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For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Activity TI-22-01730 modernized the legacy CEA2 Fortran code into CEA v3, a Fortran 2008, object-oriented software package with expanded interface support, updated thermochemical data, improved maintainability, and substantially improved workflow integration. The modernized code preserves backward compatibility with legacy CEA input workflows while enabling direct use…

Canada-headquartered oil and natural gas exploration player Sintana Energy has taken steps to position itself for the next phase of Namibia’s offshore oil story by acquiring a stake in Maravilla Oil and Gas, a privately held Namibian company focused on high-impact opportunities in West Africa, which enables it to secure an indirect interest in petroleum exploration license 37 (PEL 37) ahead of potentially significant exploration activity across the Walvis Basin. Map showing PEL 37 location; Source: Stamper Sintana Energy has confirmed its entry into a definitive deal to obtain a 44% interest in Maravilla Oil and Gas, which is indirectly…

The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be the only long-term solution to the confusion.And then there was the matter of the Ian Anderson who was a leader of the National Front, or the Scottish footballer, who mercifully both seem to have long since faded from most people’s memories. The only thing that…

The claim that U.S. President Donald Trump’s aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House for more than a year without security clearance is still under investigation.  The rumor stems from an Aug. 19, 2026, MS NOW article that cites two unnamed sources “familiar with the matter.” The report says Harp had “declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House.” Snopes could not speak directly to either person, nor get direct confirmation that Harp had taken more than a year to obtain…

At least 14 people ​were killed and more than 120 wounded on Friday when two Russian drones struck a shopping centre in the ​central Ukrainian ‌city of Kryvyi Rih, authorities said. Twenty-two ⁠children were among the wounded in the daytime attack on President ‌Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said ⁠on the Telegram messaging app. “There are 29 people in serious condition, including five children,” he ​said. He posted a photo of black ‌smoke billowing from a large industrial building. Zelensky called the attack “absolutely cynical and despicable”, saying that a second Russian ‌drone hit the shopping centre half…

At least 14 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said.Another 121 people – including 22 children – were injured in the city’s biggest mall. More people are also reported to be trapped in the rubble.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “absolutely cynical and despicable” daytime attack in his home town was carried out in “two waves”, with the second strike targeting emergency workers at the scene.Dramatic footage verified by the BBC shows the second drone hitting the already burning shopping centre in…

MPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets.Despite the outcry in 2024 over Keir Starmer accepting football tickets and gifts of clothing, MPs appear to have been declaring hospitality since the start of the year on a greater scale than previously seen.The most recent disclosures include £858 worth of tickets to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley from the PRS for Music industry group, which was accepted by Powell,…

Ofcom would not comment on any investigation but said it treated complaints in strict confidence and would not “publicly confirm the identities of individuals concerned”.Farage claims reporters from Sky News approached his daughter’s home while he was out of the country.Sky News says it did not interact with his daughter, and was trying to ask Farage about a £5m gift he received from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne before he entered Parliament in July 2024.A parliamentary standards investigation into whether the gift broke any rules resumed earlier this month after Farage was re-elected as MP for Clacton following a by-election he…

In response to these videos, other creators started sharing what appear to be screenshots of partnership offers they’d received from PR firms working on Higgsfield’s behalf. All of this led fans to the conclusion that Higgsfield has been trying to use creators to boost its profile and garner goodwill from the public. Almost immediately, fans began dragging Haapoja and Kolder for seemingly working with Higgsfield. Haapoja’s and Kolder’s videos are not labeled as ads and neither of the creators responded to The Verge’s questions about whether these were paid partnerships. (After this piece was published, Higgsfield PR manager Nuray Omarkhan…

A previously unknown malware family dubbed SynkLoader is being distributed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaigns to steal credentials via a fake lock screen. The attacker impersonates the target company’s IT help desk, a tactic Microsoft highlighted earlier this year as increasingly common in multi-stage attacks. Expel’s security researcher Marcus Hutchins explains that the attacks direct the victim to install a fake “PowerShell Cleaner” executable (.MSI) hosted in Microsoft Azure, making the download appear trustworthy. Analysis of the malware showed “compile dates and file timestamps indicating it was first compiled and distributed around July 28, 2026.” The installer extracts a PowerShell…