The head of US aerospace and defence giant Boeing has warned about potential damage of the growing US-China trade row. “Aerospace thrives on free and open trade,” said chief executive Dennis Muilenburg. He said he was concerned tariffs could push up costs for aircraft manufacturers. “The aerospace sector drives economic benefits globally,” he added. With […]
Aerospace firms Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) will kickstart a contest for tens of billions of dollars of orders at the Farnborough Airshow on Monday, ensuring fireworks start early as they seek to bolster their already bulging order books. The two rivals are expected to make several announcements on day one of the July 16-22 […]
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever drug to treat smallpox, a disease that no longer exists. It’s a just-in-case decision, made to ensure that there is a drug to treat people if smallpox were ever used as a bioterrorist weapon, the FDA said. “This new treatment affords us an additional option should […]
NASA has shared a landscape view of a surface on Planet Mars that features what appears like crawling spiders. Image of the Day The image, which the U.S space agency posted as part of its Image of the Day series on Friday, was taken at the South Pole of the Red Planet on May 13. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on U.S. companies selling goods to ZTE Corp, allowing China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. The Commerce Department removed the ban shortly after ZTE deposited $400 million in a U.S. bank escrow account as part of a settlement reached last month. The settlement […]
There’s no doubt that teachers spend a large chunk of change while school supply shopping. For the first time ever, Target is offering teachers a 15 percent discount on classroom supplies. On Thursday, the company posted in a blog that they wanted to make things easier for teachers. The post read “And teachers, take note: […]
Could the tick that just bit you carry a pathogen that causes Lyme disease or another ailment? If you’re worried, you could ship the offending bug to a private testing service to find out. But between August 2016 and January 2017, you could have gotten a free analysis by sending it to Nathan Nieto’s lab […]
Scientists using data from a detector embedded in a huge block of ice at the South Pole have traced an eerie and elusive particle back to one of the most powerful objects in existence. In the process, they’ve unlocked a whole new way to look at the universe. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica in […]
The Department of Justice officially filed for an appeal of a judge’s ruling that allowed AT&T Inc. T, +1.13% to acquire Time Warner Inc. TWX, -28.57% on Thursday, setting up yet another potential court showdown for the $85.4 billion merger. In one of the largest U.S. antitrust cases in decades, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon […]
The Republic of Ireland took a crucial step Thursday toward becoming the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuels. Lawmakers in the Dail, the lower house of parliament, advanced a bill requiring the Irish government’s more than $10 billion national investment fund to sell off stakes in coal, oil, gas and peat […]
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the human immune cells known as T cells without using viruses to insert DNA. The researchers said they expect their technique — a rapid, versatile, and economical approach employing CRISPR gene-editing technology — to be widely […]
One of the biggest rivalries in the modern aerospace industry is between Boeing and SpaceX. Despite their radically different cultures, the aerospace giant and the smaller upstart compete for many different kinds of contracts, and perhaps nowhere has the competition been more keen than for NASA funds. In 2014, both Boeing and SpaceX received multibillion […]
