A recent study found that more Americans grew concerned about their waistlines as COVID-19 spread as research showed overweight individuals were at greater risk of hospitalization and death from the virus.
Category: 28 March 2023
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FEDNOW FURTHERING GOVERNMENT CBDC AND DIGITAL PAYMENTS GOALS
The fast approaching FedNow instant payments system serves two goals.
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77 PERCENT OF YOUNG AMERICANS TOO FAT TO FIGHT
The Pentagon found in a recent study that 77 percent of military-age Americans are too fat and drugged up to serve in the Armed Forces, which adds an additional strain on the country’s recruitment efforts.
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INTRODUCING THE OXYGEN-ION BATTERY
Engineers at the Vienna University of Technology have created a battery that needs no hard-to-come-by materials, uses no nickel or cobalt, can’t catch fire, and can be regenerated when the performance begins to degrade with time.
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ENGINEERED MOLECULES KILL CANCER
Immunotherapy is cancer treatment’s new go-to remedy. Technicians take white blood cells from a patient—the “killer T cells” of the immune system —isolate the ones best suited to fight the patient’s form of cancer, then genetically engineer them to be “super T cells” able to overcome cancer’s defenses.
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ROBOTS THAT READ YOUR MIND
Working with the Australian army, researchers at the University of Technology at Sydney have developed a way for humans to control robots through brainwaves.
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ISRAEL BLAMED FOR ANOTHER ATTACK ON SYRIAN AIRPORT
Another day, another Israeli bomb explodes on a civilian target in Syria.
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WAR-MONGERS IN SENATE EASILY KILL EFFORT TO END 2001 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE USED TO JUSTIFY WARS
Sen. Rand Paul’s effort to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force was easily rejected by the war-mongers in the Senate.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
In February we warned Trends Journal subscribers to prepare for “March Economic and Equity Market Madness.” We also provided proactive measures to consider taking.
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FED RAISES KEY RATE A QUARTER POINT: WHAT’S NEXT?
The U.S. Federal Reserve added a quarter point to its key interest rate last week, lifting the yield it pays on deposits to 4.75 percent and the rate it charges borrowing banks to 5 percent.