The World Health Organization is considering “airborne precautions” for medical staff after a new study showed the coronavirus can survive in the air in some settings. The virus is transmitted through droplets, or little bits of liquid, mostly through sneezing or coughing, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and ... Read More »
After the first case of covid-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was announced in the United States, reports of further infections trickled in slowly. Two months later, that trickle has turned into a steady current. This so-called exponential curve has experts worried. If the number of ... Read More »
Findings mean that isolating people once they start to feel ill is less effective than hoped Many coronavirus infections may be spread by people who have recently caught the virus and have not yet begun to show symptoms, scientists have found. An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin ... Read More »
Deadly heatwaves, floods and rising hunger far greater threat to world than coronavirus, scientists say The world is “way off track” in dealing with the climate emergency and time is fast running out, the UN secretary general has said. António Guterres sounded the alarm at the launch of the UN’s ... Read More »
IEA warns that Covid-19 could cause a slowdown in world’s clean energy transition The coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy, according to the global energy ... Read More »
Researchers say brain pathways begin to erode in late 40s, but can be repaired through dietary changes A low carbohydrate diet may prevent and even reverse age-related damage to the brain, research has found. By examining brain scans, researchers found that brain pathways begin to deteriorate in our late ... Read More »
Nasa’s Veggie system will enable astronauts to safely grow nutritious fresh food Experiencing weightlessness, gazing back at the Earth as a pale blue dot and the adrenaline rush of being propelled into orbit at 20,000mph: life as an astronaut has various unique attractions. The food is not among them, ... Read More »
Nasa has shared a picture of an “unusual” hole in the Martian surface that could serve as a home for life. The hole appears to be the entrance to a larger underground cavern, which can be seen a little in the image and could serve as protection The image was ... Read More »
Our measurements of some of the most fundamental processes in the universe could be wrong, according to new research. Astronomers have found that what we thought we knew about the chemical measurements of stars could be mistaken. Since those stars have been used to track the history of the ... Read More »
Researchers use supercomputer to predict potential breeding areas as food security fears grow Scientists monitoring the movements of the worst locust outbreak in Kenya in 70 years are hopeful that a new tracking programme they will be able to prevent a second surge of the crop-ravaging insects. The UN ... Read More »
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