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 The document — a slide presentation — outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people ...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 »
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 »
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