Bélinda Ibrahim 12:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Stroke Shampoo Basin Syndrom Awareness Health
That day, Julien never imagined that a simple shampoo would turn his life upside down. Sitting comfortably at the basin with his head tilted back, he enjoyed a moment of calm, unaware that a hidden danger was looming. A few days later, he suffered a stroke. On Instagram, he shared: “When I had my stroke, one of the first questions the ...
This is Beirut 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Technology Google OpenAI Atlas
Tech firms battling for supremacy in artificial intelligence are out to transform how people search the web, challenging the dominance of the Chrome browser at the heart of Google's empire. Chatbots that started out as AI-powered assistants have gradually merged with web browsers and can independently scour the internet for detailed answers to ...
Makram Haddad 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Osteoporosis weakens bone and exposes people to so-called “fragility” fractures (a fall from standing height, a trivial movement). Long asymptomatic, it often declares itself with a first fracture – vertebra, wrist, hip – which is likely to be followed by others if nothing is done. Each October, the International Osteoporosis Foundation ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 22/10 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AMD Science Vision Chip World Retina
Losing central vision is like watching the heart of the world blur, then fade to black, until you can no longer recognize a loved one’s face or read the lines of a book. This silent suffering affects over 200 million people worldwide: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is now the leading cause of vision loss in those over 60. The disease ...
Michael al-Andary 22/10 10:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
European Union USA corona cancer Covid-19 Ethanol ECHA WHO BPR
Some of the chemicals widely used for protection during the 2020 – 2021 coronavirus pandemic are now raising concerns among scientists, with new research suggesting they may have posed unexpected health risks. According to a recent report published by the Financial Times on Tuesday, the European Union (EU) is considering classifying ...
This is Beirut 21/10 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Europe European Union Plastic UN
At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. No bigger than a lentil, these "nurdles" are destined to be melted down to make everything from car bumpers to salad bowls. But when tens of millions of them spill from trucks or cargo ships they are devilish to clean up, blighting landscapes and washing up around the world for ...
Makram Haddad 21/10 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jacques Choucair Marwan Ghosn Didier Raoult HDF
An internationally reputed microbiologist before 2020, Didier Raoult moved to the eye of the media storm with his promotion of hydroxychloroquine. Raoult, from Mandarin to Divisive ‘Star’ Since then, investigations, methodological critiques and disciplinary proceedings have piled up: in May 2023, his “off-protocol” regimens and a massive ...
This is Beirut 21/10 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe AWS Amazon Cloud Outage
Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging services to banking were offline for hours Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network, illustrating the extent to which internet life depends on the tech titan. The disruption affected streaming platforms, including Amazon's Prime Video service and Disney+, as ...
This is Beirut 20/10 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA AI ChatGPT Nvidia Broadcom
OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars worth of chips in the artificial intelligence race, raising questions among investors about how the startup will finance these purchases. In less than a month, the San Francisco startup behind ChatGPT has committed to acquiring a staggering 26 gigawatts of sophisticated data processors from ...
Makram Haddad 17/10 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
LAU Lebanese University Rizk Hospital Christina Khater
The film avoids slogans and the “campaign” aesthetic to favor narration at the level of everyday life. One perceives what the illness upsets — confidence, self-image, intimacy — and what speech can repair. The room reacts: a few nervous laughs when self-mockery defuses embarrassment, longer silences over the metamorphoses of the body and ...
This is Beirut 17/10 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. "No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 16/10 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A California laboratory at the University of Irvine is revolutionizing dermatology. In 2022, Professor Maksim Plikus’s team isolated a molecule called SCUBE3, short for Signal peptide, CUB domain, EGF-like 3. Naturally produced by the dermal papilla, a tiny cluster of cells at the base of each hair follicle, this molecular messenger has a ...