Disney lands an upgrade — plus, why we’re considering adding to this laggard stock

Disney lands an upgrade — plus, why we’re considering adding to this laggard stock

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Muted Monday: Wall Street is having a relatively quiet session to wrap up a volatile, yet positive September and a strong third quarter. Federal Reserve Chair … Read more

‘He’s lying’: Biden hits back at Trump on storm Helene as he announces plans for surveying damage

‘He’s lying’: Biden hits back at Trump on storm Helene as he announces plans for surveying damage

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email President Joe Biden angrily hit back at Donald Trump’s false accusations after the former president and Republican presidential nominee leveled a baseless claim about the … Read more

Thaumatin: Natural sweetener with anti-inflammatory potential

Thaumatin: Natural sweetener with anti-inflammatory potential

A new study by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich shows for the first time that bitter tasting protein fragments (peptides) are produced in the stomach during the digestion of the natural sweetener thaumatin. In a cellular test system, the peptides are able to stimulate the acid secretion … Read more

Undecided voters are less likely to cast their ballot, UK study shows

Undecided voters are less likely to cast their ballot, UK study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Undecided voters are less likely to cast their ballot, according to a new study which shows how the fragmentation of the political party system in the UK is fueling low turnout at elections. The number of citizens undecided in how they’d vote has risen in Western democracies. People are becoming less … Read more

Markets just had an expectations-defying month

Markets just had an expectations-defying month

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 14, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter

Thaumatin: Natural sweetener with anti-inflammatory potential

Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group. If, however, you wanted to first pick out the mustard packets before throwing the rest away, you would sort more discriminately, … Read more

Study tracks traveling population wave in Canada lynx

Study tracks traveling population wave in Canada lynx

Derek Arnold, researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, carries a male lynx weighing around 24 pounds. It was captured in a log box trap near Stuver Cabin on the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge in 2017. The lynx, in excellent condition during a population peak, was anesthetized and collared. After its … Read more

Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon begins with ‘targeted’ raids on Hezbollah targets

Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon begins with ‘targeted’ raids on Hezbollah targets

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Israel’s widely-expected ground incursion inside Lebanon is underway with its military saying troops had carried out “targeted” raids across the … Read more

Watch water form out of thin air

Thaumatin: Natural sweetener with anti-inflammatory potential

For the first time ever, researchers have witnessed — in real time and at the molecular-scale — hydrogen and oxygen atoms merge to form tiny, nano-sized bubbles of water. The event occurred as part of a new Northwestern University study, during which scientists sought to understand how palladium, a rare metallic element, catalyzes the gaseous … Read more