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The watchdog says Biden pushed the Gaza pier to warn it would undermine other aid routes
The US failed to honour commitments it had made with the UN to get it to take part in distribution of supplies from the pier into Palestinian hands, according to a report by USAID’s inspector-general. The UN World Food Program ended cooperation with the project after Israeli rescue operation used an area nearby to whisk…
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How to stop bad science from moving through the literature
COPE has issued guidelines for journals on the retraction of articles riddled with tortured phrases. It said journals can contact researchers who review an article that was retracted on technical grounds, for their own information and, if technical issue is in their area of expertise, to prompt them to be more cautious in future. COPE…
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The FDA approves new Covid Vaccines
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new COVID-19 vaccines that are more focused on the circulating variant of the coronavirus. The agency said that the vaccines should be used to boost immunity against the KP.2 strain which is a descendant of the JN.1 variant. The last version of the COVID-19 vaccine was…
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Is South Korea able to regain its edge in innovation?
South Korea and Europe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on research in areas such as next-generation wireless networks, semiconductors and quantum technologies. The new partnership will also foster collaborations among South Korea and European researchers in areas including biotechnology, medicine and renewable energy. The agreement was signed in March this year.
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South Korea’s research leaders can be supported
Women in science and technology fields make up 29% of university entrants and they’re employed at the same rate as their male counterparts in South Korea. There are about 180,000 women in science and technology roles in South Korea who are on a career break, whose return to workplace is urgently needed to shore up…
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The updates for crashing computers are now available from Intel
Intel has issued a firmware update to fix a bug in its new Core 13th/14th Gen CPUs that could cause “increased voltage requests” to the processors. Intel has extended the warranty for these CPUs by two years and released a microcode patch to address the problem. It added that the updates shouldn’t cause performance loss.
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A guide about what science needs to do about predatory conferences
A Japanese researcher has warned that conferences should not be held for research professionals and not for early-career scientists. ” predatory conferences leave in their wake disgruntled delegates who’ve parted with…hard-won grant funds to attend an event with little benefit to their careers,” he said. Career development in research can be done through academic conferences,…
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The huge Park Fire in California has devoured an area larger than L.A
More than 100 fires were reported in the US on Friday, affecting over 2,800 square miles, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The largest fire is in California, covering 1,214 square miles. Over 110 active fires covering 2,800 square miles were reported in the US as of Friday, according to the National Interagency Fire…
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Upland tree surfaces are rich in atmospheric methane
Methane flux measurements were done from mature trees stems at five stem heights during the dry season in Barro Colorado Island, Bahamas. During the transition to the dry season when the water tables in both the plots were more than 10 m below, Methane flux measurements were done from the mature trees stems at five…
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Chrisley’s parents are likely to be the focus of her speech tonight
American reality show’s Tucker Chrisley said, “For the past decade, we have been consumed with a different kind of drama, whether it’s my family on television or you.” “My family was persecuted by rogue prosecutors in Fulton County… due to our public profile…due to our public profile and conservative beliefs,” she added. Chrisley is the…
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The founder of a global movement said how to live without plastic for a month
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said, “We’ve had a great debate on this.” He added that he doesn’t see the debate as “personal” or “litigious”. “I don’t think it’s going to hurt anybody,” he further said, adding, “It’s not going to impact my performance.” Biden’s remarks came after Israel ordered the evacuation of Gaza…
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A hospital for children in Kyiv is one of the places Russia hit
Russia has denied hitting civilian targets and accused Ukraine of “hysterics” before the NATO summit. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its forces were responding to the “Kyiv regime’s attempts to damage Russian economic and energy facilities”. It added that its forces were using long-range weapons to hit “military industrial facilities of Ukraine and air bases…
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The guilty plea was accepted by Boeing for the crashes of the MAX
