11 AUG 2021 UK outlet The Daily Express has reported that a team of UK SAS commandos and U.S. special operations forces are in Yemen to hunt Iranian-backed Houthi militants who allegedly launched the drone strike on the tanker Mercer Street on July 29. The attack killed the vessel’s Romanian …
Read More »SCIENTISTS JUST SIMULATED QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY ON CLASSICAL COMPUTING HARDWARE
13 AUG 2021 Lurking in the background of the quest for true quantum supremacy hangs an awkward possibility – hyper-fast number crunching tasks based on quantum trickery might just be a load of hype. Now, a pair of physicists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Columbia University in …
Read More »CHRONIC PAIN HAS 9 DISTINCT TYPES, ACCORDING TO A LARGE NEW BODY MAPPING STUDY
12 AUG 2021 The relentlessness of chronic pain wears you down. Beyond being a physical distraction in and of itself, it disrupts sleep, interferes with work and relationships, and can even alter the way we process emotions by causing physiological changes in our brains. But the experience of long-term pain is …
Read More »SHIPPING URGED TO REVIEW LNG USE AS METHANE’S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE IS REVEALED
11 AUG 2021 Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists and others from 195 countries, will launch the first of four reports on Monday, which is expected to highlight the growing influence of methane in the warming of the atmosphere. Methane is a key …
Read More »NEW TSUNEISHI DESIGN CLAIMS LARGEST CARGO CAPACITY FOR AN ULTRAMAX
10 AUG 2021 Faced with higher operating costs and stricter demands for efficiency and environmental performance, the shipping industry is constantly looking for improved designs. The goal is to improve operations while also maximizing every usable space for cargo. In the competition for improved efficiency, Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding unveiled a …
Read More »EARTH’S ROTATION IS SLOWING DOWN, AND IT COULD BE WHY WE HAVE OXYGEN FOR LIFE
09 AUG 2021 Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth’s rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days gotten progressively longer as a result. While Earth’s slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it’s enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those changes, new …
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