China’s Huawei Secretly Funds Tech Research at American Universities
China’s state-owned electronics giant Huawei is reportedly “secretly funding cutting-edge research at U.S. universities” through a Washington-based nonprofit called the Optica Foundation. Thursday’s Bloomberg News report Said Huawei is the sole funding source for the research competition run by the Optica Foundation, a professional organization that specializes in visible light technologies such as fiber optics […]
Halle Berry makes push for $275M menopause research bill
Hollywood actor Halle Berry joined a bipartisan group of senators on Thursday to introduce a bill that would authorize $275 million to increase research, training, and public awareness about menopause and midlife women’s health issues. Announced. Berry, who has been outspoken about misdiagnosis related to menopause, gave a passionate statement at a press conference outside […]
GOP wants research group barred from federal funding over COVID work with Wuhan
A key House committee investigating the origins of COVID-19 has barred the scientific research group from receiving federal funding, and the group’s president has banned research conducted at a lab in Wuhan, China. They are calling for a criminal investigation into the research. A Republican staff report released Wednesday by the majority of the House […]
House COVID panel urges criminal probe over gain-of-function virus research in Wuhan
The House subcommittee investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has urged a criminal investigation into Dr. Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, ahead of a Wednesday hearing, and the Manhattan-based nonprofit has released a large amount of documents related to controversial virus experiments in Wuhan, China. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the Coronavirus […]
EcoHealth Alliance president to testify on COVID origins, Wuhan lab taxpayer-funded research
EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak is scheduled to testify publicly Wednesday before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.. EcoHealth, a U.S.-based nonprofit with a mission to prevent pandemics, used taxpayer money to “fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)” in China, according to lawmakers. It is said that he […]
Yale professor accuses Columbia prez Shafik of ‘not subtle plagiarism’ in resurfaced 1994 research paper
Columbia University president in distress Nemat “Minoush” Shafik A Yale professor claims he discredited a former subordinate with a research paper published 30 years ago. Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak posted a bombshell X bulging thread Early Friday morning, a 1992 report that Shafiq co-authored with researcher Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay for the World Bank and the Oxford Economic […]
USDA bird flu research in China sparks congressional concern
Research on highly pathogenic strains of bird flu conducted by the Department of Agriculture in affiliation with Chinese Communist Party scientific researchers is drawing renewed scrutiny from representatives in Congress following the growing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows this month. A bipartisan group of representatives in the House began probing the USDA this […]
Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns | Cybercrime
MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign powers are targeting sensitive research as ministers consider ways to strengthen protections. Vice-chancellors from 24 major educational institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by Ken McCullum, director of the Internal Security Agency, and Felicity Oswald, director of the National Cyber Security […]
Google consolidates AI-focused DeepMind, Research teams
Varney & Co. host Stuart Varney praised Google for firing disruptive employees over anti-Israel protests. Google announced Thursday that it is merging two internal teams focused on building. Artificial intelligence (AI) model. alphabet and google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a blog post on the company’s website explaining the decision to integrate teams that build AI […]
Most coral reef areas experienced bleaching in past year: Research
Coral reefs around the world experienced massive bleaching last year as ocean temperatures continue to rise, according to a new study. Large-scale bleaching has been reported on coral reefs in at least 53 countries and territories in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres since early 2023, according to researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]