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Scientists have taken an unprecedented step forward in understanding the chemical processes occurring as new stars form, thanks to observations of the variable protostar B335, a very young forming star 537 light years away. Using the high-resolution capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers tracked the behavior of complex organic molecules (COMs) during a rare burst of brightness, providing a real-time glimpse into the universe’s building blocks for life. Stars grow episodically, with periods of slowly increasing mass interrupted by dramatic events when extra-large amounts of matter land on the star. These events increase the star’s brightness, which heats nearby dust and releases previously frozen COMs into the surrounding gas. However, scientists observed a surprising twist: after the burst ended, the COMs did not refreeze onto the dust as quickly as expected. “This discovery challenges previous assumptions about the freeze-out timescale of these molecules,” says Jeong-Eun Lee, the lead researcher from Seoul National University. “The prolonged presence of gas-phase COMs reveals the dynamic and complex chemical processes happening around young stars.” Thanks to ALMA’s unparalleled sensitivity, the study marks the first real-time tracking of molecular changes across a burst cycle. Continuous monitoring of this protostar with ALMA will reveal the timescales for gas cooling, chemical reactions, and interactions between dust grains and gaseous molecules. Unlike laboratory scientists, astronomers cannot experiment on the cosmos. Remarkably, B335 has performed a “natural experiment” in astrochemistry, showing how the ingredients for life might evolve in stellar nurseries. “By combining the ALMA results with data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on the ice component of the COMs in B335, the chemistry of COMs will be fully known,” commented Yao-Lun Yang, another co-author from the RIKEN. The findings, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters as ”, open a new chapter in studying how the building blocks of life form and transform across the cosmos. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA is funded by ESO on behalf of its Member States, by NSF in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in Taiwan and by NINS in cooperation with the Academia Sinica(AS) in Taiwan and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI). Astrobiology, Astrochemistry,India's luxury property market is a boon to Trump's business
The Egyptian real estate market in 2024 saw significant shifts driven by investor interest in hospitality, tourism, and experiential spaces, alongside the rising appeal of the North Coast, particularly with the launch of the Ras El Hekma project. This growing demand from both Egyptian and international buyers is expected to continue shaping the market into 2025. Savills projects that in 2025, leasing and property management advisory services will continue to be in high demand as clients seek expert guidance to optimize their portfolios. The North Coast, boosted by high-profile developments like Ras El Hekma, is set to remain a key focus, driving ongoing interest in the region. Retail spaces are also poised for strong growth over the next two years, with an increasing consumer preference for experiential and lifestyle-oriented environments. Developers will prioritize creating dynamic, engaging spaces that cater to evolving consumer behaviors, shifting the focus from transactional retail to immersive, memorable experiences. Savills Egypt is looking ahead to the next year with a focus on overcoming emerging challenges and leveraging its expertise to drive sustainable growth, forge meaningful partnerships, and support Egypt’s evolving real estate landscape. One of Savills’ major 2024 success stories was its transformation of Majarrah, a flagship mixed-use development by Bonyan for Investment and Development. By focusing on tenant repositioning, marketing innovation, and operational improvements, Savills helped increase occupancy from 54% to 92%, boost foot traffic by 35%, and achieve up to 100% sales growth for tenants. The firm also facilitated record sales of EGP 17bn for Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company. Savills’ Building and Project Consultancy team played a crucial role in creating new offices for multinational companies like Bayer, Chevron, Informa, and Organon. Chevron’s Manoji Thomas praised Savills for adhering to budget and schedule. Additionally, Savills achieved a 98.4% occupancy rate and more than 48,000 daily visitors at the new extension of Arkan Plaza, setting a record for commercial projects in West Cairo. Beyond commercial successes, Savills Egypt contributed to national initiatives, including repurposing underutilized land with the World Bank-led consortium and the Sheikh Zayed City Council to support Vision 2030. The firm also provided key advice to the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) on large-scale urban projects, collaborating with Dar El Handassa. Catesby Langer-Paget, Head of Savills Egypt, emphasized the firm’s significant role in shaping Egypt’s real estate future in 2024. Langer-Paget said, “Despite the macroeconomic challenges, Savills Egypt continued to deliver value-driven solutions through phased development and cost management. We embraced technology and optimized operations to navigate market complexities.” In 2024, Savills also became a thought leader, hosting the “Savills Retail Connect” event and leading a national workshop with the World Bank, sharing insights from the Sheikh Zayed Pilot Project to guide other municipalities. Looking toward 2025, Savills Egypt plans to focus on emerging sectors like hospitality and logistics, leveraging global expertise and local market insights to drive the evolution of Egypt’s real estate sector. “Savills Egypt has transformed into a partner of progress,” said Langer-Paget, underscoring the firm’s commitment to innovation, value creation, and growth in the years ahead.
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ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. People are also reading... “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who lost popularity after pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition, saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. 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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100