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) in a court filing said that some families “expressed their opposition” and to terms of the plea offer to convict Boeing for two plane crashes that killed more than 300 people. Boeing had earlier agreed to pay $500 million to families of the crash victims. Boeing has agreed to…
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Ti West said thatMaxXine is different from both of them
A story of two Princesses: Maxxxine, Pearl and Los Angeles, the film is inspired by a fictional film titled ‘MaXXXine’ written by filmmaker Michael Bender. It’s about a movie star named Maxine, played by West, who escapes her life and sets off for Los Angeles in order to fulfil her dream of making a Bollywood…
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The Supreme Court says Trump is partially protected from prosecution
US President Donald Trump is protected by the Constitution and “no man is above the law”, Chief Justice John Roberts said. “Certain allegations–such as those involving Trump’s discussions with the Acting Attorney General–are readily categorised in light of the nature of the President’s official relationship to the office held by that individual,” he added. Trump…
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Supreme Court rules that the government can talk to social media companies
The US Supreme Court has said that a case against government agencies and social media platforms in which they accused them of coercion is an “attractive model” for future officials who want to control what people say, hear, and think. In the case filed by attorneys general of Louisiana and Missouri, they claimed that government…
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There is a mechanism for hearing in fish
Researchers have said that some wild-type cerebrum fish can independently detect two components of a sound wave, pressure and particle motion. The team used Matlab 2019b and a particle image velocimetry toolbox PIVlab80 to analyse motion of the inner structures of the fish. In a previous experiment, 74 lateral lineablated fish were repeated with 74…
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Fisker tried to take down Tesla, and now its bankrupt
As Fisker Automotive celebrates 10 years in bankruptcy, its CEO Henrik Fisker said, “I’m really proud of the work that we’ve done.” He added, “There are great people in this company and we’re going to get through this. It’s a long journey but we believe in the future.” Fisker filed for bankruptcy in 2013 after…
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A huge study shows no drop in productivity when hybrid working works
A new study has showed that the COVID-19 outbreak has led to an increase in “hybrid” working, where employees work from home and on-site. It found that as of March 2019, 67% of people working fully on-site now have hybrid working arrangements while another 8% work fully from home. The most common patterns of hybrid…
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The ancient genomes at Chichén Itz reveal insights into ritual life
We presented a development version of the OptiType151, mapping against a custom HLA reference panel containing 1,025 alleles with ‘common’ or ‘intermediate’ CIWD 3.0 designation. To provide a point of comparison for the (f_rmadj* ) score of each locus pair for both YCH and TIX, we generated 5,000 random permutations of the order of the…
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D-Day’s 80th anniversary contains reflections on war past and present
On D-Day, thousands of people from across Europe and beyond descended on a series of tiny seaside towns and beaches to commemorate the 1944. US President Joe Biden said the Allied forces of D-Day did their duty. “D-Day is a tiny reminder that the United States is a nation that fights for freedom and for…
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The Chinese are collaborating with people on the Belt and Road
China’s big-science infrastructure has been designed in consultation with scientists at the world-leading facilities overseas, Ohio State University researcher Simon Wagner said. “I think [China’s President] Xi Jinping sees… era in which China is a more proactive and influential player, shaping the rules of the game,” he added. He further said that collaboration between other…
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There is still room to grow Chinese science
China’s scientific collaborations are increasing and the number of natural-science papers in the Nature Index authored solely by Chinese-based researchers grew by 194% between 2015. Shu Fei, who studies Scholarly Communication at Hangzhou Dianzi University in China said being selected for support under CJEAP is not easy. She added that China wants to have a…
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Nature has a series about scientists who are included in science
Freeman Hrabowski, founder of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at Stony Brook University, US, has said, “We stressed the importance of peer support and worked in groups. School teachers give children the message early…they’re either a maths and science student or a history and arts student.” He added that students look at him strange when they…
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Nature has a new series called Changemakers that celebrates the inclusion of science
South African researchers have said that they’re concerned about xenophobia in the country ahead of the general elections scheduled for April 8. “I think we’re doing reasonably well. If you look at the publications of South African researchers relative to other international researchers where the GDP is much higher, I think we’re doing reasonably well,”…