A “potentially hazardous” asteroid will fly past Earth, as part of a host of objects coming nearby in the current days. But despite its classification, the object scientifically known as 2021 KT1 does not post any hazard at all, at least during this trip around our planet. 2021 KT1 will pass by at ... Read More »
Nasa explains why the next full moon will have a ‘deep, rosy glow’ The full moon in May will coincide with two rare events that will make it appear bigger, brighter, and – in some places – redder. The celestial coincidence has earned this month’s full moon the moniker ‘Blood supermoon’, and ... Read More »
It is yet to be determined if the virus is capable of human to human transmission Scientists have detected a new coronavirus in samples isolated from pneumonia patients in Malaysia in 2018. But they are yet to determine if the virus can cause disease, and if it can spread from one human to ... Read More »
Study uses AI to assess data from citizen science efforts and published literature on 9,700 bird species A new study to assess the population of birds in the wild has found there could be close to 50 billion individuals around the world – about six for every human on Earth. The ... Read More »
Small number of deaths recorded among older, frail patients who received first shot are to be expected and show vaccines working as predicted, experts say A “very low” number of vaccinated patients are being admitted to hospital, scientists have said, in what is seen as confirmation that the Covid-19 ... Read More »
Scientists at Texas A&M University’s Global Health Research Complex say they’ve detected a new Covid-19 variant that shows signs of a more contagious strain that causes more severe illness and appears to be resistant to antibodies. The new variant, BV-1, named after its Brazos Valley origin, was found during Texas A&M’s ... Read More »
New coronavirus mutations could emerge within the next year that significantly reduce the effectiveness of the current Covid-19 vaccines, scientists from across the world are warning. The failure to provide even and equitable access to the vaccines is heightening this risk by allowing the virus to continue spreading freely among some of the ... Read More »
Scientists have discovered a way to power wearable devices using radio waves sent from microwaves, Wi-Fi connections, and other machines. The researchers, led by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, a professor in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, developed a stretchable wideband antenna system made up of two metal antennas integrated onto conductive graphene with a metal ... Read More »
Pfizer has started stage one clinical trials of an oral pill that the company claims Covid-19 patients can take as soon as they start developing symptoms. If the trail is successful, this could be the first early intervention for Covid of its kind that could prevent the worsening of symptoms. Pfizer is conducting the trial ... Read More »
What are the chances that my vaccine will not work? The prospects of vaccines failing to trigger immune responses are dismissed as remote by scientists. “If a vaccine has not been properly refrigerated that might pose problems but doctors take great care to ensure that doesn’t happen,” said Prof Helen ... Read More »
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