In a study published in Eco-Environment and Health, a team of 35 international experts led by Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) reviewed several studies from across the world on the performance of indoor greenery.

After engineering a flexible version of Tetris that could be wrapped around a magazine, Kevin Bates' latest creation is a digital candle that uses a custom AI model to accurately simulate the appearance of a flickering flame across a grid of LEDs. It's a far cry from the types of devices Bates is…

Russia offers to mediate between Iran and US: report A Kremlin spokesperson has told Al Jazeera that Moscow is ready to mediate between Iran and the United States if requested. Russia is prepared to make efforts to prevent further military escalation in the Gulf region, they said. The spokesperson…

Netanyahu’s Likud claims Palestinians ‘stole’ elections as Qatar denies meddling MEE staff on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 13:05 Likud alleges foreign interference in apparent attempt to discredit Palestinian-led parties as Qatar rejects claims of funding efforts to boost voter turnout Benjamin Netanyahu in…

Israel's stock market sees high volatility after election results Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 11:45 The deadlock has weighed on the stock exchange's main indices, following optimistic expectations ahead of the vote Israeli election campaign displays depicting Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the…

The Anthropic S-1 seems to have provided the financial justification for the company to spend as much as it possibly can on compute. If you are the kind of person who wonders if Anthropic is doing its level best to build a machine god while convincing Wall Street it's in the business of selling IT…

Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar? Wladimir van Wilgenburg on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 09:25 Since the genocide of the Yazidis in 2014, Sinjar in northern Iraq has been the site of a fierce power struggle Iraqi security forces along the border with Syria in Sinjar district, on 22 January…

India and Europe are deepening defense ties, but their clashing perspectives on Russia and differing priorities on China are hampering their joint ambitions on maritime security.

Images of child sexual abuse allegedly belonging to Meghan's father had reportedly been found in his former home in the Philippines.

Yemen's Houthis say Saudi strike kills 12 in Taiz residential area The Houthis said a Saudi strike on a residential area in Yemen's western Taiz province killed 12 people on Thursday. "As an initial toll, 12 citizens were killed and three others were critically injured when the Saudi enemy targeted…

For more than 15 years, Apple has had a pretty simple answer to the idea of a touchscreen MacBook: no. Yesterday, Apple finally decided to think different and announce one anyway. "You've gotta touch it to believe it," says Apple CEO John Ternus. He might be right: I haven't yet touched it, and I…

"Ammonia was first used as a fuel during World War II, when gasoline was hard to get hold of," explains David Emberson, associate professor at NTNU's Department of Marine Technology.

Viewed under a microscope, the air above the Amazon rainforest teems with activity. It is full of pollen, fungal spores, tiny plant particles and bacteria. Normally, the composition of this bioaerosol community is quite stable. A team that included researchers from the University of Graz, the Max…

Budget forecasts show growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.