NIO’s new ES6 already looks to be a key factor as the EV maker looks to expand its brand and compete in the booming Chinese electric vehicle market. According to Morgan Stanley, NIO hit a new year-to-date order intake record aided by the launch of the second-generation ES6. After launching what many consider its most […]
Late last night, New Yorkers were served a public-health recommendation with a huge helping of déjà vu: “If you are an older adult or have heart or breathing problems and need to be outside,” city officials said in a statement, “wear a high-quality mask (e.g. N95 or KN95).” It was, in one sense, very familiar […]
The first turbine blades for Vineyard Wind 1, the US’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, have arrived at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal in Massachusetts. The $3.5 billion offshore wind farm will feature 62 GE Haliade-X 13-megawatt (MW) turbines spaced one nautical mile apart. The first turbine blades – each one 107 meters (351 […]
JFK Terminal 8—It is 9:22 a.m., and I am learning about consumer protections from a food-safety inspector who is on her second Bloody Mary. There is nothing quite like alcohol to facilitate an expansive conversation: I should encourage young people, she tells me, to consider careers in food safety. She’s on her way back from […]
AI-powered care facility automation platform care.ai announced that it is partnering with multinational electronics company Samsung to integrate its Smart Care Facility Platform into the tech giant’s displays for use by health systems. The Florida-based company’s Smart Care Facility Platform includes a network of sensors spread through a care facility that monitors patients using AI, […]
London injury clinic Isokinetic is to expand its dedicated programme specialising in the prevention and treatment of ACL and other injuries in women athletes. The move comes amid the release of a major new peer-reviewed study in the journal of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy co-authored by Jan Ekstrand, Linkoping University, Sweden, the Football Research Group, […]
São Paolo-based health tech startup Sami announced it raised $18 million in Series B funding led by Redpoint eventures and Mundi Ventures. Alumni Ventures, Digital Horizon, Tau Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst also participated in the round alongside current investors Valor Capital, monashees, Kevin Efrusy of Accel, Ricardo Marino of Itaú, Mancora Ventures, Mauro Figueiredo and […]
More people living with obesity will have access to the newest and most effective obesity drugs to help cut NHS waiting lists after the UK government announced a £40 million two-year pilot. The pilot will explore how approved weight loss drugs can be made safely available to more people by expanding specialist weight management services […]
Shell, which is aiming to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050, said it was concerned by what it described as a “short-sighted” decision. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Britain’s advertising regulator has banned an ad campaign promoting the green initiatives of Shell, saying the marketing of the oil giant’s lower emissions […]
Biosynergy CEO Daniel Herman speaks about the role of nutrients, DNA and epigenetics in space exploration and how these concepts can be applied closer to home. A groundbreaking new field is changing our understanding of human biology. Epigenetics is the study of how behaviours and environmental factors can influence gene activity without altering our DNA […]
