The rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland and Wales, and other countries placing the UK on a travel ban. So how has it ...

Facebook has revealed more details about its secretive plans to release a mind-reading device, telling employees in a private meeting on Tuesday how it will work. In an audio recording of the meeting, obtained by BuzzFeed News, Facebook’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer explained how a neural sensor would translate people’s ...

The Ministry of Information has placed its e-mail info@ministryinfo.gov.lb at the disposal of citizens, for them to send their questions as part of its endeavor, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF, to scientifically answer a preliminary list of questions/concerns about the coronavirus ...

Caretaker Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, opened this Friday a virtual conference on the Role of the Media in Protecting Human Rights and Promoting Transparency, organized by the Ministry of Information at Tele Liban headquarters, with the participation of head of the Parliamentary Administration and Justice Committee, MP George ...

Under the patronage and presence of Caretaker Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, the Lebanese Ministry of Information hosts a conference via Zoom on Friday, December 11, 2020 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm titled “The Role of Media in Protecting Human Rights and Boosting Transparency”. The conference ...

Scientists have developed a new type of microscope that is able to see through skulls. A research team led by professor Choi Wonshik at the Centre for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics in Seoul developed the tool, which has been able to create a microscopic map of neural networks in a ...

Dr Anthony Fauci has cautioned that early COVID-19 vaccines will be focused on preventing symptoms of the virus, not blocking it altogether. Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, made the point on Monday as at least four vaccine candidates near the end of clinical trials and the US reported a record number ...

Astronomers have discovered a cold brown dwarf – otherwise known as a “super planet” – for the first time using a radio telescope. Brown dwarfs are vast, sized between 15 and 75 times the mass of Jupiter, and have gaseous atmospheres similar to some of the planets in our solar system. They are also often known as “failed stars” ...

“According to a poll conducted by Lebanon’s Ministry of Information, 75% support the inclusion of a penalty in the media law to protect female journalists. We should work together, governments, multinationals, and civil society to fight against and prevent gender-based violence,” tweeted Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, ...

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday an interim analysis of clinical trials showed its coronavirus vaccine has an average efficacy of 70% in protecting against the virus. It comes after a string of encouraging vaccine results in recent weeks, following late-stage trial readouts from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Pfizer and Moderna reported preliminary results showing that ...