18 OCT 2023 In the world of lithium-ion batteries, smartphones take centre stage. Yet they’ve also sparked an ongoing debate: does prolonged (or overnight) charging wreak havoc on your battery? A number of factors determine a phone battery’s lifespan, including its manufacturing age and its chemical age. The latter refers …
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17 OCT 2023 A recent working paper by the International Council on Clean Transportation has shed light on the alarming levels of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from ships. The study analyzed 615 samples of real-world emissions from 545 ships operating in Danish waters in 2019, using sniffers attached to helicopters to gather …
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16 OCT 2023 In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction. He put the chances of “existential catastrophe” for our species during the next century at one in six. It’s quite a specific number, and an alarming one. The claim drew headlines at the …
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15 OCT 2023 CEVA, the warehousing and logistics arm of French container liner CMA CGM, plans to use robots from U.S. firm Boston Dynamics at a new transload facility near the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the biggest import gateways for the U.S. consumer market. The transload …
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14 OCT 2023 Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Based on their investigation involving 62 older, cognitively healthy adults, researchers from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Irvine …
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13 OCT 2023 Asia-North Europe carriers took advantage of the Chinese national holiday this week to announce new headhaul FAK rates, effective from 1 November, which are double the level currently on offer via the spot market. Hapag-Lloyd led the way on Monday raising its Asia-North Europe 40ft FAK rate …
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12 OCT 2023 The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched a new data collection system to help steer improvements to the new Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII). CII is an energy efficiency rating system developed by the International Maritime Organization for merchant ships over 5,000 gross tonnes. It came into effect on …
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11 OCT 2023 ThrowRaft, a pioneering force in water safety and rescue equipment, took center stage and made a significant splash at the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) 2023 Conference held in Denver, CO last week, unveiling its groundbreaking patents pending Neutral Buoyancy Life Jacket™ technology. This innovative life-saving …
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10 OCT 2023 Earth’s ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station. As the world warms, what happens in the ocean – and what happens to the ocean – will be vital to all our lives. But to monitor what’s happening …
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09 OCT 2023 Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a strange, diaphanous balloon drifts by Inside, tunnels and chambers coil like a miniature floating Guggenheim around the talented architect within: a tadpole-like creature called a larvacean. Incredibly, the organism has crafted this entire structure out of mucus. “This is an animal …
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