Engineers design reusable silicone rubber face mask with N95 filter - 17分前  UPI.com

Researchers at MIT said Thursday that they have developed a resusable silicone rubber face mask with N95 filter.

United cruise to another win at struggling Villa - 22分前  Channel NewsAsia

Manchester United kept up their chase for a top-four spot with a comfortable 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Aston Villa in the Premier League on Thursday.

Serious COVID-19 might cause brain damage, study finds - 29分前  UPI.com

Up to one in four people infected with the new coronavirus experience brain damage, including inflammation and stroke, according to the findings of a small study published Wednesday by the journal Brain.

Wells Fargo names new head of mortgage - 37分前  Channel NewsAsia

Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday it has hired Flagstar Bank's Kristy Fercho to run its mortgage division following the retirement of 23-year veteran Michael DeVito from the company.

'Broken heart syndrome' rising under stress of pandemic - 41分前  UPI.com

Doctors at one Ohio hospital system have discovered yet another possible consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: More cases of "broken heart syndrome."

World record? - Chaos as Lyles runs wrong distance in high-tech meet - 47分前  Channel NewsAsia

An ambitious attempt to held a high-tech athletics meeting with runners in different stadiums ran into problems on Thursday when world champion Noah Lyles ran too short a distance in the 200 metres event.

VIDEO: - 51分前  @AFP

VIDEO: 🇵🇦 Panama's hospitals are on the verge of collapse due to the explosive growth of COVID-19 cases, with doctors exhausted by strenuous hours and people queuing for hours just to get tested

Dow sheds 360 points, tech stocks push Nasdaq to gains - 1時間前  UPI.com

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 fell on Thursday the Labor Department's latest unemployment report and a substantial loss reported by Walgreens.

Up to SIX TIMES more lead released by Notre Dame blaze than previously estimated, study say - 1時間前  RT

A new study into the blaze that ruined Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral claims that much higher quantities of lead were released into the air than previously thought. Researchers studied soil samples in the wake of the fire. A fire broke out at the 700-year-old cathedral on April 15, 2019 as it underwent maintenance works, and it rapidly grew into a huge inferno fought by some 400 firefighters. Fortunately, once the flames were extinguished and the site could be checked by experts, it became apparent that the landmark – though seriously damaged – could...more be restored. Now, new research says lead levels in the soil samples indicate that nearly a ton of dust of the heavy metal dropped down within one kilometer (0.6 miles) of the site – six times higher than the previous estimate The study, published on Thursday in GeoHealth, found that outside of this radius, lead levels were even higher downwind of the fire, double those in areas outside the path of the smoke plume. The study concludes that, for a brief time, people residing close to Notre Dame were more exposed to lead fallout than was previously acknowledged by the French authorities. Also on rt.com Paris’ Notre Dame to host first mass since coronavirus lockdown in symbolic gesture of hope Early analysis conducted by France's Regional Health Agency of the levels of lead outside of the out-of-bounds area surrounding the cathedral showed levels below France's limit of 300 milligrams per kilogram of soil. At the time, though, it was feared that this was a gross underestimation. “There was a controversy – were children being exposed or not from this fallout?" said Lex van Geen, a geochemist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and lead author on the new study. "So I thought, whether I get a 'yes' or a 'no,' it's worth documenting.” In order to track what had occurred, van Geen and his team went about collecting soil samples from tree pits, parks and other locations around the cathedral, with a particular focus on the northwestern area – where most of the smoke traveled on the day of the fire. According to the study, it is now extremely hard to ascertain how this may have affected people in the area concerned “because too few soil, dust, and blood samples were collected immediately after the fire.” However, van Geen said it’s possible that the hazard could be significant, adding it’s likely it was underreported by the authorities. Also on rt.com There’s ‘50 percent’ chance ‘fragile’ Notre Dame cathedral might not be saved completely “Our final estimation of the total amount of excess lead is much larger compared with what has been reported earlier by other teams,” said Yuling Yao, one of the co-authors of the study. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!...

