How Trump can offer Iran a way out

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is senior counsellor at Centerview Partners, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former US diplomat Until now, the initiative in the most recent Middle East conflict has…

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The AI that writes climate-friendly cement recipes in seconds

The cement industry produces around eight percent of global CO2 emissions – more than the entire aviation sector worldwide. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed an AI-based model that helps to accelerate the discovery of new cement formulations that could yield the same material quality with a better carbon footprint. The rotary…

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What are the heat exhaustion and heatstroke symptoms?

Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images During hot weather, it can be easy to overheat. Although heat exhaustion is not usually serious – as long as you can cool yourself down – heatstroke is a medical emergency which requires immediate treatment. What is the difference between heat exhaustion and heatstroke? Heat exhaustion happens when…

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Massive thread of hot gas found linking galaxies — and it’s 10 times the mass of the Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters. At 10 times as massive as our galaxy, the thread could contain some of the Universe’s ‘missing’ matter, addressing a decades-long mystery. The astronomers used the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and JAXA’s Suzaku X-ray space telescopes to make the discovery. Over one-third…

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