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Why did Switzerland get hit with a 39% tariff? US President Donald Trump’s argument is straightforward: He believes trade partners of the United States benefit from broad access to the US market, while often restricting access to their own, creating persistent trade imbalances. In the case of Switzerland, Trump balked at the Alpine nation’s $48-billion (€41.2-billion) trade deficit, which he said showed Swiss firms were “taking advantage” of …

Locket, the photo-sharing app that allows users to share images with friends that are then displayed on their home screens as widgets, wants to stay on your radar, and it’s enlisting the help of celebrities. When it launched in 2022, Locket emerged as a competitor to BeReal, offering a more authentic way to connect with others. The app places a …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌕 Chinese researchers have developed a solar-powered device to extract water, oxygen, and fuel from the Moon’s regolith. 🔬 The device utilizes sunlight and heat to facilitate reactions between lunar soil and carbon dioxide. 🚀 This innovation could significantly aid in establishing long-term lunar colonies by providing essential resources. 🛠 Researchers face challenges such as extreme temperature …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌞 Researchers in Japan have achieved a breakthrough by dramatically enhancing the efficiency of producing clean fuel from sunlight through innovative catalyst redesign. 🔬 The team’s focus on lead-based oxyhalides increased the surface area of catalyst particles, leading to record-high quantum yields for hydrogen production. ⚗️ A novel microwave-assisted synthesis method allowed for the creation of ultra-small …

Health officials in New York have issued a warning following the outbreak of a deadly lung disease in parts of the city, with numbers growing by the day.  The NYC Health Department was alerted to a community cluster of three cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem last week. But that number has now grown to eight, officials said Monday. …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA is testing a new nuclear fuel, americium-241, that could revolutionize deep space exploration. 🔋 The Stirling generator design allows for continuous operation with minimal wear, even in the event of a convertor failure. 🌌 With a half-life of 432 years, americium-241 presents a viable alternative to plutonium-238, promising longer-lasting power. 🌍 NASA’s collaboration with the …

Donald Trump has declared that Japan is opening up its domestic market to US cars as part of the bilateral trade deal announced this week. But American manufacturers will find it no easy task convincing Japanese drivers to choose what they see as oversized, unreliable gas-guzzlers. Announcing the agreement – which includes 15% tariffs on imports from Japan, including cars …

You may want to put that mini Babybel you eat before bedtime down: A new study suggests that consuming cheese before you drift off may help fuel nightmares. It’s long been suggested that eating certain foods can cause nightmares, or at least some pretty strange dreams, but up until recently, that belief was largely anecdotal. That is till about 12 …

NEW DELHI (AP) — Air India said Tuesday that preliminary inspections found no issues in the locking mechanism of fuel control switches for select Boeing aircrafts. The announcement followed a preliminary investigation into last month’s Air India plane crash that the switches shifted and flipped within seconds, starving both engines of fuel. Air India operates a fleet of Boeing 787 …

Air India Finds ‘No Issues’ After Inspections of Boeing Fuel Switches  The New York Times Air India crash report: Cockpit voices fuel controversy over doomed flight  BBC Air India says completed inspection of fuel switch locking system on Boeing fleet, no issues found  The Hindu Air India completes check of all Boeing planes, says no issues found  Hindustan Times ‘No issues found’: Air India …