A State Department statement said the Chengdu consulate suspended operations at 10 am “The consulate has remained at the center of our relations with people in western China, including Tibet, for 35 years,” the statement said. “We are disappointed by the decision of the Chinese Communist Party and will strive …

Image credit: Stock Scientists at ExxonMobil, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new material that could capture more than 90% of carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources. The technology will help the energy company capture carbon emissions from natural gas power plants, …

5:28 PM ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. The first professional sports league in the United States to resume competition amid a pandemic, the National Women’s Soccer League demonstrated that there was a way for …

For more than a year, the federal government has surrounded Big Tech and its business practices. On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives will unfold evidence their staff has found and put direct pressure on some of the world’s top executives. Four of the most prominent CEOs of technology: …

As things stand, we have been in the pandemic for several months, and a vaccine or cure may still be a long way off. This discouraging fact has led researchers to explore other strategies to combat the coronavirus and mitigate its symptoms. Among those strategies is nasal irrigation, the practice …