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Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence that gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago, are permeating the universe at low frequencies – creating a cosmic background hum. The new findings show that space is awash with these gravitational waves, which …

U.S. officials are considering tightening an export control rule designed to slow the flow of artificial intelligence chips to China by clamping down on the amount of computing power the chips can have, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Biden administration last October issued a sweeping set …

Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces that killed all five people aboard were recovered from the ocean bottom and brought ashore to Canada, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The possible remains and shattered bits of the submersible Titan, destroyed while diving to the century-old …

A street embankment in downtown in Da Lat collapsed Thursday morning, burying two construction workers and injuring two others. The accident took place at around 3 a.m. on Hoang Hoa Tham Street, with an embankment section of 50 m long and 30 m tall falling down, pouring soil and rocks …

Five Vietnamese universities keep their places in the QS World University Rankings 2024 recently released by the U.K.-based education organization Quacquarelli Symonds. Duy Tan University in Da Nang is positioned at 514, Ton Duc Thang University in HCMC is in the group 721-730, Vietnam National University (VNU) – Hanoi and …

The transport ministry will dump 3.8 million cubic meters of mud and sand into the ocean to upgrade the Quy Nhon Port in central Vietnam to accommodate heavier vessels. The mud and sand will be dumped into a 100 ha sea region 15 km from Quy Nhon Port, 21 km …

A teenager in the Mekong Delta’s Bac Lieu Province has been arrested for stabbing a man to death while pretending to be a video game character. Nguyen Tuan Kiet, 19, was arrested by police in the Mekong Delta’s Bac Lieu Province for murder on Tuesday. On June 18, Kiet brought …

Vietnam’s Central Highlands and southern regions will experience a “more severe” dry season under impact of the El Nino phenomenon, said a meteorologist. The influence of El Nino on Vietnam’s weather will grow stronger in the final months of this year and the beginning of next year, said Pham Thi …

Annual profits at China’s industrial firms extended a double-digit decline in the first five months as softening demand squeezed margins, reinforcing hopes of more policy support to bolster a stuttering post-COVID economic recovery. The 18.8% year-on-year slump in profits came on top of the 20.6% contraction in January-April, and added …

The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company, Marion Biotech, bought the ingredient – propylene glycol (PG) – from trader Maya …