An explosion outside the Karachi, Pakistan, airport kills 2 workers from China and injures others

An explosion outside the Karachi, Pakistan, airport kills 2 workers from China and injures others

KARACHI, Pakistan — A massive blast outside the Karachi airport in southern Pakistan killed two workers from China on Sunday and injured at least eight others in the latest deadly attack on Chinese in the country. Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded near what is Pakistan’s largest airport. Video showed flames engulfing … Read more

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is “proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function.” Ambros performed the research that … Read more

Breast op cancer shock hit family as they grieved

Breast op cancer shock hit family as they grieved

Family Catherine Coyne died at home in 2008 at the age of 51 A woman who was treated by jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson died before questions emerged over her surgery and the secondary cancer that followed, her husband said. Catherine Coyne’s death is one of 62 being investigated in inquests opening in Birmingham into … Read more

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

IAEA team samples seawater near Fukushima plant to ensure safe release of wastewater

TOKYO — A team of scientists from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Fukushima on Monday as part of an annual monitoring and sampling mission to ensure safety of the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, officials said. Japan began discharging the wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August … Read more

Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers

Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their work helped explain how our genes work inside the human body. The winners share a prize fund worth get 11m Swedish kronor (£810,000). Source link