– Russia has received 722 billion roubles in budget revenue from dividend payments since the start of 2026, according to the Ministry of Finance. The payments are based on companies’ financial results for 2025. Separate official data showed that the
– The European Union and its 27 member states provided €32.3 billion in public climate finance to developing countries in 2025. They also mobilised a further €9.3 billion in private finance to help those countries cut emissions and adapt to
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Health
– The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2026 has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work that led to the development of optogenetics. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the
Understanding how external factors influence human aging is a growing area of scientific inquiry. A recent multi-omic clinical study exploring tissue degradation under localized environmental stress reveals that everyday habits and environmental exposures can cause biological age to surpass chronological
– As climate change accelerates, extreme heat events are becoming more common and intense across many regions, according to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This increasing frequency of hot extremes poses serious health risks, especially during mass gatherings where
– Researchers at King’s College London have pinpointed a naturally occurring substance that significantly improved critical indicators of heart function in experimental models of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF. Urolithin A increased some measures by as much
Technology
Comprehensive technical audits have confirmed that Dubai-headquartered enterprise digital publishing platform Integrated Identity has recorded validated 100/100 scores across both mobile and desktop environments on Google PageSpeed Insights. Backed by data from the HTTP Archive and the Chrome User Experience
– Russian technology company MWS AI has launched a universal AI agent designed to handle internal office tasks for businesses. The service, called MWS AI Cowork, can plan and carry out tasks on its own through a single chat window.
– The UK government will invest £100 million in a new AI Biosecurity Lab designed to use artificial intelligence to detect and track biological threats. Officials described it as the world’s first dedicated AI biosecurity organisation. The lab forms part
– The challenge of joining dissimilar metals has long posed difficulties for engineers, primarily due to the formation of brittle intermetallic layers that weaken welds. These problematic layers tend to crack under stress, compromising the integrity of structures. Recently, a
– European Union is set to boost defence innovation with a new €115 million initiative aimed at accelerating technological advancements within its member states. The initiative, named the AGILE, is designed to facilitate innovation in the defence sector by supporting