12 JUN 2022 You’re taking a stroll through the park on a cold winter’s morning, when it hits you – the need to find a bathroom, and quick! This didn’t used to happen in summer. Is there something about winter that makes us need to pee more? We study the …
Read More »‘MASKED’ CANCER DRUG KILLS TUMORS WHILE SPARING HEALTHY TISSUE, EARLY RESULTS SHOW
11 JUN 2022 Many cancer treatments are notoriously savage on the body. Drugs often attack both healthy cells and tumor cells, causing a plethora of side effects. Immunotherapies that help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells are no different. Though they have prolonged the lives of countless patients, they work in only …
Read More »UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RENEWED FOCUS ON GULF OF GUINEA PIRACY
09 JUN 2022 On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a new security resolution on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. The resolution is meant to renew attention to the evolving piracy threat in the region, which remains an issue almost a decade after the UNSC’s last …
Read More »RUSSIAN MEDIA CONFIRMS EXTRACTION OF GRAIN, STEEL FROM UKRAINE’S PORTS
08 JUN 2022 Russia has admitted to taking grain and steel cargoes from Ukraine and removing them to Russian territory, confirming Ukrainian accusations of theft. The Russian military recently finished clearing sea mines from the port of Mariupol, the decimated port city that fell to the invading force earlier this …
Read More »LNG CARRIER COMPLETES FIRST AUTONOMOUS OCEAN CROSSING BY LARGE VESSEL
06 JUN 2022 An LNG carrier completed what is being called the world’s first transoceanic voyage of a large merchant ship employing autonomous navigation technologies. The voyage was carried out as the first demonstration of the advanced technology navigating the 97,500 dwt vessel for roughly half its voyage across the …
Read More »CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF BULKER CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY PHILIPPINES
04 JUN 2022 Philippine authorities announced today that they have filed charges against the captain and three officers from a bulk carrier that collided with a fishing boat. The charges came as the Coast Guard reported that it was moving into a search and recovery effort after finding only debris …
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