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1 month ago | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Sarah Wong
Thailand's government has approved a draft law to legalise casinos in a bid to boost tourism and generate revenue, while addressing concerns about problem gambling, corruption, and social impacts through strict regulations and safeguards.
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2 months ago | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Nimitt Dixit |Sarah Wong
The South Korean property market is transforming significantly, projected to reach a value of $12.39 trillion by 2025, with foreign investors increasingly shifting attention from China to its North Asian neighbour. Lawyers say that success in this evolving market requires stricter compliance measures and strong adherence to international standards, including comprehensive due diligence processes.
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2 months ago | 
hpcwire.com | Sarah Wong |Andrew Jolly
The randomness in turbulence makes simulating the motion of fluids—including air and water—incredibly difficult. Currently, scientists must choose between performing an extremely computationally expensive calculation to resolve motion at the smallest scales or approximating the motion and accepting large uncertainties in the calculation. There is currently no way to simulate fluid dynamics with both precision and computational efficiency.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
hpcwire.com | Sarah Wong |Doug Eadline
At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), researchers are working to enable autonomous experimentation in biology, chemistry, and materials science. PNNL’s latest advancement toward achieving this goal is the development of CACTUS—the Chemistry Agent Connecting Tool Usage to Science. Led by Chief Data Scientist Neeraj Kumar, the researchers combined cheminformatics tools with artificial intelligence to create an agent capable of assisting researchers in the design of new molecules.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Nimitt Dixit |Bingqing Wang
In 2024, Asia’s legal markets remained in flux. On one hand, Singapore stood tall as a neutral arbitration hub, Indonesia’s booming economy beckoned global firms, and India’s legal scene sizzled with talent wars and ambitious expansions. And Saudi Arabia led a Middle Eastern renaissance, shaking up the region with bold reforms. At the other end of the region, Hong Kong continued to reel from a tidal wave of firm downsizing and exits as it grappled with a profound crisis of confidence.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Nimitt Dixit
REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz">U.S. law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and global legal giant Herbert Smith Freehills are planning to merge to create a firm with more than 2,700 lawyers, according to a joint statement on Monday. The proposed combination is subject to a vote among the partners at each firm. It would operate globally as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, and in the United States as HSF Kramer.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
news.wine.co.za | Sarah Wong
Between January to June 2024, Hong Kong imported US$450.2m worth of wine. This signalled a drop of about 15.84% compared to the same period in 2023. The top five importing countries by value are France, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy. The slowdown in growth reflects the stagnant macroeconomic environment with high interest rates and slowing economic growth in China. Dramatic changes in travel patterns have also impacted the local economy.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
legalbusinessonline.com | Sarah Wong |Nimitt Dixit
ABOUT THE AUTHORYB Dato' Sri Azalina Othman Said is a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law & Institutional Reform), Government of Malaysia. Her mandate covers the administration of the Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU). As the world grows increasingly interconnected, the demand for effective mechanisms to resolve cross-border disputes has never been more urgent.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
bnl.gov | Sarah Wong
By Sarah Wong, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
enlargeDilution refrigerators keep superconducting qubits cold. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Editor’s note: The following press release was originally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). This project was led by Michael DeMarco, who was a postdoctoral researcher at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory when the research was conducted.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
aol.com | Sarah Wong
September 29, 2024 at 8:00 AMPhoto: Shutterstock. Design: Eat This, Not That!As autumn rolls around, many are excited to indulge in all the warm, cozy feelings that the chillier weather brings. That might look like taking a trip to an orchard to experiment with some apple recipes or sipping some warm fall drinks from your favorite café. However, you don’t have to venture far at all. Seasonal finds can surprise and delight you at your local supermarket.
