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NEW YORK - A new drug could put an end to cumbersome CPAP machines, which are thought to be used by some 33 million Americans to manage their sleep apnea. Roughly 39 million Americans, including President Biden, currently suffer from sleep apnea. The most common form of the disorder is obstructive sleep apnea. In OSA patients, the
LONDON - Thousands of NHS patients will be given access to groundbreaking cancer vaccines, health leaders have said, as a 55-year-old man became the first in England to receive the treatment for bowel cancer in a “landmark moment”. Thirty hospitals have so far signed up to NHS England’s Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad, which is working to fast-track patients to receive the vaccines at the earliest opportunity
DETROIT - Michigan’s economy is anticipated to grow by 1.8 percent in 2024, above last year’s growth, but slightly below the national economy’s, according to Comerica Bank's mid-year report. High interest rates and consumer prices continue to weigh on the Great Lake State’s economy, as do negative spillovers from national and global headwinds. But the
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Center for Union Facts, a pro-business non profit, ran an advertisement in the New York Times calling out UAW President Shawn Fain for being an “election denier” and refusing to accept the results of a unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. The UAW lost the election by nearly 600
LONDON - Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "godfathers" of AI, is adamant that AI will surpass human intelligence — and worries that we aren't being safe enough about its development. This isn't just his opinion, though it certainly carries weight on its own. In an interview with the BBC's Newsnight program, Hinton claimed that the idea of AI
NOVI – ITC will be conducting aerial patrols of the high-voltage transmission structures and lines in Michigan from approximately May 28-June 26, weather permitting. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system that is operated by ITC’s Michigan operating entities, ITCTransmission and Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC).
ANN ARBOR - The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a leading independent non-profit organization focused on automotive research and analysis, today announced the release of a new white paper co-authored with Wayne State University, titled "UAW's Next Frontier: Mercedes-Benz in Alabama." This white paper examines the unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plant
NEW YORK - When you consider today’s industrial wind turbine, you likely picture the windmill design, technically known as a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). But the very first wind turbines, which were developed in the Middle East around the 8th century for grinding grain, were vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT), meaning they spun perpendicular to the wind, rather than
AUSTRALIA - The biggest contribution America has made to sustainable mobility has been EVs, dominated in the industry by brands like Tesla. However, Elon Musk has a serious problem with the new (and curious) fuel being tested on Australian roads: it runs on an engine that has never been seen before and has experts up in
SOUTH KOREA - Korean researchers may have cracked the code to eliminate a major issue that makes some consumers hesitant to transition to the increasingly popular electric vehicles. As detailed by Techopedia, a team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or KAIST, has developed a sodium-based battery that can charge in only seconds. If
