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It’s every scientist’s worst nightmare: six papers retracted in a single day, complete with a press release to help the world’s science reporters disseminate and discuss the news. That’s exactly what happened Wednesday at the journal network JAMA, and to…
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The World Trade Organization will consider China’s bid to target $7 billion worth of US imports in a years-long trade row, a source in Geneva told Sputnik. “The WTO arbitrator will look at the Chinese request for reciprocal measures…
US Treasury said that it set a deadline of November 12 for divesting or transferring debt, equity or other holdings of Rusal and En+. The United States has extended the expiration dates for companies to wind down business with Rusal and the En+ Group…
The US’ top nuclear lab is touting a new nuclear micro-reactor than can provide electricity quickly in remote places. While the driving force behind the research is battlefield utility, the technology’s potential applications are boundless, from space missions to islands…
Public health experts say that more than half of all participating countries are projected to miss the United Nations’ targets for reducing deaths caused by chronic, noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease. In 2015, building…
For only the second time in history, a human-made spacecraft is believed to have successfully landed on an asteroid. Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe launched in December 2014, arriving in orbit around the asteroid 162173 Ryugu this past June. Friday, the first of two small “rovers” —…
