PARIS – UNESCO and the Fondation L’Oréal on Tuesday named five women researchers as laureates of the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards, recognizing their pioneering work in life and environmental sciences. The…
Malaysian Taxation – The Tasks Ahead for SST
Malaysia has undergone two main stages of change in consumption-based taxation since 2010. First, the country replaced the sales and service tax (SST) with a goods and services tax (GST) on April 1, 2015. Consumers…
What seabirds can tell us about the tide
When the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) set out to tag razorbills, their aim was to track their behaviour and movements along the coast of North Wales. The tag data revealed…
A new way to provide cooling without power
MIT researchers have devised a new way of providing cooling on a hot sunny day, using inexpensive materials and requiring no fossil fuel-generated power. The passive system, which could be used to supplement other cooling…
IAEA Inaugurates highly equipped Nuclear Applications Laboratories
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano today inaugurated a new laboratory building that will be used for scientific research on food and agricultural challenges. The event marks the conclusion of major…