Japanese researchers say they have developed a blood test that can help coronavirus patients predict the risk of becoming seriously ill. A team from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine studied blood samples from 28 people with coronavirus. They investigated possible links between blood components and changes in …
Read More »Russia releases secret footage of 1961 ‘Tsar Bombay’ hydrogen blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia released previously classified footage of the world’s largest nuclear explosion, when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomb almost 60 years ago. A hydrogen bomb with a force of one million million tons of conventional explosives exploded in a test in the October / October …
Read More »North Korea’s nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding, says US think tank
SEOUL (Reuters) – Satellite images suggest that recent floods in North Korea may have linked harmful pump houses to the country’s main nuclear facility, a U.S. think tank said on Thursday. A view from the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center shows flooding along the banks of the Kuryong River in …
Read More »Philippines takes ‘big step’ towards use of nuclear energy
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has taken a big step to harness nuclear energy, its energy minister said on Wednesday after President Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency panel to study the adoption of a national nuclear energy policy. FILE PHOTO: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is seen during a …
Read More »Azerbaijan threatens Chernobyl-style ‘catastrophe’ in Caucasus drone war
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has again erupted into open war. As previously noted in Forbes, there has recently been an alarming build-up of drone air forces on both sides. Azerbaijan has now threatened to use its ability to attack Armenia’s only nuclear power plant. At least 16 people …
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