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Costa Rica police find 200kg of cocaine in ship’s engine room
Authorities have discovered 200kg
Launched from sea, China’s new satellite to test internet technologies
China on Wednesday launched from sea a new satellite into space to test internet
Masks Coming Back Despite The Science, You Already Have Immunity & 'mRNA Found In Most Organs'
Masks Coming Back Despite The Science, You Already Have Immunity & 'mRNA Found In Most Organs'
No Attempted Murder Charges For Alaska Airlines Pilot Who Tried To Shut Down Engines
The Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut
New paper reviews importance of variability in marine climate change ecology research
A new paper published in the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics emphasizes an unusual approach to researching climate change within marine ecosystems: focusing on variance in addition to trends in ocean temperatures to make more accurate
‘Hard on the homefront:’ Brown alumnae panel discuss challenges facing women in medicine
Women are more likely to matriculate into medical education than men — yet they graduate at slightly lower rates. Women are also less likely to be represented in positions of leadership within the medical field. This discrepancy can be explained by multiple
To the Moon and back: How artists at Brown are repurposing decades-old film of the Moon
Scrolling through his Instagram feed, Leo Selvaggio, a senior specialist in creative technologies for the Brown Arts Institute, came across a post by the Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island — a local organization that upcycles arts and crafts materials.
Scientists, Nobel Laureates To Gather At LPU For 109Th Indian Science Congress
(MENAFN - IANS) Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) Renowned scientists and Nobel laureates will gather at the Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar, Punjab, next month for the 109th Indian Science ... ...
World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China
BEIJING -- The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China's Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear power plant, has officially gone into commercial operation, according to the National Energy Administration and China
Watching Electrons at Work
Researchers from ETH Zurich, Empa and Stanford have taken snapshots of the crystal structure of perovskite nanocrystals as excited electrons deformed it. To their surprise, the deformation straightened out the skewed crystal structure rather than making it
New Development Will Give AI a Window into Complex Human Activity
More than 1,400 hours of footage capturing humans performing tasks simultaneously from their point of view and externally, will help give AI models an understanding of how humans carry out activities. Image showing participant with bike. Image credit:
GMEX ZERO13 Wins COP28 TechSprint And Continues Network Expansion
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Exam board to offer digitally assessed GCSE in computer science
An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science for pupils starting their course in 2025, in what it described as a UK first. Jill Duffy, chief executive of OCR, said a pilot of digital exams earlier this year had “shown that
Trump repeatedly denies climate science and says ‘we shouldn’t be worried about global warming’
Trump has previously also called climate change ‘nonexistent’ and ‘make-believe problem’
China rolls out new-generation supercomputer
GUANGZHOU, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A new-generation supercomputing system "Tianhe Xingyi" was unveiled on Wednesday to boast greater
MSMEs need to work with large industries, DRDO for defence & aerospace sector indigenisation: DRDO Chairman
The DRDO Chairman said that the TDF scheme not only provides funds to MSMEs but also mentorship and hand-holding. ...
Ultrasound Enables Less-Invasive Brain–Machine Interfaces
Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) can read brain activity and translate that activity to control an electronic device like a prosthetic arm or computer cursor. They promise to enable people with paralysis to move prosthetic devices with their thoughts.
Morning Briefing: Dec. 6, 2023
Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Wednesday, including the surge in death toll of Palestinians in Israeli airstrikes, the grim UN data showing one child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza, Israeli plans to retain security of Gaza
Royal Society Publishing photography competition 2023 – in pictures
The microscopic world hidden within an autumn leaf has won the Royal Society Publishing photography competition 2023 . Overall winner Irina Petrova Adamatzky researches the electrical activity of fungi, slime moulds and other micro-organisms, at Unconventional
Under-skin implant reverses type 1 diabetes without anti-rejection drugs
Researchers have developed a technique to implant a thread-like device containing insulin-secreting pancreatic cells in a pocket under the skin. The device reversed type 1 diabetes in mice and didn’t require the administration of anti-rejection drugs. The
Jeff Bezos should pay up for using the Amazon's name, says this Brazilian governor
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and the Amazon rainforest. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty ImagesThe governor of Brazil's Amazonas state wants Jeff Bezos to pay royalties for using the Amazon name.He posted a video on Instagram addressing Bezos, from the perspective of the
1st LD-Writethru: World's 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China's Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear power plant, has officially gone into commercial operation, according to the National Energy
Babies do not fall for illusion that fools older children, study finds
Experts says findings of dots tests are down to information processing not yet being fully developed Babies really do see the world differently, researchers have found, after revealing that those under six months old do not fall for a visual illusion that can
SpaceX, Blue Origin, others set to compete in military Moon business program
Rather than simply send another lander, DARPA’s newest space program seeks to advance multiple technologies simultaneously. ...
Attempted murder charges dropped against pilot who tried to cut engines
The former Alaska Airlines pilot
Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut plane’s engines indicted on endangerment charges
Joseph Emerson has been indicted on 84 endangerment charges but is no longer charged with attempted murder, authorities said Tuesday. ...
Alaska Airlines pilot, indicted for trying to cut engines, avoids attempted murder charges
Dec. 5 (UPI) -- An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, indicted for trying to shut off the engines of a plane mid-flight, will not face 83 counts of attempted murder in ...
