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28 MAY 2018 Every two years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to tell the president how the US is doing in regard to science and engineering. “As economies worldwide grow increasingly knowledge-intensive and interdependent, capacity for innovation becomes ever more critical,” the NSF says in its latest report, titled …

27 MAY 2018 Scientists have shed new light on how crazy weather extremes can be caused by jet stream ‘traffic jams’ – high-altitude backlogs of air that apparently work a little like how cars slow down your peak hour trip to the office every morning. Crucially, understanding how these currents become backed …

26 MAY 2018 It sounds like a work of alternative history fiction: as Soviet forces closed in on Adolf Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, the Führer fled in the nick of time to South America where he lived in hiding for another 17 years. As far as conspiracy theories go, it’s …

27 MAY 2018 For thousands of years people have used cannabis for recreational, ritualistic and medicinal purposes. In the modern era, the latter property excites a lot of people, and there is no shortage of wild claims about the supposed medical benefits of the plant. Of all the claims, perhaps …

26 MAY 2018 There’s something very special about all the awesome research funded by NASA – it’s accessible, for free, to everyone. It was a particularly special moment when NASA announced this shift to open access back in 2016. Not only would all published research funded by the space agency …

IBM Research has introducing IBM Crypto Anchor Verifier, a new technology that brings innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) and optical imaging together to help prove the identity and authenticity of objects. All objects and substances have their own unique optical patterns, sometimes undetectable by the human eye, that differentiate them …

The IMO adopted a joint proposal by the U.S. and Russia on Friday for a series of connected vessel routes and precautionary areas in adjacent Bering Sea and Arctic waters. The IMO’s Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue Sub-Committee gave final authorization during an eight-day meeting in London. The eastern …

26 th may 2018 The IMO has officially commenced work to look into how safe, secure and environmentally sound Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) operations may be addressed in IMO instruments. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) endorsed a framework for a regulatory scoping exercise, as work in progress, including preliminary …

24 May, 2018  Germany-based Bomin Group, a leading supplier and trader of bunker fuel, has started delivering  Ultra-Low Sulphur Fuel Oil to vessels calling in the busy Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region, home to two of Europe’s busiest ports. Bomin Group says the ULSFO product has a maximum sulphur content of just …

24 MAY 2018 Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions threaten to make rice less nutritious, scientists said in a study released Wednesday, raising a worrying possibility about the staple food item for billions of humans. Rice, the scientists found, contains lower levels of key vitamins when grown amid high concentrations of carbon …