USS Roosevelt returns to San Diego after 6 months in Pacific - 1時間前  UPI.com

The USS Theodore Roosevelt returned to its home port in San Diego Thursday after a six-month deployment that was lengthened as soldiers fought to contain a coronavirus outbreak on board.

Hollywood star Katharine Hepburn's love letters to Howard Hughes up for auction - 22分前  Channel NewsAsia

Hughes and Hepburn never married but their romance, which was chronicled in the 2004 movie The Aviator, was a huge celebrity story at the time.

'Safe injection site' sees no overdose deaths in 5 years - 26分前  UPI.com

An unsanctioned safe drug consumption site in the United States saw 33 opioid overdoses in five year, but none of the overdoses required a call to 911, and there were no deaths at the injection site, a new study found.

TikTok stop showing users likes, and everyone melted down - 34分前  Mashable!

TikTok temporarily stopped displaying likes, and users thought the U.S. government actually went through with banning the app.  Videos on the platform, which is own by Beijing-based ByteDance, stopped showing like counts on Thursday afternoon. It followed days of speculation that the Trump administration would try to shut down the app, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the government was "looking at" banning it.  A glitch has appeared on TikTok where videos have 0 likes, fueling more rumors that the app could be getting shut down. pic.twitter.com/ZcFvIa8qA4 &#...more8212; Pop Base (@PopBase) July 9, 2020 Read more... More about Glitch, Tiktok, Culture, and Web Culture

Record-breaking Tropical Storm Fay forms off Atlantic coast - 40分前  UPI.com

An area of showers and thunderstorms that forecasters were scrutinizing all week has developed into Tropical Storm Fay off the coast of the Carolinas

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朴槿恵前大統領の差し戻し審　きょう判決＝懲役３.. - 47分前  @聯合ニュース

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Porto win at Tondela and edge closer to Portuguese title - 1時間前  Channel NewsAsia

REUTERS: Porto moved within touching distance of claiming the Portuguese league title as they won 3-1 at struggling Tondela on Thursday and need four points from their last three games to guarantee being crowned champions. Captain Danilo Pereira opened the scoring two minutes into the second ...

Here's why Gabbie Hanna is all over TikTok - 1時間前  Mashable!

Gabbie Hanna, who first gained internet fame through Vine, is now the butt of jokes all over TikTok.  The 29-year-old Vine star turned YouTuber turned musician left social media this month after weeks of accusing YouTube of suppressing her content. Although her views and subscriber count has been dropping, per SocialBlade, Hanna's YouTube channel is still publicly accessible.  Hanna is no stranger to controversy — she was widely criticized for associating with former Vine star Curtis Lepore, who plead guilty to sexually assaulting his then-girlfriend Jessi Vasquez. Vasquez, kno...morewn online as Jessi Smiles, accused Hanna of being friends with Lepore's friends, who protected him when Vasquez accused him of sexual assault. She detailed the fallout between herself and Hanna in a 27-minute-long video in November 2019 titled "Gabbie Hanna needs to be stopped."  YouTuber Trisha Paytas was also involved in the feud after Hanna allegedly told Paytas' then-boyfriend that Paytas had a sexually transmitted infection.  Read more...More about Drama, Tiktok, Gabbie Hanna, Culture, and Web Culture

French minister: Consensus that Notre Dame should be restored faithfully - 1時間前  UPI.com

France's incoming culture minister said Thursday there's consensus among experts and the public that Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral should be restored to its former appearance.

IT・電子・通信業界、1〜6月期売上高は微増　新型コロナの影響で [経済] - 1時間前  VIETJOベトナムニュース

　情報通信省の統計によると、2020年4～6月における情報技術(IT)・電子・通信業界の総売上高は前期比+9.2％増の260億USD(約2兆8000億円)だった。同...