For information about North Korea, a professor digs through the garbage

The 48-year-old professor of political science at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea, removes product packing from plastic bags with the care of an eager archaeologist.

Bags of varying sizes and other forms of maritime trash (including paintings and pottery) that he gathered from v...

Lindau's Nobels Teach Australians

The 71st annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which is centred on the scientific field of chemistry and took place in Germany from the 26th of June to the 1st of July, was a success. The meeting took place from June 26th to July 1st. At the occasion, there were a total of twelve of Australia'...

How's Suburban Healthcare

A recent study found that the distance to a general practitioner (GP) in many urban regions might be more than 9 kilometres. Many experts in the business think that insufficient design is to blame for this issue. According to the findings of a study that was conducted not too long ago by the Aust...

JAPAN’S ECONOMY COULD LIKELY TAKE A HIT OF $36 BILLION

Highlights –

• Japan’s economy could likely take a hit of $36 billion.
• COVID-19 variant could cause Japan’s economy to fall again.
• With the spread of mutations, Tokyo could deal with over 1,400 daily infections in May.
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BUG DISRUPTS AVALANCHE BLOCKCHAIN; NO DOUBLE SPENDING DUE TO THE GLITCH

Highlights:

•             The Avalanche blockchain promises 45,00 transaction handling capability per second

•             Ironically, too many tra...

WUHAN DOCTORS STARK REVELATION TO HUSH UP COVID-19 OUTBREAK

• In a stark revelation, a doctor from the Wuhan hospital hit utmost by the Covid-19 epidemic has stated that he and his colleagues were stumped.
• This is due to the severity of the virus which was profoundly contagious in early January last year. These were weeks before Chinese a...

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY APPOINTS CHINESE FACULTY AS VICE CHANCELLORS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Professors from Chinese university appointed at the University of Hong Kong, despite opposition from students that fear their liberty to education will be at stake by such a step

Max Shen Zuojun and Gong Peng were appointed as VPs re...

KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SUED GOVERNMENT TO REVEAL UNIT PRICE OF ‘ABENOMASK’

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• Kobe Gaukin University professor sued government to reveal unit price of ‘Abenomask’.
• The law professor demanded to know as to even how many were ordered from each contractor.
• The suit was filed at the Osaka ...

CHINESE PROFESSOR VISA CANCELLED IN AUSTRALIA ON NATIONAL SECURITY GROUNDS

HIGHLIGHTS

• A Chinese professor Cheng Hong of the Australian study center in Shanghai in east China received a mail of his Australian visa says he was shocked to learn of visa cancellation. He is working for 20 years and often visits Australia. It came as a shock...

CHINA’S XU ZHANGRUN FREED AFTER SIX DAYS

Highlights:

• Professor Xu Zhangrun, an outspoken critic of China’s ruler, has been released after six days in police custody.
• The professor has criticized China’s response and actions against coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
• The cl...

PLANO STORE OWNER’S HUMANITY INSPIRES A RETIRED COUPLE HELP HIM OUT WITH THEIR STIMULUS CHECKS OF $2400

Highlights:

• Jerry Purvis keeps paying his 6 employees even as business earns zero

• Retired couple hand him their stimulus checks, impressed by his dedication

While Republicans were recently debating on whether people should b...

Professor Martins develops the electronics industry in China

"Macau is known all over the world for its casino chips, but it is now also known for its electronic chips," said confidently Professor Rui Paulo Da Silva Martins.

As Vice-Rector of the University of Macau (UM), Professor Martins, a 62-year-old Portuguese physicist, leads Chin...

Black teens suffer depressive symptoms due to racial discrimination

A new research examined how often black teens experience racial discrimination – online/offline or personally/vicariously.

Devin English, Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Public Health is the lead author of the research which was published in the Journal of Applied Developme...

Vaping is not ideal for your lungs and can lead to severe tissue scaring

In Paris, Doctors who are treating a patient with severe pulmonary disease due to exposure to toxic materials claim that it may be the first case of vaping.

As a healthier alternative to traditional items of tobacco or as help at the end of smoking, electronic cigarettes are offered. Th...

Loss of fishermen jobs in New England due to climate change

Commercial fishing is a proud tradition of New England. Currently, it employs 34,000 commercial marine fishermen. 

Overfishing has been a threat to it for decades. However now climate change also imposes serious risk to this business owing to fluctuation which has resulted in the l...

Japan government’s Order of the Rising Sun to be presented to Professor Donald Hellmann

A UW professor emeritus in the Jackson School of International studies and of political science, Donald Hellmann has been honored with the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government, in acknowledgment of his contributions in encouraging educational exchanges and joint unders...

Underwater telecom cable could provide seismic network

A new study suggests that Fiber optic cables (constitute a global undersea telecommunications network) could help study offshore earthquakes. 

Researchers from the Rice University, University of California, Berkeley, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Lawrence Berkel...

UK cattle industry harmed by a disease

A harmful parasite that costs the UK cattle and sheep industry an estimated £300 million per year may also be an under-recognized cause of liver disease in horses, a study by the University of Liverpool has found.
The study was funded by the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and is pub...

Lisa DeFrank-Cole termed Harriet E. Lyon Professor

Lisa DeFrank-Cole (director of the Leadership Studies Program at West Virginia University), has been termed the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences’ Harriet E. Lyon Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies. The unique new professorship acknowledges the interdisciplinary contribution of women’s and...