After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
The Anapol Schwartz personal injury law firm has announced that a $2.5bn proposed settlement was submitted for the DePuy Orthopaedics Articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implant litigation in a Toledo, Ohio federal court. The ...
Tags: Metal-on-Metal Hip, Medicine
For many suffering from blindness, the perfect Christmas gift has arrived. Next month, the Argus II Retinal Prothesis System by Second Sight is slated to go on sale in the United States. The Argus II by Second Sight can restore sight for ...
Tags: Bionic Eye, blindness
Environmental project, "Bring benefit their city" in Khabarovsk has implemented a full stroke - for the past two months as part of the city had collected about 20 tons of waste glass (cullet). The participants of the project, organized by ...
Tags: Glass, Environmental Project
The US National Security Agency (NSA) propagated malware around the world in a bid to infiltrate and compromise more than 50,000 networks. The claim is the latest in the Edward Snowden disclosures and published in the German newspaper ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposal for public comment on the levels of renewable fuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel fuels required by Congress under the Energy Independence and Security Act of ...
Legislation to reconcile two right to repair laws on the books in Massachusetts has been approved by the state legislature. The legislation is supported by the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) and the Coalition for Auto ...
The National Transport Commission (NTC) should work on simplifying the heavy vehicle national law to improve road safety, the chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association Stuart St Clair said. Mr St Clair was commenting on the ...
Tags: trucker, simplified, national, law, compliance, transport, logistics
TenCate Advanced Armor — a division of the Netherlands-based Royal Ten Cate NV — and the Netherlands-based fiber producer TenCate Advanced Armor have teamed to introduce TenCate Multi-light inserts and vehicle armor solutions ...
Tags: DSM, TenCate, Multi-light, Dyneema, force, multiplier
The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings. ...
Mobile carriers are opposed to the plan for a smartphone ‘kill switch’ that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, claiming that it could be misused by hackers to block critical services. New York ...
Tags: Stolen Phones, 'Kill Switch'
Google’s privacy policy and terms of service violate German data protection law, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled Tuesday. The clauses are too vaguely formulated and can restrict the rights of consumers, said the Federation of ...
Tags: Google, Privacy Policy, terms of service
Twitter has implemented new security measures that should reduce eavesdropping on communications between its servers and users, and is calling on other Internet companies to follow its lead. The company has implemented “perfect ...
Italian firm plans to build world's largest cellulosic ethanol plant in China Commercial manufacture of cellulosic bioethanol from agricultural residue is expected to be given further impetus after commercial production begins in China ...
Tags: Agricultural Waste, Energy
With the first faint rays piercing the economic gloom after five years there is anecdotal evidence that things are beginning to warm up for lighting design. The British Chambers of Commerce released an optimistic Quarterly Economic Survey ...