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Gulf War Illness: depleted uranium ruled out as a cause of mystery condition – new study
Oil well fires burning outside of Kuwait. Everett Collection/ Shutterstock This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War. A United Nations coalition of about 700,000 troops led by the United States liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in the first half of 1991. But after the war ended,Continue Reading
Why India’s urban poor struggle to transition to clean cooking despite grave health impacts
Dushi82/Shutterstock.com Fire has been essential for cooking since before the dawn of civilisation. In many places across the world, traditional methods – cooking on an open fire or stove – have been replaced by gas or electricity, yet continued use of solid biomass fuels in traditional stoves across the developingContinue Reading
Wyke Farms Record Highest Turnover in Company History
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IPL 2021: VIVO Back As Title Sponsor For Indian Premier League | Cricket News
IPL 2021: VIVO is back as title sponsors for the Indian Premier League.© IPL/Instagram Indian Premier League Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel revealed at the IPL 2021 Auction that VIVO is back as the title sponsor of the league. Brijesh Patel spoke ahead of the auction in Chennai on February 18Continue Reading
COVID vaccine weekly: UK hits target for protecting most vulnerable but global rollout lags far behind
Back in early January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson predicted that “with a fair wind in our sails”, the UK would be able to offer a first COVID-19 vaccine dose to its first four priority groups by mid-February. The winds have evidently been good. All frontline health workers, care home staffContinue Reading
Forget the Large Hadron Collider – our team has designed a particle accelerator the size of a large room
A prototype of our novel plasma-based particle accelerator EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report In 2010, when scientists were preparing to smash the first particles together within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), sections of the media fantasised that the EU-wide experiment might create a black hole that could swallow and destroy ourContinue Reading
How are COVID-19 vaccines made? An expert explains
Editor’s note: Anne Moore is a senior lecturer in biochemistry and cell biology at University College Cork and a specialist in vaccine development. We spoke to her for episode 3 of The Conversation Weekly podcast on vaccine manufacturing. Below are excerpts from our conversation that have been edited for lengthContinue Reading
Cornwall Masonic Charitable Foundation Added to AmazonSmile Charity List
The Cornwall Masonic Charitable Foundation (CMCF) setup by the Freemasons of The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall to help general charitable purposes that include, but are not limited to; education and training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty by supportingContinue Reading
IPL 2021 Auction: Arjun Tendulkar Goes To Mumbai Indians For Base Price Of Rs 20 Lakh | Cricket News
IPL 2021 Auction: Arjun Tendulkar was sold to Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs. 20 lakh.© Arjun Tendulkar/Instagram Arjun Tendulkar, the son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, was sold to Mumbai Indians at the IPL 2021 auction for his base price of Rs. 20 lakh. Arjun’s was theContinue Reading