Tackling plastic pollution with a net of law and chemical coding
An innovative proposal to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis with a combination of DNA-like encoding of plastics and international law has been put forward by a transdisciplinary team of QUT researchers.
Facebook parent company Meta laying off 13 percent of employees
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13 percent of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
SMIC: The Chinese company at the centre of US-China chip war
Despite roadblocks, China’s largest semiconductor maker has acquired the technology and skills to produce the most advanced chips.
Biden calls out Elon Musk and Twitter at Chicago-area fundraiser
President Joe Biden on Friday called out Elon Musk, saying the billionaire had purchased a social media platform that “spews lies all across the world.”
PM Kishida eager to employ auto industry in decarbonization push
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday expressed his belief the auto industry can play a major role in bringing both economic growth and decarbonization to Japan.
‘A game changer’: Türkiye inaugurates its first national car plant
Türkiye inaugurated its first national car manufacturing plant, Gemlik Campus in the country’s northwest province of Bursa.
Workers Leave Biggest IPhone Plant to Escape Covid Curbs
Workers are departing Apple Inc.’s biggest iPhone plant in China, seeking to escape hastily enacted Covid measures that left many of the 200,000 staff grappling with inadequate living conditions.
Antibody-based therapy eliminates circulating tumor cells in mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer
Investigators have designed an antibody-based treatment that eliminated circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in mouse models of breast and pancreatic cancer. The research, which was led by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and is published in PNAS, represents a promising strategy to halt the spread of cancer.
Study explores how the brain allows the use of previous knowledge to solve new...
When humans and animals face a specific situation or problem, they typically have an overall idea of how to approach it. For instance, when walking into a shop, humans will know that they should tell a shop assistant what they are looking for or simply browse the products available, pay for any items they wish to purchase, and leave. Similarly, an animal might know what to do in the presence of a predator, a potential mate, or when trying to gather food in a specific environment.
[ANALYSIS] Samsung could revive ‘control tower’ to become more agile
Korea's overall industrial ecosystem is represented by the existence of the chaebol, a combination of the Korean words "jae" (wealth) and "beol" (clan or clique). It also stands for plutocracy and rich business families.
