MAPUTO, Mozambique, (PNA/Bernama) — The first solar panel factory in Mozambique is to begin production in November, Mozambican news agency reported. The factory, located in the Beluluane Industrial Park on the outskirts…
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‘Jekyll-and-Hyde’ protein offers new route to cancer drugs
LONDON, (PNA/Xinhua) — The mood changes of a “Jekyll-and-Hyde” protein, which sometimes boosts tumor cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study by an international…
Plutonium shortage threatens NASA’s deep space program – reports
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– NASA’s deep space exploration program could face the ax as global supplies of the plutonium-238 nuclear fuel used to power spacecraft like Voyager and the Mars Curiosity rover…
First 5G networks may appear in 2018
SHANGHAI, (PNA/Itar-Tass) –The first high-speed wireless networks, using the fifth generation (5G) technologies, may appear in 2018, Ying Weimin, President of GSM, UMTS and LTE Network of China’s Huawei Technologies, told reporters…
US, Iran hold historic high-level talks
By Yoshita Singh UNITED NATIONS, (PNA/PTI) — The US and Iran held their highest level talks in over 30 years in which Tehran put “possibilities” on the table to resolve the longstanding…
TEPCO files for safety assessments of 2 idled reactors in Niigata
TOKYO, (PNA/Kyodo) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday filed for state safety assessments of two nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture, joining moves by four other utilities in Japan seeking to reactivate…
Australia’s researchers create new device to measure central blood pressure
MELBOURNE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some Australian researchers have invented a new device, which could measure the more accurate blood pressure than usual ones. The new device is expected to provide the correct quantity…
Pangasinan soon to showcase waste-to-energy plant
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, (PNA)–Garbage disposal and collection in Pangasinan may no longer be a problem once a high-tech processing plant that can convert wastes into energy is in place. This will soon be…
Automated weather station installed in Atimonan, Quezon
By Michelle Cedano ATIMONAN, Quezon (PNA) -– Quezon Governor David “Jay-Jay” C. Suarez led the signing of agreement and turn-over of the third automated weather station with officials from the Therma Luzon…
Twitter launches emergency alert system in U.S., Japan, S. Korea
NEW YORK, (PNA/Kyodo) — Microblogging service Twitter rolled out an emergency alert system for smartphones in the United States, Japan and South Korea on Wednesday, it said on the day of the…
Soyuz carrying int’l crew launched from Baikonur
MOSCOW, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft to ferry an international crew to the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 00:58 Moscow time on Thursday. The…
Australia’s researchers creates new device to measure central blood pressure
MELBOURNE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Some Australian researchers has invented a new device, which could measure the more accurate blood pressure than usual ones to provide the correct quantity of medication for patients with…
Australia’s new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites’ accuracy
CANBERRA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Australian scientists developed a prototype autonomous vehicle, “Outback Rover,” to help scientists to improve the accuracy of Earth observation satellites that provide valuable data to Australia’s mining and agricultural…
Tiny Chelyabink meteorite fragment found, big one to be lifted soon
YEKATERINBURG, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– While removing silt in an effort to fish out a huge chunk of meteorite from the bottom of a lake in Russia’s Urals, divers recovered a smaller meteorite…
Tiny Chelyabink meteorite fragment found, big one to be lifted soon
YEKATERINBURG, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– While removing silt in an effort to fish out a huge chunk of meteorite from the bottom of a lake in Russia’s Urals, divers recovered a smaller meteorite…