The Community trade union welcomes the move, despite Unite describing Tata’s early closure as “the latest in a long line of threats that will not deter us”. By means of Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, Business Reporter @taaffems Monday July 1, 2024 5:45 PM, UK A planned strike at the Port Talbot steelworks has been suspended after Unite … Read more
Around 2,800 jobs will be lost despite £500 million in government support. By means of Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, business reporter @taaffems Thursday June 27, 2024 10:11 PM, UK Multinational conglomerate Tata is set to close its Port Talbot steelworks earlier than initially announced due to strike plans. The company has said it will bring the final … Read more
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have successfully manufactured a new type of glass that, while retaining its transparency, is able to immediately merge with the touch of water at room temperature. The research was published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature. The research, led by PhD student Gal Finkelstein-Zuta and Prof. Ehud Gazit of … Read more
In August 2023, as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” that led to more than 20,000 layoffs, Meta disbanded a research team of a dozen scientists who had trained a large AI language model for biology. But Alexander Rives, who led the research cohort known as Meta’s “AI protein team,” wasn’t deterred by Meta’s … Read more
Artist’s rendering of the effect of editing all six copies of the TT8 gene in Camelina sativa. Seeds with inactivated TT8 genes (right) show a yellow color, reduced thickness of their seed coat and an accumulation of almost 22% more oil than wild seeds (left). Credit: Valerie Lentz/Brookhaven National Laboratory Scientists have increased oil production … Read more