sent plumes of debris into the earth's atmosphere. The deep impact also resulted in the extinction of dinosaurs, which were the

Scientists discover new giant water lily species

Yahoo Daily News | 2022-07-04, 10:32

The new species has been grown from seed A new species of giant water lily has been discovered - and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. The huge plant had been in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and was growing in a number of aquatic

Will the Trans Agenda and Social Engineering Ruin Western Civilisation?

The Epoch Times | 2022-07-04, 10:23

Commentary On June 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a highly anticipated speech delivered at the 25th St Peterburg

Photon Energy Group Reconfirms 2022 Financial Guidance After Record June Revenues

MENA FN | 2022-07-04, 10:18

(MENAFN - EQS Group) Issuer: Photon Energy NV / Key word(s): Forecast 04.07.2022 / 08:28 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Photon Energy Group Reconfirms ... ...

Membrane Technology In Pharma, Biopharma, And Life Science Market Size, Share, Growth 2022, In-Depth Research ...

MENA FN | 2022-07-04, 10:18

(MENAFN - America News Hour) Kenneth Research added a report on Membrane Technology in Pharma, Biopharma, And Life Science Market into the repository of market research reports. The report ... ...

Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects

Technology Org | 2022-07-04, 10:17

For humans, finding a lost wallet buried under a pile of items is pretty straightforward — we simply remove things from the pile until we find the wallet. But for a robot, this task involves complex reasoning about the pile and objects in it, which presents a

MTC to offer four-day week to staff

The Engineer | 2022-07-04, 10:15

The decision to trial the new approach followed an in-depth review of flexible working options, in response to employee feedback. “We’ve been operating flexible working patterns since April 2018, but employee engagement surveys have shown that staff wanted to

MA Business launches Engineering & Manufacturing Awards

The Engineer | 2022-07-04, 10:15

MA Business, part of the Mark Allen Group, is launching The Engineering & Manufacturing Awards to recognise the energy and innovation across UK industry. The awards ceremony will take place at a black tie event on the evening of 19th May 2023 at the London

Former Sanral boss doubts cancelled tenders will be re-awarded in four months

Moneyweb | 2022-07-04, 10:14

Other construction industry experts agree and question Sanral involving the Development Bank of Southern Africa. ...

Passive cooling really does ease scary indoor heat

Principia Scientific | 2022-07-04, 10:09

Passive cooling strategies can reduce the load on air conditioning by as much as 80 percent, report researchers. In simulations using weather data from a 2021 severe heat wave, a combination of shading and natural ventilation kept apartment temperatures out of

Starwatch: Matariki appearance marks start of Māori new year

The Guardian | 2022-07-04, 10:05

Pleiades star cluster in Taurus marks month-long time of remembrance and celebration Midsummer is definitely not a time of the year that northern hemisphere observers think about looking for the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus; January and February are far

Engineering group moves from Manchester for business park location

The Business Desk | 2022-07-04, 10:02

Engineering group SEMP has taken up a large office space at Warringtpn’s Birchwood Park, following a move away from Manchester. Specialising in systems engineering, SEMP is an international engineering operation which supports in the delivery of major

Earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hits Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir

Financial Express | 2022-07-04, 09:59

A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hit Doda district of Jammu and

Ready for science: Another Webb Instrument tuned to find hiding planets

Indiatoday | 2022-07-04, 09:53

Ready for science: Another Webb Instrument tuned to find hiding planets ...

‘We proved sceptics wrong’: First Nations businesses hailed for NT space launch role

NIT | 2022-07-04, 09:46

The Northern Land Council has hailed the involvement of Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory’s space industry after Australia’s first commercial space launch last month. Northern Land Council chairman Samuel Bush-Blanasi said the Council had supported

Researchers pioneer a new way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

Technology Org | 2022-07-04, 09:41

Researchers from the Critical Analytics For Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) interdisciplinary research group at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a new method of

Better living through multicellular life cycles

Technology Org | 2022-07-04, 09:41

Cooperation is a core part of life for many organisms, ranging from microbes to complex multicellular life. It emerges when individuals share resources or partition a task in such a way that each derives a greater benefit when acting together than they could

Aussie start-up using spider venom to treat heart attacks

People Daily | 2022-07-04, 09:35

SYDNEY, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A team of drug researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have developed a new heart attack treatment made from deadly spider venom and are now looking to bring the lifesaving treatment to market through a local start-up. The

New floating PV system for near-shore applications

PV Magazine | 2022-07-04, 09:33

Norwegian startup Sunlit Sea has designed a floating array consisting of a single unit float built-in cold-pressed aluminum with a close-to-standard solar panel bonded on the top surface. A 22.7%-efficienct mono PERC photovoltaic panel is bonded to the top of

Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily

New Scientist | 2022-07-04, 09:23

Almost 180 years after specimens were first brought from Bolivia to the UK, a giant water lily has been confirmed as a distinct species ...

“Soft” CRISPR May Offer a New Fix for Genetic Defects

Technology Org | 2022-07-04, 09:05

Curing debilitating genetic diseases is one of the great challenges of modern medicine. During the past decade, the development of CRISPR technologies and advancements in genetics research brought new hope for patients and their families, although the safety

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