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SEC Probes GE, Siemens, and Philips Over Medical Equipment Scheme Involving China

In what will be a major revelation, the Securities and Exchange Commission of United States is investigation Siemens, General Electric Co, and Philips for allegedly bribing middlemen to breakthrough a deal with Chinese government for selling them medical equipments. The alleged probe was reported by Reuters. The SEC denied to make any comment on any…

Samsung Teams Up With AMD To Launch Radeon Graphics In Its Smartphones

AMD has licensed Samsung to use Radeon, its graphics technology previously used in many desktop PCs and consoles, in its future smartphone chips. Samsung will use RDNA graphics architecture, newly announced by AMD, and will most likely build it into its own Exynos processors. Samsung will pay AMD to get access to AMD’s all new…

Reserve Bank Of Australia Slashes Cash Rates As Stimulus Measure

The RBA has slashed cash rates to stimulate the slowing economy. The central bank of Australia has slashed rates by 1.25 percent which is a record low. On Tuesday, the bank has taken the first step towards stimulating the economy. With the country’s economic slowdown, policymakers had to take the stimulus measure to revive the…

Gut Bacteria’s Link To Human Health And Disease Explored In New Research

The scientists at OSU (Oregon State University) have made significant development in understanding the functions that gut bacteria have in human health. By learning the mechanisms through which gut microbes impact the health of their hosts paves the way to the development of more personalized and better diagnostic therapies and methods. Most of the studies…

LandSpace Completes The Methalox Engine Assembly—Report

LandSpace, a Chinese launch company, recently disclosed that it has successfully concluded liquid methane-liquid oxygen rocket engine’s assembly. Reportedly, this engine is intended to be used for the firm’s novel Zhuque-2 launch vehicle. This assembly was done at Huzhou manufacturing base, eastern China. A successful power pack test of the 80-ton thrust Tianque-12 methalox engine…

German Auto Sector Can Decline By 12% If Trump Declares Tariffs

As per to analyst, Germany’s automotive sector can decline by 12% over “three poor trading days,” if US President Donald Trump enforces tariffs on European car producers. Trump has just a few days to decide whether to inflict duties on car imports. This will possibly impact Germany—which is the EU’s (European Union) traditional development engine—considering…

Google Combines All Its Travel Planning Functions Below One Site

Google is merging its travel-associated goods—Google hotels search, Google Flights, the mobile app for Google Trips, and more—below a single landing page aptly dubbed as Trips. Now when you go to google.com/travel, you will first see Trips which allows consumers plan their travel by getting to know a destination to find alternatives for hotels, flights,…

Galaxy Glows With New Stars Produced From Close Encounter

NGC 4485, the irregular galaxy, displays all the symptoms of having been comprised in a hit-and-run crash with a passing by galaxy. Instead of wiping out the galaxy, the chance encounter is producing a new species of stars, and most probably planets. The right side of the galaxy is glowing with formation of star, displayed…

Sensor-Bundled Glove From MIT Assists AI Identify Items By Touch

Scientists have spent decades trying to skill robots how to catch different substances without dropping or crushing them. They can be one step nearer, due to a sensor-packed, low-cost glove. In a paper posted in Nature, a group of MIT researchers share how they employed the glove to assist AI recognize items via touch alone.…

Early Days Adversity Might Grow Risk Of Critical Depression In Later Life

Researchers from the University at Albany’s School of Public Health highlighted that kids facing adversity are at a notably greater risk for critical depression. This research is available for access in the journal Depression and Anxiety. In this research, assistant professors Allison Appleton, Melissa Tracy, and Tomoko Udo explained that over 50% of adults report…

Antibiotics Detected In Some Of The World’s Rivers Surpass Safe Levels

The first-ever international study of its kind has discovered that the concentrations of antibiotics detected in some of the worldwide rivers surpass “safe” levels by almost 300 times. The scientists from the University of York looked for 14 normally utilized antibiotics in rivers in 72 nations in 6 continents and identified antibiotics at 65% of…

Research: Glucosamine Supplements Good For Heart Health

Hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide use Glucosamine supplements to ease the joint pain triggered because of osteoarthritis. However, there are debates on its actual advantages in the joint. Now, a huge study with data from the U.K. Biobank disclosed that glucosamine supplements’ regular use could minimize the threat of getting cardiovascular disease (CVD) and…