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Consultants to probe school buildings as RAAC issue rumbles on
The Department for Education (DfE) has awarded consultancy PwC a contract to investigate and analyse integrity threats in schools built after the Second World War.PwC is expected to present its final findings in early 2026 and receive more than £1m for its work, to be carried out with subcontractors Arcadis, Expedition Engineering and University College
January 8, 2025
NASA Probe Passes 25 Times Closer to the Sun
Home » Energy » NASA Probe Passes 25 Times Closer to the Sun NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved. The NASA Solar Probe flew 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun. This is about
January 1, 2025
CERN Physicists Probe Nature of Mysterious Particle
Since its discovery 20 years ago physicists have been fascinated by χc1(3872), which is also known as X(3872), trying to understand if it is a conventional charmonium state composed of two quarks or if it is an exotic particle composed of four quarks. Now, the LHCb Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is closer
July 16, 2024
Feds Probe Tesla’s Recall of 2 Million EVs Over Autopilot
Tesla is facing a new probe from U.S. auto safety regulators related to its Autopilot driver assistance technology, even as a separate investigation has been closed. Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson InterviewThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would investigate the Austin, Texas-based company’s recall of more than 2
April 26, 2024
Probe Gold drills 6.2 g/t gold over 13 metres at Novador, Quebec
Probe Gold Inc. [TSX-PRB; OTCQB-PROBF] provided the final set of results from the 2023 Courvan gold trend drill program on its 100%-owned Novador property, located near Val d’Or, Quebec. Results from 47 drill holes, totaling 12,200 metres, have returned significant gold intercepts from surface to 150 metres vertical depth at the Bussiere and Creek deposits.
March 19, 2024
Lawmakers call for probe on missing DepEd-Transpac deliveries | The wRap
Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. The wRap's highlights: DepEd laptops probe, PUV modernization, AAA 2023 Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: House seeks probe on DepEd learning materials held hostage by Transpac Makabayan bloc lawmakers call for an investigation into the billions worth of
December 14, 2023
Home News Science & Astronomy Artist's impression of the United Arab Emirates' MBR Explorer asteroid-studying spacecraft. (Image credit: UAE Space Agency ) An asteroid that may host life's building blocks will get a visit from a United Arab Emirates (UAE) spacecraft about a decade from now, if all goes according to plan.In October 2021, the
Feds probe Goldman Sachs role in failed SVB fundraising deal
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s role in Silicon Valley Bank’s attempt to raise funds in March is under review by US governmental agencies, which are looking into the failed transaction that helped push the US regional-banking system into turmoil. The Wall Street titan is cooperating and providing information to the government in connection with their investigations
May 4, 2023
NSFAS probe | Ineligible students got over R5bn
JOHANNESBURG - NSFAS has spent over R5-billion to pay or overpay students who do not qualify for funding. The Special Investigating Unit is now vowing to get every cent of that amount back. Unit Head Andy Mothibi told Scopa that over 4,000 students didn't qualify for funding since 2017. READ: Higher education | NSFAS working on
April 19, 2023
New Probe Into Estonia Ferry Sinking Reveals Construction Flaws-Officials
By Andrius Sytas(Reuters) - A new investigation into the sinking of ferry Estonia that claimed 852 lives in 1994 revealed flaws in its bow visor construction missed during its certification, officials said on Monday.If necessary examination was carried out, the Estonia-registered ship would not be approved as seaworthy to serve the Tallin-Stockholm route it operated
January 23, 2023