21 AUG 2020 Mauritius is proceeding with its efforts to clear away the impact of the grounded bulker Wakashio. In its latest actions, supported by experts from the UK, efforts proceeded to scuttle the ship despite the concerns voiced by residents and environmental groups. The National Crisis Committee in Mauritius …
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22 AUG 2020 The benefits of wearing face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19 are now well understood, but scientists are still searching for better materials to use – and a filter ‘paper’ made up of titanium oxide nanowires is showing a lot of promise. The new material is so good at …
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21 AUG 2020 The chief of Lebanon’s customs agency has been arrested in connection with the deadly ammonium nitrate explosion at the Port of Beirut earlier this month. Badri Daher, director general of the Lebanese Customs Administration, was questioned by judicial authorities in an extended session on Monday. He was …
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20 AUG 2020 The Government of Mauritius today arrested the captain of the bulk carrier Wakashio while it also moved ahead with the plans to tow the forward section of the wrecked ship out to sea and sink it. All of this was happening as increasing questions emerged over why the vessel …
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19 AUG 2020 Greenland’s ice sheet may have hit a tipping point that sets it on an irreversible path to completely disappearing. Snowfall that normally replenishes Greenland’s glaciers each year can no longer keep up with the pace of ice melt, according to researchers at Ohio State University. That means …
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18 AUG 2020 On Saturday, the US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to a saliva-based test funded by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association to be available for public use, the agency announced. The test was developed by researchers at Yale and jointly funded by the …
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