Author: News Desk

Singapore: Mr. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has given Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency the Tesla owner popularised, a new life. After the tech entrepreneur closed the $44 billion deal, the price of Dogecoin doubled. On October 27, the cryptocurrency was selling for roughly $0.07 when Mr. Musk announced his ownership by tweeting “the bird is freed.” The selling price of the coming was $0.16 five days later. That might not sound like much, but according to analytics platform CoinGecko, the development with Twitter gave the extremely volatile cryptocurrency a market worth of $21 billion. Not bad for a coin named after…

Cologne, Germany: In the latest study published by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Dr. Wenming Huang, a Max Planck scientist, and his team have revealed that they have identified a new gene mutation that has promising applications for aging research. RNA is a key cellular transmitter and serves as a blueprint for protein synthesis. Newly synthesized RNA undergoes processing, during which introns are eliminated to yield mature mRNA, which codes for the protein. Splicing is the process of separating these segments, and the spliceosome is the part of the cell that controls it. The study concluded that…

New York, US: According to a new study, one in 5 persons who survive cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may recall having lucid dreams about dying when they were apparently unconscious and on the verge of passing away. The study which was conducted between May 2017 and March 2020 in the US and the UK, involved 567 men and women whose hearts stopped beating while they were hospitalized and who got CPR. The study was led by researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and other institutions. A sense of separation from the body and the ability to…

Scotland, UK:  The Titanic is remembered as “one of the greatest maritime tragedies in history.” Nearly 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic wreck lies in two pieces, slowly deteriorating. Because of a sonar blip that was found 26 years ago, we now know that this underwater area has a lot more going on than we thought. The veteran Nautile submersible pilot and Titanic diver Mr. P.H. Nargeolet found the blip in 1996, but no one knows where it came from. Mr. Nargeolet and four other researchers visited the blip’s previously known location earlier…

Washington, US: Mother nature is offering one last chance to view the glorious “blood moon” as the second total lunar eclipse of the year, the final opportunity to see one until 2025 begins to unravel beautifully. NASA scientists estimate that the moon will be 242,740 miles (390,553 KM) from Earth at that time. The totality of the eclipse will occur from 10.16 to 11.41 AM GMT, or approximately 90 minutes, as Earth moves in front of the moon and sun. Binoculars and telescopes can help observers see more clearly, and they should pray for clear skies. Unfortunately, the majority of…

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Mr. Salem al-Sabah stated on the sidelines of the COP27 climate meeting in Egypt, that Kuwait is dedicated to becoming carbon neutral in the oil and gas sector by 2050 and throughout the entire nation 10 years after that. Mr. Al-Sabah shared that, the ambition of the nation, a major oil exporter and a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), to attain carbon neutrality is “a solid serious pledge that we will commit to.” While speaking at the Middle East Green Initiative summit, which was held in conjunction with…

Zhengzhou, China: Due to a significant reduction in production at a Chinese plant affected by COVID, tech giant Apple expects lower shipments of high-end iPhone 14 models than originally planned, negatively impacting its sales projection for the year-end Christmas season. The iPhone maker has remained a rare bright spot in the global electronics industry, which has been severely impacted by spending cuts as a result of rising inflation and interest rates, thanks in part to strong demand for the new iPhones. The strict zero-COVID-19 policy in China, which has already forced numerous international companies, like Estee Lauder Companies and Canada…

US: Microblogging site, Twitter will wait until after the US midterm elections to begin rolling out verification check marks to customers of its new $7.99 per month subscription service. Twitter’s decision comes a day after announcing that the program enabling users to receive a verification check mark on their profile for the monthly charge was going into effect. The organization had announced that the paid verification method was now a feature of the website’s subscription service, Twitter Blue, in notes that went along with a new update to the Twitter app. The announcement proclaimed that, “Power to the people. Your…

Tokyo, Japan: Honda Motor recently unveiled the second model of its new electric vehicle (EV) lineup in China, focusing on the rapidly expanding battery-driven automobile industry in the largest auto market in the world. The Japanese manufacturer announced last year that it intended to release EV vehicles over the following five years under a new brand named “e:N Series” alongside partners GAC and Dongfeng Motor. In April, the first model in China started to be sold. Catching up to competitors like Tesla who have advanced in the EV industry is a huge issue for Honda with its major Japanese competitors,…

Boston, US: Researchers in the US have discovered a gene that appears to raise the risk of Alzheimer’s in females, offering a vital clue to the ongoing studies to understand why more women than men are diagnosed with the disease. O6-Methylguanine-DNA-Methyltransferase, often known as MGMT, is a key player in how both men’s and women’s bodies repair DNA damage. However, no link between MGMT and Alzheimer’s disease in men was discovered by researchers. “It’s a female-specific finding – perhaps one of the strongest associations of a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s in women,” remarked senior study coauthor Lindsay Farrer, chief…