17 MAR 2024 You’ve probably heard that adults should aim for 10,000 daily steps. This one-size-fits-all approach provides a clear message, though it doesn’t consider how varied human lifestyles and bodies are. An international team of researchers has found that even the most sedentary among us could ward off the harmful …
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16 MAR 2024 Imagine your laptop running twice as fast without any hardware upgrades; only the application of smarter software algorithms. That’s the promise of new research that could change how today’s devices function. The team behind the research, from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), says that the work has …
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15 MAR 2024 U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an “increasingly fragile world order,” strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency leaders testified in the U.S. Senate. “An ambitious but anxious China, a confrontational Russia, some regional powers, …
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14 MAR 2024 Supply chains worldwide have been disrupted as trade through the Suez and Panama Canals, two critical shipping routes, has seen substantial declines in recent months. The Suez Canal, the primary maritime route between Asia and Europe, experienced a 50 percent year-over-year decrease in trade volume in the …
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13 MAR 2024 Global merchandise trade is struggling to accelerate from a slump last year amid signs that growth in the automotive industry is softening, the World Trade Organization said. The WTO’s goods barometer was little changed at 100.6 compared with a late-November reading of 100.7, the Geneva-based organization said …
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12 MAR 2024 What good is the world’s most advanced “dark targeting” platform to uncover previously untraceable vessels if the local navy, coast guard, or marine police cannot stop the crime? Instead of being wooed by “game-changing” technologies, maritime security professionals should focus on ensuring their organizations can perform critical …
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