In what continues to feel like the ultimate tool hack, I’ve been running my electric tractor completely off-grid. I haven’t paid to charge it in months and it feels like I’m somehow cheating, always having the power of heavy machinery at my fingertips with absolutely zero fuel cost. Here’s how I wake up to a […]
Tesla has ramped up NACS adapter production to 8,000 units per week as the opening of the Supercharger network to other automakers has greatly slowed down. In a surprising but welcomed series of events over the last two years, Tesla opened its charge connector and managed to convince the auto industry to make it the […]
Canada is set to impose a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs, following similar moves by the US and Europe. The move comes just as China’s largest EV maker, BYD, prepares to enter Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Monday that Canada will enforce a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. The sanctions mirror similar […]
U.S. crude oil futures gained 3% on Monday for the best day in two weeks, amid reports of a production halt in Libya and after Israel and Hezbollah traded a barrage of strikes across the Lebanon border. Libya’s eastern government in Benghazi said Monday that oil production and exports in the North African country would […]
Not long ago, tracking the spread of a virus by sampling wastewater counted as a novelty in the United States. Today, wastewater monitoring offers one of the most comprehensive pictures anyone has of COVID-19’s summer surge. This type of surveillance has been so effective at forecasting the risks of the virus’s rise and fall that […]
The investigational drug elinzanetant significantly reduces the frequency and severity of hot flashes associated with menopause while improving women’s quality of life, new research shows. The nonhormonal drug, containing no estrogen, was tested in two phase 3 trials, Oasis 1 and 2, at dozens of locations in the United States, Europe, and Israel, including UVA […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A block away from the neon-lit buzz of Lower Broadway, where honky-tonk pours onto the city’s main drag at all hours, stands the Music City Center, a venue that’s hosted everything from craft beer conferences to a performance by the legendary Dolly Parton. In late July, the complex filled up for something […]
Efforts to recruit healthcare support workers to NHS jobs in three local hospitals have been named as finalists in two categories at one of the UK’s most prestigious nursing awards schemes. The local Integrated Care Board and the NHS trusts which run the Bedford, Luton and Dunstable, and Milton Keynes Hospitals, have been recognised in […]
A type of drug developed for treating cancer holds promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, according to a recent study by researchers at Penn State, Stanford University and an international team of collaborators. The researchers discovered that by blocking a specific enzyme called indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1, or IDO1 for short, they […]
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University are to develop a new method of identifying cancerous DNA which could reduce the need for painful biopsy surgery. The MicroSNARE project, awarded just over £750,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is led by Professor Nicholas Leslie, an academic lead for fighting cancer in the university’s new Global Research […]
