17 MAY 2021 From the algorithms that make our social media accounts function to the sleep-tracking technology in our smartwatches, the world has never seemed so technologically advanced and developed. Which is why it would be easy to assume that with each generation, humans are getting smarter. But is this the …
Read More »DEVELOPING A TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN FROM SEAWATER OR BRINE
16 MAY 2021 An early-stage technology startup company is developing a new process for the production of hydrogen from seawater or brine without the need for desalination. The Baltimore, Maryland-based company, sHYp B.V., is on track for a first commercial pilot before the end of 2021 of the technology that …
Read More »EGYPT OFFERS TO CUT EVER GIVEN COMPENSATION CLAIM TO $600 MILLION
10 MAY 2021 Egypt offered to reduce claims by a third for compensation from owners of the container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie told MBC Masr channel television channel. The canal authority said it would reduce the claims for compensation to …
Read More »EXPERIMENTAL BOOSTER PROTECTS AGAINST NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS, EARLY TRIAL SUGGESTS
7 MAY 2021 A new COVID-19 booster being created by Moderna could protect against the variants of SARS-CoV-2 first found in Brazil and South Africa, according to the first results from a small clinical trial. The US biotech firm started developing variant-specific boosters earlier this year after evidence that several coronavirus variants can ‘break through‘ current vaccines. This is their first clinical trial in …
Read More »YOUNG ADULTS WHO’VE HAD COVID-19 SHOW SIGNS OF LASTING CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE
10 MAY 2021 Just because you’re young and healthy, doesn’t mean the coronavirus won’t affect you. Young adults who show only minor symptoms of COVID-19 may still suffer lingering changes to their blood vessels, according to a small new study. While the SARS-CoV-2 primarily impacts the lungs and is particularly dangerous for older people, growing research suggests it …
Read More »NEW WAVE OF COVID CASES HAMPERS SOUTH ASIA’S SHIPBREAKERS
9 MAY 2021 India has experienced severe shortages of purified oxygen due to its ongoing second wave of COVID infections, and this has drastically curtailed the country’s ship recycling activity. The outbreak has caused more than 218,000 deaths in the country, and oxygen shortages are partly to blame. As industrial …
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