Science and Technology
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Science Desk, Jan 10 (EFE).- Scientists have developed a breakthrough mechanism that makes the intravenous Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) tuberculosis vaccine safer and more effective by enabling the injected viral load to self-destruct after completing its task, thereby reducing the risk of accidental self-infection. Researchers from the American universities of Pittsburgh...
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Beijing, Nov 12 (EFE).– A new Chinese study suggests that social media use can help prevent and reduce depression symptoms among middle-aged and older adults. The research, published in the international journal, Translational Psychiatry, used data from an ongoing study on Chinese residents aged 45 and older. The team analyzed...
Beijing, Oct 30 (EFE).- The Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, successfully docked with China’s Tiangong space station on Wednesday after a six-and-a-half-hour journey from its launch in Jiuquan, northern China, the China Manned Space (CMS) agency said. The spacecraft docked smoothly with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong...
San Antonio, US, Oct 13 (EFE).- SpaceX successfully completed its fifth test of Starship, achieving a major milestone by recovering the rocket’s first stage, marking a breakthrough in reusable spaceflight. The largest rocket ever built on its first attempt managed to recover the first stage of the ship with a...
Bangkok, Sep 18 (EFE).- The alleged mastermind behind encrypted messaging app Ghost, which Australian police allege was “built solely for the criminal underworld,” is one of dozens arrested in the country during a large international operation, authorities announced on Wednesday. An undated handout photo from the Australian Federal Police shows...
Paris, Aug 26 (EFE).- Telegram CEO and co-founder Pavel Durov was reportedly arrested in France on Saturday night as he was disembarking from his private plane at Paris’ Le Bourget airport, according to local media reports. The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire, reportedly holding dual French-UAE citizenship, was detained around 8pm on...
New Delhi, Aug 16 (EFE).- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a 120-ton “mini rocket” aimed at lowering the prices of satellite launches into space and facilitating their use on a commercial scale. “The third developmental flight of SSLV is successful. The SSLV-D3 rocket placed EOS-08 satellite precisely...
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International Desk, July 19 (EFE).- A global outage in Microsoft’s system has caused problems in many companies, including the airline, financial, media, and other industries in different parts of the world. According to Downdetector, a website that monitors outages, sudden spikes in incidents have been recorded since late Thursday on...
Seoul, May 23 (EFE).- A South Korean project to establish a satellite communications system in low Earth orbit (LEO) has passed a preliminary feasibility study and will officially begin next year, the government announced Thursday. The initiative of the Ministry of Science and ICT aims to launch two LEO satellites...
Moscow, Apr 11 (EFE).- Russia launched the Angara-A5 heavy rocket Thursday from the Vostochny cosmodrome, in the Russian Far East, after two failed attempts in recent days. A handout picture made available 09 April 2024 by Roscosmos space corporation press service shows Angara-A5 rocket stands on the launch pad preparing...
Miami, US, Feb 15 (EFE).- The Odysseus moon lander aboard Space X Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off on Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in what is expected to be the first American moon landing in over 50 years. The lander, built by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines,...
New York City, US, Feb 14 (EFE).- New York City on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube for fueling a nationwide «youth mental health crisis.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference about a review on crime in 2023 at the...
