Among the waste products the system clears are proteins called amyloid and tau, the deposits that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. A single sleepless night measurably raises amyloid levels in the fluid surrounding the brain. Do that repeatedly, year after year, and the implications are troubling. A Swedish study by researchers…
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is planning to reroute roughly $4.3 billion from fiscal 2026 coffers in order to pay for “higher priority items,” including increased personnel and operational costs around the globe, the department told lawmakers in a new reprogramming notification. In a 47-page omnibus reprogramming request dated June 29, Michael Powers — the acting…
VIENNA — NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency has selected Sweden’s Saab and Canada’s Bombardier to replace the alliance’s aging fleet of Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft with the GlobalEye platform, according to French defense publication La Lettre and confirmed independently by the German press agency DPA. The decision, if formally announced,…
The Trump administration moved Thursday to reclassify cannabis under federal law, which could significantly expand scientific research into the drug’s medical uses. The change would not legalize the drug at the federal level, but shift cannabis from its current status as a Schedule I substance to Schedule III under the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controlled…
For years, SpaceX’s mission was clear: Get humans to Mars. “The most powerful thing we could do is establish a second, self-sustaining civilization outside of Earth,” Elon Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive, told Forbes in 2003, a year after founding the company. “And the only place that’s really feasible is Mars.” As a reminder of that…
My first view of the Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in Cape Town was dramatic, to say the least. Before me spread a wide crescent bed of tall blue agapanthus with a great lawn behind it, and then the land swooped up a mountainside with trees sheltering beds of plants and freshwater streams. Beyond, a deep…
Shorouk Express Whether it’s residency requirements or the rules around gaining citizenship, the drift towards the right in many countries in Europe is affecting all foreign residents and creating a hostile environment, experts say. Amid a mood of tightening immigration policies and hardening political rhetoric, governments and opposition parties across Europe are outlining proposals to…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 27 August 2025 03:13 (UTC +04:00) Freight turnover on the Azerbaijan section of the South-West Transport Corridor increased to around 79 million ton-kilometers in the first half of the year. Transit cargoes accounted for roughly 74 million ton-kilometers, showing a notable rise compared to last year. Access to…
