Society
TotalEnergies, Daher & Groupe ADP open perman...
July 17, 2024
With the launch of an alternative fuel offer containing sustainable aviation fuel at the Paris-Saclay-Versailles Airport, about 20 km from Paris, three French companies, TotalEnergies, Daher and Groupe ADP have joined hands to contribute to the decarbonisation of air transport, i...
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Scientists develop bioengineered bone marrow model...
July 16, 2024
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created the first bioengineered bone marrow model which can support the type of human stem cells that are crucial for bone marrow transplants and in vitro study work.  The research, that was published in Nature Communications and le...
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RSF concerned over rising online hate campaigns ag...
July 15, 2024
As Narendra Modi begins his third term as Prime Minister, Paris-based press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is concerned about the growing campaigns against journalists perpetrated by extreme right-wing nationalist networks. In a press statement,...
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UNESCO names 11 new biospheres in 11 countries
July 6, 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has approved the designation of 11 new biosphere reserves in 11 countries, including Belgium and Gambia for the first time and two transboundary biosphere reserves. In a press statement, the Paris-bas...
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First Candela C-8 Polestar electric boat delivered
July 5, 2024
Electric hydrofoil boat maker Candela says it has delivered the first produced Candela C-8 Polestar edition, a limited design edition of Candela’s C-8 in collaboration with electric performance car brand Polestar. In a press statement, Candela says that the boat was revealed p...
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Macron caught between devil & deep sea in Fre...
July 3, 2024
Ever since he emerged from the shadows to enter the race and suddenly bag the top job in the country in May 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has been the key, if not the only relevant politician in the country, seen or rather perceived to be making one smart move after anot...
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UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradatio...
July 2, 2024
In what could bring nightmares to farmers, politicians and agri-businesses all over the world, a new report warns that an overwhelming proportion of the planet’s top soil would be degraded by 2050. The warning has come in a report released by the United Nations Educational, Sci...
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Press freedom in India: RSF, civil society organis...
July 1, 2024
Reporters Sans Frontier (RSF) a leading global press freedom and national civil society organisations have given the new government 10 recommendations to guarantee press freedom. In a press statement, RSF says that it, along with the civil society organisations Network of Women i...
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ITER fusion reactor receives mega toroidal field c...
July 1, 2024
After two decades of design, production, fabrication and assembly on three continents, the historic, multinational ITER fusion energy project today celebrates the completion and delivery of its massive toroidal field coils from Japan and Europe. According to a press statement iss...
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Glasgow researchers cast light on mysterious India...
June 28, 2024
Techniques developed to analyse the ripples in spacetime detected by one of the 21st century’s most sensitive pieces of scientific equipment have helped cast new light on the function of the oldest known analogue computer. According to a press statement by University of Glasgo...
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