Scott Peterson

Before dawn on Wednesday, Israeli and Hezbollah militia guns fell silent as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took hold, capping more than 13 months of

What can Iran do to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defeat newly energized rebel forces? Its anti-Israel “Axis of Resistance” has been overworked and diminished. Yet even as Iran searches for solutions, there are some suggestions that it is not panicking.

The inaugural BMW Causal Machine Learning Hackathon at Constructor University concluded this week and was nothing short of a massive success. Over three days, 34 teams from the university showcased their talents, culminating in 21 innovative submissions evaluated by a panel of BMW experts. At a festive awards ceremony on December 2, the judging panel, led by Ishansh Gupta, Louis Heublein and Nataliia Kholodna, announced the winners after an intense review process. The top prize went to the team of Aleksandr Kovrigin, Kseniia Lysaniuk, Valerii Ovchinnikov and Egor Shibaevfor.

Glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, is an attractive feedstock for bioprocessing due to its abundance and potential for higher yields compared to glucose. How can the production of valuable products be made more efficient and sustainable by using agro-industrial side streams? That is precisely what microbiologist Dr. Putu Virgina Partha Devanthi, a fellow of the renowned Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, has been investigating for two years in Professor Dr. Elke Nevoigt's research group at Constructor University.

The makeshift tent on this Beirut beach could not be more meager. It was once a canvas-topped frame used to protect swimmers from the sun.

“Shh! Look away and try to keep your voice down.”

The magnitude of the emotions sweeping Damascus cannot be overstated, as our correspondents are witnessing. Unbridled joy is replacing years of terror and unspeakable loss. But the task of restoring order, and faith in a peaceful future, is enormous.

First Hamas, then Hezbollah, now Syria. As key components of Iran’s anti-Israel/anti-U.S. “Axis of Resistance” are sidelined or incapacitated, what is left of Tehran’s regional strategy?

Flipping through a photography magazine decades ago – when I first started visiting war zones – I came across a job description that has stayed wit

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