For anyone hoping to see light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel over the next three to six months, scientists have some bad news: Brace for more of what we’ve already been through. Outbreaks will close schools and cancel classes. Vaccinated nursing home residents will face renewed fears of infection. Workers ... Read More »
The Delta coronavirus variant diminishes the general performance of both jabs, researchers from the University of Oxford have found The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is initially more effective against the Delta coronavirus variant than the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, but this protection then declines at a quicker rate, new research has shown. Scientists from the University of Oxford have confirmed ... Read More »
A giant global study finds the number of people over 30 with high blood pressure has doubled over the past 30 years, and more than half of them are not being treated for it. That’s even though many cheap and easy treatments exist — from healthier diet and exercise to ... Read More »
The Delta coronavirus variant surging across the United States appears to cause more severe illness and spread as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal document from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The document — a slide presentation — outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people ... Read More »
Scientists say the technology could make devices faster, less dense, and consume less energy The world’s smallest piece of technology – only two atoms thick – has been created by researchers to store electric information. Current state-of-the-art devices consist of tiny crystals that contain approximately one million atoms, one hundred atoms square. In a computer, these devices ... Read More »
Michael Cole says urban air mobility could free up congestion and help with emissions in cities Flying cars will be a reality in cities around the globe by the end of this decade, according to a leading car manufacturer, and will help to reduce congestion and cut vehicle emissions. ... Read More »
There has been no indication yet that the immune system remains unable to recognise and neutralise Sars-CoV-2 over a sustained period of time Doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines can be “mixed and matched” to generate a strong immune response against Covid-19 – though a third booster jab may not be needed for the ... Read More »
As lockdown easing in England is delayed from 21 June to a possible date of 19 July amid concerns of a substantial wave of hospitalisations due to the Delta variant of coronavirus, we take a look at the latest data on the protection offered by vaccines. What does vaccine effectiveness mean? Vaccine ... Read More »
Despite a massive reduction in commuting and in many commercial activities during the early months of the pandemic, the amount of carbon in Earth’s atmosphere in May reached its highest level in modern history, a global indicator released on Monday showed. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ... Read More »
Scientists say they have found hundreds more examples of mysterious blasts of radio energy coming from deep in the universe. The number of the fast radio bursts catalogued has dramatically increased, after a Canadian telescope detected 535 new examples. Fast radio bursts are intensely powerful, but extremely short, blasts of ... Read More »
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