Lower carbon emissions will result in lower sea level rise
Reducing carbon emissions will help limit sea level rise, say researchers at Oregon State University in the United States. Researchers, in recent years, have...
Blockbuster only has one store left in the US
Blockbuster has just closed two of the three last remaining stores in the United States. Both of the stores that were shut were in...
Mediterranean beaches have triple amount of marine litter in Summer
During the summer months, Mediterranean beaches have triple the amount of marine litter. Specifically, three times the amount compared to the other months of...
Commercial herbicide from a natural product may be possible
Scientists have discovered a natural product that may lead to a new class of commercial herbicide. The researchers, from UCLA Samueli School of Engineering,...
Solar energy storage – gold nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles may help improve solar energy storage, says a team of scientists. If you apply a semiconductor coating to the star-shaped gold nanoparticles,...
Classic Aston Martin fetches over £10m at auction
A classic Aston Martin fetched more than £10m, i.e., $13.23m, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, England. A European bidder acquired...
McDonald’s salads linked to outbreak of parasitic illness in the US
Health officials from Iowa and Illinois are investigating an outbreak of cyclospora cayetanensis infections linked to McDonald's salads.
McDonald's announced that it is removing salads at...
Amazing Mars spiders image from NASA
NASA has posted an amazing image of Mars spiders. The photograph, from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a CO2 ice cap covering the region....
China’s trade surplus with the US reached nearly $29 billion in June
China’s surplus with the US reached a record high of nearly $29 billion in June.
The figure comes amid heightened trade tensions between the world’s...
J&J must pay $4.7bn damages in talc cancer lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson or J&J must pay $4.7bn in damages to twenty-two women. They claimed that the company's talc products made them get ovarian...