Quantum Dot Researchers Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

[ad_1] The Nobel committee said Wednesday that Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov won the chemistry prize for research on the dots, semiconductor particles just a few nanometers in…

Nobel Chemistry Prize for quantum dot technology

[ad_1] Bawendi and Brus are American and Ekimov is Russian. The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is worth 11m Swedish kronor (€947,700). ADVERTISEMENT The…

DOT: June U.S. Flight Operations Down, Cancellations Up

[ad_1] U.S. carriers in June operated fewer flights than they did in May, but the percentage of cancellations spiked, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest Air Traffic Consumer…

DoT drip feed disclosure unacceptable, says Ombudsman

[ad_1] . (CNS): The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the Department of Tourism to release details of the partnerships and sponsorship agreements it made with various overseas entities…

DOT: May Flight Cancellations Down

[ad_1] U.S. carriers in May canceled 0.6 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, lower than both the rate of 1.7 percent in April and the rate of 2 percent in…

More Green Dot Bank customers say they can’t access their funds, causing financial distress

[ad_1] Like many customers of Green Dot Bank, Texas resident Sheldon Ransom first encountered the online banking company through TurboTax, in the form of a stimulus check.  Though perhaps not…

ASTA Asks DOT to Require AA to Return Fares to EDIFACT

[ad_1] The American Society of Travel Advisors said it has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to temporarily require American Airlines to restore all its content to the EDIFACT distribution…

Three local women take up senior jobs at DoT

[ad_1] (L-R) Marzeta Bodden, Tristaca Ebanks and Lauren Brook (CNS): The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism has hired three Caymanian women to work in various management positions. Marzeta Bodden has…

DOT: February Air Complaints Down from January

[ad_1] Consumers in February reported nearly 6,650 air service complaints, up 78 percent year over year, but down nearly 39 percent from the more than 10,800 received in January 2023,…

DOT to Propose Delay Compensation Rule

[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday announced it would initiate a rulemaking process designed to require airlines to compensate passengers for flight cancellations and delays caused by carriers.…