By The Financial District18 hours ago1 minStinky Seaweed Threatens Mexico's Tourism ReboundAccording to the Spanish bank BBVA, millions of tons of stinking brown seaweed washing up on Mexico's beaches threaten a post-COVID...
By The Financial District2 days ago2 minHydropower Is Bad Bargain, Claims Indian ExpertThe embrace of hydropower, in particular, bears its own risks.
By The Financial District2 days ago1 minBacteria-Made Biofuel Has Higher Density Than Jet FuelAs efficient as fossil fuels are, their environmental impact cannot be exaggerated. Berkeley Lab researchers have now persuaded bacteria...
By The Financial District2 days ago2 minDrought Dries Up Precious Rice In Italy The worst drought in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the Po Valley and threatening the crop of quality rice used for risotto...
By The Financial District3 days ago2 minUK Scientists Hold Workshop On Sustainable MiningThe School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) recently held a week-long workshop on...
By The Financial District3 days ago2 minU.S. Starts Human Trials Of Universal Flu Vaccine The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States has begun a Phase 1 human trial to test a new universal flu vaccination.
By The Financial District4 days ago2 minViewSonic To Build World's First Education MetaverseViewSonic Corp. has announced a collaboration with the New Taipei City Government in Taiwan to promote UNIVERSE by ViewSonic.
By The Financial District5 days ago2 minNew NHTSA Chief To Probe Auto-Driver Technology Similar To That Of TeslaThe new head of the government's road safety office says the agency will step up efforts to better understand the threats posed by...
By The Financial DistrictJun 272 minNew Chinese Electric Car Beats Tesla, Has 578-Mile RangeWith its extended range, a new electric SUV from a Chinese automaker is challenging Tesla's Model Y.
By The Financial DistrictJun 261 minCourt Orders EPA To Reassess Glyphosate HazardA United States Federal Appeals Court last week ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to examine whether glyphosate, the..
By The Financial DistrictJun 261 minRobot Speeds Up Production At Nagoya Food ManufacturerA humanoid robot named "Foodly" now works on a production line in an Ichibiki Co. facility in Nagoya, Japan.
By The Financial DistrictJun 202 minJapanese Firms Eye Plant-Based Biocoke Fuel To Cut CO2 EmissionsBiocoke, a solid fuel made from vegetable waste, is gaining attention as one technology that can help accelerate the transition to a...
By The Financial DistrictJun 182 minDutch Firm To Produce Solar-Powered Cars This YearLightyear, a Dutch company, has announced that it will begin manufacturing the world's first production car equipped with solar panels...
By The Financial DistrictJun 182 minChina Launches Its First Aircraft Carrier Not Based On Russian DesignBeijing launched a new-generation aircraft carrier on Friday, June 17, 2022, the first of its kind to be designed and built in China.
By The Financial DistrictJun 172 minCybercriminals Can Steal Cash, Assets Using 24-B PasswordsExperts are concerned that the more than 24 billion usernames and passwords exposed on the internet, the equivalent of nearly four for...
By The Financial DistrictJun 162 minU.S. Promotes VPNs In Russia To Avoid Putin CensorshipThe US government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help...
By The Financial DistrictJun 152 minChina Study Still Blames Frozen Food As Carrier Of COVID VirusAccording to a new paper published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC), frozen food from meat-and poultry...
By The Financial DistrictJun 152 minU.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down 35% As Meat Consumption SagsAmericans have achieved a great feat in battling climate: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in US diets have sunk 35%, mainly due to reduced...
By The Financial DistrictJun 121 minStudy Claims 'Umeboshi' Pickled Plums Suppress COVIDAn inter-prefectural research group recently announced that Japanese "umeboshi" pickled plums may help reduce coronavirus reproduction.
By The Financial DistrictJun 112 minJapan Firm Makes Tiny Portable Toilets For Use During Disasters, WarsA Nagoya-based startup has created one of the world's smallest portable toilets, which it hopes will become an essential part of disaster...
By The Financial DistrictJun 102 min5 Japanese Universities Land In Top 100 World RankingsFive Japanese academic institutions made the Top 100 list of the 2023 edition of the world university rankings released on June 9 by a...
By The Financial DistrictJun 81 minVolocopter's 4-Seater Takes FlightVolocopter has just announced another milestone in the development of urban air mobility (UAM) with its fixed-winged passenger aircraft...
By The Financial DistrictJun 82 minGreening Of The Alps Leads To Warming, Less Freshwater In EuropeThe fact that Alpine snow cover has only decreased by 10% may appear to be good news, but it does not bode well for the region.
By The Financial DistrictJun 72 minAmino Acids Found In Asteroid Samples Collected By Japan Space ProbeSamples delivered to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 space mission from an asteroid in late 2020 contained more than 20 types of amino acids.