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Business17 ก.ย. 69 10:56 Boots Thailand reinforces its position as a Health & Beauty Destination for everyone looking to discover what’s new in the world of health and beauty. Boots continue to curate new products from over 30 leading Thai and international brands, while constantly introducing the latest innovations and must-have items across Skincare, Body Care, Fragrance, Men’s Care, and Health & Wellness. This gives consumers a one-stop destination to stay up to date with the latest trends, try new products, and shop for items that fit every self-care routine.  Sanomchon Jinanon, Commercial Director at Boots Retail Thailand, said, “Consumer needs in health and beauty…

SINGAPORE – By 2028, families will pay less for disability services, as the Government lowers fees and increases means-tested subsidies.More spaces will also be added to day activity centres and sheltered workshops by 2030.Around 5,000 people with disabilities (PWDs) accessing community and residential disability services are expected to benefit from these changes by 2030.Fee caps for all government-funded disability services will be introduced, with the amounts varying for different facilities.For most families, subsidy rates will rise by at least 10 percentage points. These subsidies are means-tested, and apply to a wide range of disability services, including day activity centres, adult…

Philstar.comSeptember 15, 2026 | 1:30pm MANILA, Philippines — Beauty + Health & Wellness Manila (BHW), the Philippines’ premier trade expo for the self-care, beauty, and wellness industry, celebrates its 10th anniversary this September 17 to 19 at SMX Convention Center Manila. Organized by Global-Link MP Events International, Inc., in partnership with the Chamber of Cosmetics Industry of the Philippines (CCIP), and co-located with the Hotel & Foodservice Suppliers Show, BHW has grown over the past decade into one of the country’s largest platforms connecting brands, buyers and industry professionals under one roof. This event also supports the programs and beneficiaries…

What if a simple creative activity could help kids dream bigger, set meaningful goals, and believe more in what they can accomplish? Vision boards give children a fun way to turn their ideas and dreams into something they can see every day. By choosing pictures, words, and goals that represent what they want, kids can begin thinking about the future while expressing their creativity. Creating a vision board also introduces children to important skills like goal-setting, planning, self-reflection, and staying focused. Each time they work toward something they’ve placed on their board, they have an opportunity to recognize their progress…

– credit – Getty Images for Unsplash + Rather than bringing crude oil to boiling point over and over again as is done in traditional distillation refining, Chinese scientists have found a way to separate the mixture molecule by molecule at room temperature, cutting energy use by 90%. The groundbreaking discovery was done in the lab, and so it can’t be said for certain to be scalable to the global petroleum products industry. If it could, though, it would dramatically reduce the cost and emissions from producing gasoline, diesel, or plastics. Crude oil and its refined derivates are direct manufacturing…

From Yocum Institute for Arts EducationYocum Institute for Arts Education is bringing two theater-based mental health programs back to Berks County schools this fall, following a successful spring 2026 pilot that reached more than 3,400 students, faculty, and staff through 23 performances.Designed specifically for elementary and high school audiences, I’m OK and At Some Point – We Have to Talk use live, interactive theater to create opportunities for students to think about mental health, build awareness, reduce stigma, and connect with trusted adults and community resources.Both programs will be available to Berks County schools at no cost this fall.“We know that schools are being asked to…

Cleo Pontone, Radhika Saran, and Sophia DeVito, inventors of Rumble Rims – credit, James Dyson Award, released to the media A trio of students at Harvard University have invented a low-cost, eye-tracking headset designed to help schools quickly screen child athletes for possible concussions. The invention takes just 2 to 3 minutes to screen for a concussion, or at least indicate sub-concussive trauma may be present, and it won the inventors the James Dyson Award 2026 for the United States. CDC analysis of the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 15.1% of US high school students—approximately 2.5 million—reported at…

Subtle differences in cadence, step acceleration, and daily movement emerged outside the laboratory, offering a glimpse of how mental health symptoms may be reflected in everyday motion. Study: Passively sensing anxiety and depression symptoms in daily life among middle-aged adults. Image Credit: africa_pink / Shutterstock In a recent ‘Article in Press’ in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated how anxiety and depression symptoms relate to motor patterns. Anxiety and depression each affect about one-fifth of adults each year. Existing treatments are limited by high relapse and non-response rates. Many affected individuals exhibit gait and posture changes, with altered sensorimotor predictions and…

Bromberg says even before the war, Israel’s restrictions on what is allowed into Gaza meant the territory’s sewage plants were out of date.”One of the reasons why modern sewer stream plants weren’t completed in Gaza was because in order to build and run [them] you needed equipment that the Israeli military has defined as dual use – that could be used by Hamas as a weapon,” he says, giving the example of cement.Edo Bar-Zeev, a professor at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at Ben-Gurion University, called what has happened an “unexpected mega event”.”I’ve been in the field of sampling…