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Subterranean storage of hydrogen

Scientists are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important clean fuel: It can be made by splitting water using solar or wind power, it can be used to generate ...

Beating back bitter taste in medicine

The bitter taste of certain drugs is a barrier to taking some medications as prescribed, especially for people who are particularly sensitive to bitter taste. A team found that the diabetes drug rosiglitazone could partially block the bitter taste of some especially bad-tasting medications. The ...

Antarctic meteorites being lost to climate change, study finds

New consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation

A new expert consensus statement aims to improve endometriosis evaluation. Endometriosis is a common condition with substantial diagnostic delay, leading patients to experience pain, infertility, lost wages and interrupted relationships. The consensus provides recommendations for augmenting ...

Fitch downgrades China sovereign credit outlook on debt fears

Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2024 Ratings agency Fitch said Wednesday it had downgraded China's sovereign credit outlook to negative, citing increased risks to the country's public finances, in a move Beijing swiftly called "regrettable". Chinese officials have struggled for months to kickstart ...

Hughes secures contract to enhance Gray Eagle UAS with advanced satcoms

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2024 Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) company, has been awarded a production contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to produce a key component of the next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) system for the ...

IAEA to meet on nuclear plant targeted in Ukraine conflict

Vienna (AFP) April 9, 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency said it will hold a special meeting Thursday on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Europe's biggest, that is at the centre of growing tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war. The agency said Tuesday it had been informed of a ...

NASA Expands Collaboration with Commercial Partners on Space Station Medical Protocols

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2024 As the aerospace community expands beyond governmental boundaries, NASA is leveraging its comprehensive human spaceflight experience to guide the development of new commercial space stations. By working with private partners, NASA aims to make space more ...

Novel UV broadband spectrometer revolutionizes air pollutant analysis

A research team has developed a broadband UV dual-comb spectrometer with which air pollutants can be continually measured and their reaction with the environment can be observed in real time.

Could this robot unicorn be your next smart family member?

The innovative XPENG Robot Unicorn is inspired by the mythical unicorn, and you may forget the robot is not actually a living creature.

Fewer showers, less laundry, as water cuts hit Bogota

La Calera, Colombia (AFP) April 11, 2024 Residents of Bogota are facing fewer showers, minimal laundry loads and dirty cars as the Colombian capital imposes water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Nino climate phenomenon. Bogota has become the latest major city around the ...

Tandem heatwaves, storm surges increasingly batter coasts: study

Paris (AFP) April 11, 2024 Coastal communities need to prepare for simultaneous extreme weather events as heatwaves increasingly overlap with surges in sea levels due to climate change, a study published on Thursday warned. Extreme heat and sea levels are typically monitored and studied ...

El Nino drought-hit Zambia seeks $900m in 'life saving' aid

Lusaka (AFP) April 16, 2024 Zambia said on Tuesday it needs more than $900 million to deal with the worst drought the country has ever recorded and provide "life-saving" assistance to millions of people. President Hakainde Hichilema appealed for help in a televised address, saying about half ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef struggles to survive

Lizard Island, Australia (AFP) April 17, 2024 Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens. For 33 years marine biologist Anne Hoggett has lived ...

Global ocean summit nets $10 bn in pledges: Greek PM

Athens (AFP) April 16, 2024 An international summit on saving the oceans netted $10 billion in pledges, the prime minister of host country Greece said on Tuesday. The "Our Oceans" summit was launched in 2014 as the first international event of its kind to address all issues related ...

Sleep Apnea Reduced in People Who Took Zepbound, Eli Lilly Reports

The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

'Go home': Overtourism sparks backlash in Spain

Madrid (AFP) April 16, 2024 Anti-tourism movements are multiplying in Spain, the world's second most visited country, prompting authorities to try and reconcile the interests of locals and the lucrative sector. Rallying under the slogan "The Canaries have a limit", a collective of groups ...

Dating the Solar System's orbital changes with enstatite meteorites

London, UK (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 New research pinpoints the timeline of the Solar System's giant planets moving into their current orbits, showing these changes occurred between 60-100 million years after the Solar System formed. This shift is crucial for understanding events like the formation ...

Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains

Dubai (AFP) April 17, 2024 Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial centre reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain - about two ...

