A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the initial results of …
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Even with all that research, there’s some room for artistic licence. Illustrators follow some conventions about color based on what’s generally true in nature—veins are always blue, for instance, and …
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Kaspersky recently discovered two new Android malware modifications that are capable of stealing cookies that are stored by the internet browser and social media applications. Consequentially, the attacker can then …
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Illustration of the expansion of the Universe. The Cosmos began 13.7 billion years ago in an event … [+] dubbed the Big Bang (left). Immediately it began expanding and cooling …
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(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. Click here.) According to the World Health Organization, …
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Coronavirus vaccine updates in India: From Dr Reddy’s proposal for phase 2, 3 trials to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin use of adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to boost immune response, these are the updates …
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In 1987, when researchers first used the word genomics to describe the newly developing discipline of mapping DNA, Eric Green had just finished medical school. A few years later, he …
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3D printers could end the woes of supply shortage induced by the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as companies like HP have stepped up efforts to create life-saving medical tools using the …
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How Old Is Our Universe? The Exact Answer May Need A New Discovery In Cosmology, Say Scientists
Big Bang, conceptual image. Computer illustration representing the origin of the universe. The term … [+] Big Bang describes the initial expansion of all the matter in the universe from …
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Technology to manufacture biodegradable tableware from agricultural residues and byproducts The CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) here has come up with an alternative to single-use plastics. NIIST …
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Being previously infected with coronaviruses that cause the ‘common cold’ may decrease the severity of COVID-19, according to researchers, including one of Indian origin, who said the finding could have …
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In the most positive interpretation of the data, there could still be millions of people left vulnerable to Covid-19 in the US, because their bodies can’t mount an immune response …
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Chinese social networking platform TikTok on Thursday added parental control feature to its app that will allow parents to set restrictions on the accounts of their children remotely. Media reports …
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The camera slid from the crew’s hands and into the cold water, sinking towards the inky darkness and out of view after a few seconds. “Buena suerte,” someone said, wishing …
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(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. Click here.) About 400 km above Earth, the …
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Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. “We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our …
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In her 2018 book Segregation By Design, Trounstine details how local public works in the early 1900s significantly reduced outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever. The infectious …
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Google hints Mitron app may be back on Play store after tech fix; little hope for Remove China Apps
After Google Play recently removed the “Mitron” app and the “Remove China Apps”, Sameer Samat, Vice President, Android and Google Play in a blog post said that “we removed a …
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This image shows a slice of the matter distribution in the Universe as simulated by the GiggleZ … [+] complement to the WiggleZ survey. There are many cosmic structures that …
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CSIR-CCMB study shows air borne transmission of coronavirus is possible under certain conditions
Viral particles could be detected in air especially in closed rooms where COVID positive individuals had spent longer periods, even after two hours of their exit from the room and …
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NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting and littering. And no trespassing at historic lunar landmarks like Apollo 11′s Tranquility Base. The space agency released a set of guidelines Tuesday for …
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Hints of additional mergers have been spotted in bundles of stars known as globular clusters. Diederik Kruijssen, an astronomer at Heidelberg University in Germany, used galaxy simulations to train a …
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UAE is set to launch the first unmanned Arab space mission to Mars on July 14 from the Japanese island of Tanegashima. The Hope Mars probe is expected to reach …
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Researchers Suggest Prioritizing First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine For All — But FDA Not On Board Yet
Nurse Sandra Lindsay receives the second dose of a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at Long Island Jewish Medical Center January 4, 2021. Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images There’s one thing that …
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Here are some of the most interesting research papers to have appeared in top science journals last week (Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to …
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One of China’s front-running coronavirus vaccine candidates was shown to be safe and triggered immune responses in a combined early and mid-stage test in humans, researchers said. The potential vaccine, …