Key particle weighs in a bit heavy, confounding physicists

The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/key-particle-weighs-in-a-bit-heavy-confounding-physicists

Global ambitions drive Algerian tech start-up Yassir

It's the Algerian start-up that made good: despite the country's notoriously complex business climate, taxi and home-delivery firm Yassir has millions of users and is expanding across Africa.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/global-ambitions-drive-algerian-tech-start-up-yassir

Favourable breezes boost Spain's wind power sector

Buoyed by a surge in investment and new projects, wind power has become Spain's main source of electricity generation just as Europe seeks to curb its energy imports from Russia.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/favourable-breezes-boost-spains-wind-power-sector

Iraqis clean up river as first green projects take root

Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/iraqis-clean-up-river-as-first-green-projects-take-root

Crypto-curious corporations struggle to find right recipe

Four years ago, fried-chicken chain KFC tweeted from its Canadian account that it would accept bitcoin as payment for its "buckets".

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/crypto-curious-corporations-struggle-to-find-right-recipe