Dark matter a hypothetical type of matter, scientists
HONG KONG: Dark matter is a hypothetical type of matter, invisible to the human eye, that binds galaxies together and ...
Year: 2015
Jordan to receive $50m assistance package from World Bank
AMMAN: A new US$50 million assistance package to Jordan will enhance access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises ...
India’s industrial production grows by 5% in Feb 2015
NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production grew by five percent in February 2015, its highest rate in nine months, indicating a ...
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume 20, Ransomware up 113%, corporate defences falling as cybercriminals move faster
MELBOURNE: Symantec has released its Internet Security Threat Report Volume 20 for the 2014 year. Ransomware is up 113%, corporate ...
Portugal’s vehicle sale rises 36.5% to 22,975 in March
LISBON: The Automobile Association (ACAP) stated that a total of 22,975 vehicles, including light passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and ...
Mars is terribly inhospitable – here’s why we should send humans anyway, Bill Nye
PARIS: Mars is a freezing, oxygen-less, barren wasteland.So why do we want to go there again? Planetary Society CEO Bill ...
Portugal’s real estate investment to rise to €1bn in 2015
LISBON: According to Aguirre Newman SA, a real estate consulting company in Lisbon, the Investment in Portuguese real estate in ...
China stocks advance to new 7yrs high, Shanghai gains 0.3%
BEIJING: China stocks advanced to fresh seven-year highs on Tuesday, even as 15 companies start taking subscriptions for their initial ...
Tesla is making its mark on Australian market, announcing its first rural supercharger
SYDNEY: Tesla is making its mark on the Australian market, announcing its first rural supercharger in Goulburn New South Wales. ...
Finland’s paper production to drop 6-7% in 2015
HELSINKI: The Pellervo Economic Research of Finland forecast that pulp and paper production in Finland will decrease remarkably in the ...
Microsoft Australia announces $299 Lumia 640 smartphone and 640 XL phablet for next month launching
SYDNEY: Microsoft has announced that the low-priced Lumia 640 smartphone and its phablet brother the 640 XL — both announced ...
Finland to spend €2m on immigrant employment program
HELSINKI: Finnish government has set aside two €2 million to promote employment among immigrants. The funds are set to brighten ...
Superchargers, which charge cars in minutes rather than hours, available to Tesla customers free of charge for life of car
SYDNEY: Tesla is making its mark on the Australian market, announcing its first rural supercharger in Goulburn New South Wales. ...
Tokyo stocks mixed at end, Nikkei 225 inches down 8.52pts
TOKYO: Tokyo shares ended the morning session Tuesday mixed on profit-taking, but optimism about potential climbing held the downtrend. The ...
EC allocates €160m for hospital developments in Hungary
BUDAPEST: The European Commission has earmarked more than €160 million for the development of Hungarian hospitals in Hungary, Hungarian news ...
Engineers grow carbon nanotube “forests” in high-temperature furnaces
BRENT: Engineers grow carbon nanotube “forests” in high-temperature furnaces, but the forces involved are unpredictable and mostly left to chance. ...
Garuda Indonesia aims 17% cost efficiency via hedging
JAKARTA: National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is aiming for cost efficiencies of 17 percent from its hedging partnership with four ...
Apollo Tyres lays cornerstone of HUF 146b factory in Hungary
BUDAPEST: Construction works have began on Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres’s HUF 146 billion new plants at the village of ...
Customs seizes 9,500 cigarettes cartons worth RM1.4m
TUMPAT: State anti-smuggling customs commander, Rusli Karim, said that latest tactics used by smugglers to bring cigarettes into Kelantan was ...
Mars conditions are favorable to produce briny water in soil, NASA‘s rover discover
LONDON: NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered that conditions on Mars are “favorable” to producing briny water in the soil, which ...
