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Scales, spines, feathers and hair are examples of vertebrate skin appendages, which constitute a remarkably diverse group of micro-organs. Despite their natural multitude of forms, these appendages share early developmental processes at the embryonic stage. Two researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered how to permanently transform the scales that normally cover the feet of chickens into feathers, by specifically modifying the expression of certain genes.
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THE pandemic has transformed the Philippine banking industry to one that is about agility and relevance rather than size and scale, according to the Asia United Bank (AUB). In his speech at the 10th listing anniversary of the bank last Wednesday, AUB President Manuel A. Gomez said size mattered in
The real estate industry is a bit of a greenhouse gas powerhouse, responsible for 40% of all global emissions. A quarter of that comes from building materials, and Tangible has had enough. The company is building a tool for finding, managing and reporting on lower-carbon, more sustainable, building materials, and just closed a $3 million seed […] Tangible wants to scale up construction decarbonization by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
A mural is being added to a building in Chicopee to honor the cultural district and the youth education program, ‘Classroom to the Streets’.
KATMANDU: Gurkha veteran Hari Budha Magar, who was almost killed serving with the British army in Afghanistan, has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, a member of his team said Sunday. “He reached the top of Sagarmatha at around 3 PM [Nepali time] on Friday. After successfully summiting the peak, he has now descended to the base camp, and will return to Katmandu tomorrow (Monday),” Him Bista told AFP, using the Nepali name for Everest.
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The Lotus Lantern Festival, or Yeondeunghoe, will be held for three days starting Friday in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, celebrating Buddha's 2,567th birthday, which falls on May 27 this year. This year's festival promises to be the biggest ever, as it is the first full-scale festival since Yeondeunghoe was officially inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2020. This year marks the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that people will be abl
KATMANDU: A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th climb last week. Pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, the route remains the most...
KATMANDU: A Nepali sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for a record 28th time on Tuesday, an official said, completing his second ascent in just a week, as the toll in this year’s climbing season reached 11.Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, reached the 8,849-meter summit by the traditional southeast ridge route, said Nepali tourism official Bigyan Koirala, following his 27th climb last week.Pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, the route remains the most...
PESHAWAR: Tremors were felt in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Monday after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted the region. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), tremors were felt in Peshawar, Swat, Swabi, Chitral, Buner and its adjourning areas. The PMD said that the magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 5.2 on the […]