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- North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge across their shared border, linking the two countries over the Tumen River. (more) File:Korea, North.gif
- Italian F1 driver Kimi Antonelli won his home race for the first time from 19th on the grid, becoming the first Italian to win his home grand prix since 1966. (more)
- Iranian athlete Reza Gheytasi won the gold medal in the Mas-wrestling competition at the 2026 World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. (more)
- The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched the 2,367kg EOS-05 Earth-observation satellite aboard the GSLV-F17 launch vehicle. (more)
- Turkey signed the NASA-led Artemis Accords, joining the growing international coalition of like-minded nations dedicated to peaceful, transparent space exploration. (more)
- The sixth World Nomad Games, a sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia, opened in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek. (more)
- China successfully launched the PALLAS-1 Y1 carrier rocket into space as the mission marked the maiden flight of PALLAS-1. (more)
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Breath, not blood: device measures fat burning in exhaled air
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a portable measuring device that detects the metabolic marker acetone in breath almost as accurately as a mass spectrometer. It can be used by laypeople and detects when the body starts burning fat when dieting or during exercise.
Thanks to a smartphone app that guides test subjects in real time, the hand-held device can also be used reliably by non-experts.
In future, this should allow diets and therapies for metabolic disorders to be more closely monitored and personalised. (More)
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