XNA is synthetic DNA that’s stronger than the real thing
io9 New research has brought us closer than ever to synthesizing entirely new forms of life. An international team of researchers has shown that artificial nucleic acids – called “XNAs” – can replicate and evolve, just like DNA and RNA. We spoke to one of the researchers who made this breakthrough, to find out how [...]
Read More →EU agrees to share airline passenger data with US
GMANews European lawmakers agreed on Thursday to provide U.S. authorities with data on passengers flying from Europe to the United States, backing down after years of resisting a move the United States says is critical to its national security. Members of the European Parliament have battled for more than five years to scale back agreements [...]
Read More →Turkey searches German ship over Syria arms claim
TodaysZaman Customs, police and paramilitary officers are searching a German-owned ship docked in a Turkish port over allegations it is carrying weapons for Syria, a customs official said Thursday. The Atlantic Cruiser was halted in the Mediterranean last week after its owners received information – allegedly from Syrian government defectors – that it may have [...]
Read More →US nuclear arms in Europe should now be removed
PressTV A prominent international affairs expert says it is time for the United States to remove its tactical nuclear arsenal in Europe as the dangerous stockpiles “serve no legitimate strategic purpose.” “[T]here is no good reason to keep them (the US tactical nuclear arsenal) there (Europe) and plenty of good reasons to remove them,” Stephen [...]
Read More →India tests nuke-capable missile able to hit China
DailyStar India announced the successful test launch Thursday of a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it the ability to strike the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai for the first time, a significant step forward in its aspirations to become a regional and world power. The Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 [...]
Read More →North Korea missile carrier likely from China
AsianAge The enormous, 16-wheel truck that North Korea used to carry a missile during a recent parade likely came from China in a possible violation of UN sanctions meant to rein in Pyongyang’s missile program, experts say. The carrier, also believed capable of launching missiles, caught the eye of experts during last Sunday’s military show [...]
Read More →Cellphones built to see through walls
Emma Woollacott TG Daily Researchers at UT Dallas have designed an imager chip that allows mobile phones to see through walls and other objects. It uses a new microchip technology, and involves tapping into an unused range in the electromagnetic spectrum, the terahertz band, previously inaccessible for most consumer devices. “We’ve created approaches that open [...]
Read More →Europe suffocates in unemployment
Yuri Sosinsky-Semikhat Pravda.ru In early 2012, many analysts were predicting the imminent resumption of the recession in Europe. Against the backdrop of the worsening debt problems of Greece and Spain, the economic performance indicators in the EU for the first quarter were not the best. Now, the united Europe is threatened by a new attack: [...]
Read More →Euro on brink of collapse: IMF
IndianTalkies The crisis-hit euro is teetering on the brink of collapse, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In a significant vote of no-confidence, Tuesday’s report from the global financial organisation admitted the troubled European single currency had “flaws” and was at risk of a “disorderly default and exit by a euro area member”. And [...]
Read More →N. Korea Threatens to ‘Blow up’ Seoul Over Hurt Pride
RiaN North Korea has threatened military action against the South unless Seoul apologizes for “insulting” last week’s celebrations of the centenary of the birth of its late founding leader Kim Il-sung. Pyongyang said it will wage a “sacred war to wipe out the group of the Lee Myung-bak group of traitors” and “blow up everything” [...]
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