Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off

A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket. A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club…

Virgin Galactic carries first Pakistani into space

Namira Salim during a press conference in Islamabad in 2006. Adventurer Namira Salim became the first Pakistani to travel into space on Friday, riding aboard Virgin Galactic’s fifth successful flight…

New study shows decreasing spinal immobilization treatment in pre-hospital settings

Time series of prehospital SI/SMR. Raw data plotted by month, 2009–2020. Seasonal effect averaged for each month over the study period, showing the monthly maximum (1.4, July) and minimum (−1.6,…

Antidepressants versus running for depression: Is there a winner?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first study to compare effects of antidepressants with running exercises for anxiety, depression and overall health shows that they have about the same benefits for…

Stage where Shakespeare performed uncovered at St George’s Guildhall |

The Guildhall of St George is a Grade I listed building constructed between 1410 and 1420 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. The hall has been used as a theatre since 1445,…

Theoretical physicists present significantly improved calculation of the proton radius

Benefits of psychedelics in obsessive-compulsive disorder: In search of evidence

Credit: Paris Brain Institute In recent years, interest in psychedelics and their possible benefit in treating psychiatric illnesses has been revived. Expectations are high, especially in obsessive-compulsive disorder, where patients’…

Disinfection robot boosts sanitation at veterinary medical teaching hospital

The stationary robot, called Tru-D or “Trudy,” uses 28 bulbs and eight ultraviolet C (UVC) centers. Credit: Jason Nitsch/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications Robots are increasingly becoming…

Efficient perovskite cells with a structured anti-reflective layer

The visualization of the manufactured honeycomb texture for the perovskite solar cell. Credit: Maciej Krajewski, Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw Perovskite-based solar cells, widely considered as successors…

Passengers in wheelchairs can’t use most airplane washrooms. That could change

With airplane bathrooms inaccessible to most people with disabilities, those who use wheelchairs have a necessary pre-flight routine: Dehydrate and hope for the best. Now, relief is on the way.…