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JAPANESE ELECTRIC FIRMS VOW ZERO EMISSION
Major Japanese electric power companies are aiming to strengthen power grids, increase solar and wind energy, and develop technologies...

By The Financial District
Nov 3, 20202 min read


DUTCH FIRM GETS OK FOR ITS PAL-V FLYING CAR
A Dutch company has succeeded in making Pal-V Liberty the world’s first production model flying car and it is street legal in Europe.

By The Financial District
Nov 3, 20202 min read


ITALIAN TEAM DEVELOPS CELLULAR CURE VS LEUKEMIA
An Italian team has made a breakthrough in leukemia research, raising fresh hope of treating the blood cancer better just as the second...

By The Financial District
Nov 3, 20201 min read


GONI POUNDS PHILIPPINES
With sustained winds of 135 miles per hour on Sunday morning, Goni ranks among the most powerful tropical storms to make landfall.

By The Financial District
Nov 2, 20201 min read


JAPAN NEWBORNS DROP SHARPLY
Japan expects to see the number of newborns drop sharply next year after the number of pregnancies reported across the country fell 11.4%.

By The Financial District
Nov 1, 20202 min read


TUFTED PUFFINS ON THE BRINK OF DYING OUT IN JAPAN
Tufted puffins appear to be on the brink of dying out in Japan with only a few pairs spotted on the northern main island of Hokkaido...

By The Financial District
Nov 1, 20201 min read


METABOLITE PRODUCED BY DIETARY SOY MAY REDUCE DEMENTIA RISK
A metabolite produced following consumption of dietary soy may decrease a key risk factor for dementia -- with the help of the right...

By The Financial District
Oct 31, 20202 min read


NASA EYES NOV 14 SPACEX LAUNCH
The U.S. space agency said that it is now aiming for a Nov. 14 liftoff of a spacecraft developed by U.S. company SpaceX, which will carry...

By The Financial District
Oct 30, 20201 min read


DOTr LAUNCHES CONTACT TRACING APP
The Aviation and Airports Sector of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) has launched a contact tracing app that was co-developed by...

By The Financial District
Oct 29, 20202 min read


DNA ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IMPACT OF NUKE BLAST ON KIN OF VICTIMS
Hundreds of Japanese atomic bomb survivors, known as hibakusha, and their children are planning to undergo genome analysis to determine...

By The Financial District
Oct 28, 20201 min read


VACCINE HOPES RISE AS OXFORD JAB SPURS IMMUNE RESPONSE
One of the world’s leading COVID-19 experimental vaccines produces an immune response in both young and old adults, raising hopes of...

By The Financial District
Oct 28, 20201 min read


ELI LILLY ANTIBODY DRUG FAILS IN COVID-19 STUDY
US government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19...

By The Financial District
Oct 27, 20201 min read


LIKE HUMANS, CHIMPS ARE PICKY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP LATE IN LIFE: STUDY
When humans age, they tend to favor small circles of meaningful, already established friendships rather than seek new ones. People are...

By The Financial District
Oct 27, 20202 min read


STUDY SHOWS PRECURSORS COULD HAVE CREATED COMPLEX METABOLISM
New work from researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), shows that a simple compound...

By The Financial District
Oct 27, 20202 min read


CHILDREN ENROLLED IN VACCINE TRIAL
As the the search for a COVID-19 vaccine continues, Cincinnati Children's Hospital has expanded its Pfizer clinical trial to include...

By The Financial District
Oct 27, 20201 min read


NASA SAMPLE FROM ASTEROID BENNU LEAKING INTO SPACE
The historic collection of a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was almost too successful but some...

By The Financial District
Oct 27, 20202 min read


SILENT MUTATIONS IN GENETIC CODE OF COVID VIRUS PINPOINTED
Researchers have identified a number of 'silent' mutations in the roughly 30,000 letters of the COVID-19 virus's genetic code that helped...

By The Financial District
Oct 26, 20202 min read


SCIENTISTS CREATE SUPERCONDUCTOR AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
Achieving superconductivity (zero electrical resistance) at room temperature would revolutionize the way we generate energy, transfer data.

By The Financial District
Oct 25, 20202 min read


JAPANESE CITIZENS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO KEEP TABS ON US WARPLANES
As US military aircraft fly the Japanese skies freely for drills and transfers without prior warning or regard for the time of day, not...

By The Financial District
Oct 25, 20202 min read


UK TO TEST VACCINE ON YOUNG VOLUNTEERS
The British government says it will fund trials that deliberately infect young volunteers with the new coronavirus in a bid to speed up...

By The Financial District
Oct 24, 20201 min read


MEMORY TRIGGERS BRAIN’S CORRECTION OF BOGUS NEWS
People who receive reminders of past misinformation may form new factual memories with greater fidelity.

By The Financial District
Oct 23, 20201 min read


DESERT TRANSFORMED INTO ORCHARD IN SPAIN
What was once a desert in AlmerÃa, southeast Spain, is today the orchard of Europe under a sea of plastic greenhouses...

By The Financial District
Oct 23, 20201 min read


NASA SAYS IMAGES SHOW SUCCESS IN ASTEROID SAMPLE COLLECTION
The US space agency said that it likely succeeded in collecting samples through a spacecraft touchdown on asteroid Bennu a day earlier...

By The Financial District
Oct 23, 20202 min read


INDUSTRIAL FARMING PRACTICES AID IN NURTURING PATHOGENS
Industrial farming practices that condense animals into small spaces can create ideal conditions for pathogens.

By The Financial District
Oct 23, 20202 min read
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