06 DEC 2025 Metformin has been prescribed to people with type 2 diabetes to manage blood sugar for more than 60 years, but scientists haven’t been exactly sure how it works. A recent study suggests it works directly in the brain, which could lead to new types of treatment. Researchers …
Read More »BREAKTHROUGH DIABETES TREATMENT MAY DELIVER INSULIN THROUGH A SKIN CREAM
06 DEC 2025 A breakthrough in insulin delivery could one day spell an end to the invasive needles on which many people with diabetes rely. Using mice, minipigs, and lab-grown human skin samples, scientists have demonstrated a topical insulin treatment – an achievement long assumed impossible due to the large size of insulin molecules and their …
Read More »SATELLITE IMAGERY REVOLUTION RESHAPING MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND GLOBAL SHIPPING
05 DEC 2025 A quiet technological revolution is unfolding high above the world’s oceans, and it could reshape maritime operations, compliance, and security in ways the industry has never experienced. Enhanced Electro-Optical (EO) satellite imagery, long associated with military intelligence and environmental monitoring, has rapidly matured into a commercially accessible, …
Read More »WTO: GLOBAL TRADE MOMENTUM SLIPS AS FRONTLOADING SURGE FADES
04 DEC 2025 The world’s seaborne trade flows are showing signs of slowing after frontloading imports drove a strong first half of 2025, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest Goods Trade Barometer, which points to slower but still above-trend growth heading into the year’s final quarter. The WTO’s composite …
Read More »COLLABORATION ACROSS THE TRANSPORT TRINITY: UNLOCKING SHARED VALUE
04 DEC 2025 Executive Teaser Transport reliability will emerge when the transport trinity – cargo owners, transport operators, and nodes – acts as one operating unit. By managing time, risk, and asset integrity as shared assets, and acting on five trustworthy signals, namely time window, connection risk, readiness, emissions, and …
Read More »ELECTRIC CONTAINERSHIPS WON’T WORK BUT A FLEET OF AUXILIARY BATTERY SHIPS COULD CLEAN UP SHIPPING
03 DEC 2025 Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil. Earlier this year, international efforts …
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