As the Union Budget 2026 for the financial year 2026-27 is scheduled to be presented in Parliament on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 11 am, one of the major fiscal elements influencing policy decisions ...

Listen closely and you can hear the crackled lilt of Sonny and Cher drifting through Chicago. Don’t hear it? Just wait. This is the third time in a row we’ve woken up as a city to this song on the ...

Number enthusiasts may be looking to the new year with a touch of melancholy. Another perfect square like 2025 (45 2 = 2,025) won’t occur again until 2116 (46 2 = 2,116). The year 2027 will be a prime ...

In an unprecedented change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of immunizations routinely recommended for all children from 17 to 11. On the new schedule, vaccines ...

When I was learning multiplication, my father showed me the “rule of 9.” Multiply any number by 9, he said, and then add together the digits of the product, and you will always land on 9. 9 × 2 = 18 → ...

Dedan Thomas and Marquel Sutton gave the same answer when they were separated briefly at the Southeastern Conference media day in Birmingham, Alabama, earlier this year. The LSU starters, 21 days ...

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Teens don't have to use weed all that often for it to have a negative effect on their lives, according to a new study. Even using marijuana once or twice a month is linked with worse school ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Over the weekend, The Indie Game Awards shook up its winner's circle by stripping Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of its Game of the Year Award over the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Last year restaurants reported drastic revenue drops and closures due to slow economic recovery from the pandemic ...

JEOLLANAM-DO PROVINCE, South Korea, Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits—a kind of front-end AC/DC converters—are ubiquitous in a variety of consumer ...

Researchers develop a sensorless boost PFC method delivering near 0.9998 power factor and low distortion, enabling smaller and more reliable power supplies for consumer electronics. Single-phase power ...