Russia orders fresh evacuations in Siberia over flood fears

Moscow (AFP) April 16, 2024 Russia on Tuesday began fresh evacuations from towns and villages in western Siberia threatened by devastating floods, as Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with people evacuated from rising water on his side of the border. Russia and Kazakhstan have been hit ...

Unveiling space chemistry via cold coulomb crystals

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 The seemingly empty interstellar space is a bustling hub of atoms, ions, and molecules, comprising the Interstellar Medium (ISM). This vast expanse has been a focal point for scientists, with over 200 unique molecules discovered in its cold, low-pressure ...

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter transitions to stationary role on Red Planet

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 The final transmission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory marked the end of active operations for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter but the beginning of its new role as a stationary data collector. On April 16, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory bid ...

Purple may just be the new green in the hunt for alien life

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 Researchers are expanding the criteria for life on other planets beyond the familiar green of Earthly vegetation. Scientists at Cornell University have suggested that purple, not green, might be the predominant color of life on other worlds, based on a study ...

Explore the stars: How to participate in Nasa's solar neighborhood census

Dragonfly mission set for Saturn's moon Titan with NASA's confirmed plan

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 NASA has officially given the greenlight for the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan, authorizing the project's transition to final design and construction stages. This development follows the successful completion of the mission's ...

NASA's Fermi Telescope detects no gamma rays from recent supernova

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 In 2023, a supernova burst in the Pinwheel galaxy, creating an ideal scenario for testing theories on cosmic ray acceleration. However, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which has been operational since 2008, did not detect the anticipated high-energy ...

NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing

Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2024 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. ...

NASA Mars helicopter sends last message to Earth

Washington (AFP) April 17, 2024 NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has transmitted its final message to Earth and will now serve as an immobile data-gathering unit on the red planet's surface, the space agency said on Tuesday. The tissue box-sized aircraft made history by achieving the first ...

UK Space Agency supports Rolls-Royce and BWX Technologies in developing space reactors

London, UK (SPX) Apr 16, 2024 Rolls-Royce today secured Phase 2 funding from the UK Space Agency's International Bilateral Fund (IBF), which promotes strategic research partnerships between the UK space sector and emerging space nations. The company received a GBP 1.18 million award from the ...

Chinese economy beats growth expectations in first quarter

Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2024 China's economy expanded far more than expected in the first quarter of 2024, data showed Tuesday, but disappointing retail and industrial figures suggested leaders face severe headwinds to hit their annual growth target. Beijing has set a goal of around five ...

Why oil prices are muted despite Iran attack?

London (AFP) April 16, 2024 Oil prices have failed to soar even after major crude producer Iran attacked Israel with drones and missiles, risking wider conflict in the crude-rich Middle East. On Tuesday, the world's main oil contracts were trading slightly higher. European benchmark, Brent ...

Quake-hit Dutch gas plant to close for good

The Hague (AFP) April 17, 2024 A controversial gas field in the north of the Netherlands that caused earthquakes for decades is to close permanently, a relief for many residents whose houses have suffered serious damage. The Dutch Senate finally passed a law closing the Groningen gas field ...

China FM Wang to visit Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea

Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2024 China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea this week, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Wang's trip will kick off on Thursday, April 18 and wrap up on April 23, foreign ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said. The foreign ...

Tech venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2 bn

San Francisco (AFP) April 16, 2024 Silicon Valley venture capital star Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday it had raised $7.2 billion to invest in startups behind games, apps, artificial intelligence and more. More than half of the money spread across five funds is dedicated to a "growth" ...

Apple CEO meets Indonesia leader to talk investments

Jakarta (AFP) April 17, 2024 Apple chief executive Tim Cook met Indonesia's president on Wednesday, as the tech giant explores ways to invest in Southeast Asia's biggest economy and diversify supply chains away from China. The visit comes as US President Joe Biden's administration seeks ...

ASML profits down amid China chip spat

The Hague (AFP) April 17, 2024 Dutch tech giant ASML, which supplies chip-making machines to the semiconductor industry, on Wednesday reported a drop in net profits and orders amid a high-tech trade spat between China and the West. Net profits came in at 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) ...

Biden pushes to triple tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum

Washington (AFP) April 17, 2024 US President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, citing "unfair competition" as he seeks to win blue-collar votes in November's election. Biden's call comes as the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced it is ...