Anger as overcrowded Venice begins charging visitors to enter city from today
Visitors to Venice are being charged to enter the Italian city from today, under a controversial scheme. Authorities say the pilot programme is designed to discourage
Moulin Rouge loses its Windmill blades
The windmill blades of the Moulin Rouge, the most famous cabaret club in Paris, have fallen off.The red blades, part of the windmill mounted on the
Understanding the impact of environmental factors on molded fiber products
Since 2020, the annual market size of molded fiber product (MFP) worldwide has exceeded $3.5 billion US, and is growing rapidly. The reliability of MFP is closely related to its mechanical properties during the use. The unpredictable mechanical properties make
Microsoft quarterly profit rises 20% as tech giant pushes to get customers using AI products
Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 20% for the January-March quarter as it tries to position itself as a leader in applying artificial intelligence technology to make workplaces more productive.
How much energy can offshore wind farms in the U.S. produce? New study sheds light
As summer approaches, electricity demand surges in the U.S., as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning. To meet the rising need, many East Coast cities are banking on offshore wind projects the country is building in the Atlantic
'POLAR' lowers the adoption barrier for adaptive query processing in database systems
The preprint "POLAR: Adaptive and Non-invasive Join Order Selection via Plans of Least Resistance" introduces an adaptive query processing technique that lowers the adoption barrier for existing database systems while decreasing the risk of performance cliffs from ill-performing query plans.
Chinese student jailed for stalking activist over Boston campus fliers
Prosecutors say Xiaolei Wu, 26, harassed his victim, who was also from China, after she shared pro-democracy posters around Berklee College of Music’s campus.
In the dead of night, the Moulin Rouge windmill loses its sails
The windmill has sat atop Paris’s Moulin Rouge cabaret for more than a century. No one was injured in the incident, and it’s not clear what caused the collapse.
DEA Drug Take Back Day at Mayo Clinic in Florida
Saturday, April 27, is the next Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Staff, patients and community members are encouraged to attend a local event and drop off unused and expired drugs. Mayo Clinic in Florida is
Inspired by her mother, career, transplant nurse altruistically becomes organ donor
Stephanie Donelan recovers following kidney donation surgery Each April, the country celebrates Donate Life Month, an observance to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation, celebrating donors' incredible generosity and inspiring others to consider becoming organ donors. It is
Mayo Clinic in Rochester team ranked among 'America's Best Fertility Clinics' by Newsweek
The Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester was ranked No. 8 by Newsweek in its 2024 list of "America's Best Fertility Clinics." Mayo Clinic in Rochester was ranked No. 8 in the nation by Newsweek in its 2024 list of
Crew of first Boeing Starliner mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center
The crew of the first Boeing Starliner space mission arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the spacecraft's debut manned mission on May 6.