Marilyne Jallad 21/01 21:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From Tuesday, January 21 to Saturday, January 25, early in the evening (around 7:50 PM local time), six planets in our solar system will be visible together at the same time in the night sky. These planets will stretch across over half the sky, forming an arc from the northeast to the west in the Northern Hemisphere and from the north in the ...
This is Beirut 17/01 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seized back the spotlight on Thursday as its latest test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic. In terms of sheer excitement, Elon Musk's company didn't disappoint, ...
Alain E. Andrea 15/01 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health challenge in a world where demographic aging is advancing rapidly. According to updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) as of October 1, 2024, the percentage of the global population aged over 60 is expected to nearly double between 2015 and 2050, from 12% to 22%, representing ...
This is Beirut 13/01 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur when cold air gathers in the neighboring states of Nevada and Utah. As it moves west and then rushes down California's mountains, it heats up -- and ...
This is Beirut 10/01 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an EU agency said Friday. This does not mean the internationally-agreed 1.5C warming threshold has been permanently breached, but the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was ...
This is Beirut 08/01 10:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Moon Lunar Landing Firefly Aerospace
US company Firefly Aerospace said Tuesday it is aiming to launch a lander to the Moon next week under an experimental NASA program that partners with the commercial sector to reduce costs. If successful, it would mark only the second time an American robot has touched down on the lunar surface since the end of the Apollo era. "Buckle up! Our ...
This is Beirut 08/01 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Covid-19 United Nations pandemic WHO
An awkward question remains five years after Covid-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next pandemic? The World Health Organization, which was at the heart of the pandemic response, has been galvanising efforts to determine where the next threat might come from and to ensure the planet is ready to face it. But while the ...
Elie Valluy – Paris Correspondent 2024-12-21 09:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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March 31, 2019, is a landmark date in French medical history. On that day, Professor Jean-Marc Ayoubi led a pioneering surgical team to carry out the country’s first uterus transplant. The recipient, a 34-year-old woman born without a uterus due to MRKH syndrome, received the organ from a living donor — her own mother. Reflecting on the ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-18 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old American, became the third living person to receive an experimental genetically modified pig kidney transplant. The procedure, performed in late November at NYU Langone Hospital in New York, marks an important step in xenotransplantation aimed at addressing the chronic shortage of human organ donors. Ms. Looney, who ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-12-10 19:40 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
“All of my remaining realisable assets are to be disbursed as follows: the capital, converted to safe securities by my executors, is to constitute a fund, the interest on which is to be distributed annually as prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” These were Alfred Nobel's final ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-09 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
When, in 1993, Ambros identified a particular molecule, lin-4, he could not have imagined that he was laying the foundation for a scientific revolution. These microRNAs, invisible to the naked eye, are now considered the architects of biology, orchestrating essential processes within our cells. But what do these small, yet powerful, molecules ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-06 10:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran successfully launched on Friday its heaviest space payload, which includes a satellite and a space tug, using a domestically developed satellite carrier, official media reported. Weighing 300 kilogrammes (660 pounds), the payload consisted of the Fakhr-1 telecommunications satellite and the Saman-1 space tug, according to state ...