Professor Sarah Gilbert said that her team hopes to begin clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this week, and said about 140 vaccines were in development Trials for a coronavirus vaccine could begin at the end of this week. Professor Sarah Gilbert said that there were aboutContinue Reading
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have launched a study to understand how many people are turning to alcohol to handle the stress, anxiety and boredom of being isolated at home Doctors fear a “second health crisis” as a result of increased alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 lockdown. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have launchedContinue Reading
European Commission wants gradual and cautious approach Brussels has unveiled a roadmap for the lifting of coronavirus lockdown measures, warning members states should coordinate any easing of restrictions rather than going it alone. The European Commission said its 27 member states should move cautiously and follow scientific evidence, as Austria, Denmark, andContinue Reading
Normally, it takes pricey equipment and expertise to create an accurate 3D reconstruction of someone’s face. Now, researchers have pulled off the feat using video recorded on an ordinary smartphone. Shooting a continuous video of the front and sides of the face generates a dense cloud of data. A two-stepContinue Reading
A working, large-scale quantum computer is still a decade away, but researchers are currently turning a critical corner from theory to building the first small quantum systems IBM’s 2-D Superconducting Qubit Mounted on a Chip Silicon semiconductors have taken us a dazzling distance along the computing road. But even ifContinue Reading
Scientists develop a method to convert Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) satellite data into detailed information about cloud cover properties, enhancing the ability to forecast available sunlight for solar power plants. The output of solar energy systems is highly dependent on cloud cover. While weather forecasting can be used toContinue Reading
Researchers have successfully demonstrated a new electronic refrigeration technology that can enable major leaps in the development of quantum computers. Present quantum computers require extremely complicated and large cooling infrastructure that is based on mixture of different isotopes of helium. The new electronic cooling technology could replace these cryogenic liquidContinue Reading
While previous studies suggested that the virus was passed to humans by pangolins, a Canadian team now claims that dogs were actually responsible for passing the virus to humans It’s one of the worst pandemics in history, and now scientists believe they may know how the coronavirus was spread to humans. TheContinue Reading
NASA’s new experimental supersonic X-plane is on a fast track to fly The plane, officially named X-59 QueSST in 2018 and often referred to as just X-59, was greenlit for final assembly during a critical design review in 2019. With this plane, NASA aims to create an ultraquiet craft that can travel over landContinue Reading
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit out at “groundless” criticism of its involvement in the UK’s rollout of 5G technology. In an open letter published on Monday, Victor Zhang, the firm’s UK chief, said disrupting Huawei’s participation would do the country a “disservice”. It comes amid efforts by rebel Tory MPs to overturn the government’s approval in January of aContinue Reading