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NEW STUDY CLAIMS 60,000 AUSTRALIAN COVID-19 CASES WENT UNDETECTED
Before its second wave, Australia had recorded 11,000 cases of Covid-19, but a new blood test has found the true number may have been...

By The Financial District
Sep 19, 20202 min read


PERSIMMON TANNINS MAY WEAKEN COVID-19, JAPANESE SAVANTS SAY
Tannins from persimmon are effective at weakening the infection rate of coronavirus samples in saliva, according to the results of...

By The Financial District
Sep 18, 20202 min read


GENE EDITING PRODUCES ‘SUPER DAD’ LIVESTOCK
Scientists have produced gene-edited animals they say could serve as "super dads" or "surrogate sires."

By The Financial District
Sep 17, 20202 min read


JOINT RUSSO-GERMAN ANIMAL OBSERVATION PROJECT KICKS OFF IN SPACE
The German-Russian animal observation project Icarus, supported by data-collection equipment on the International Space Station, has...

By The Financial District
Sep 17, 20201 min read


CHINA COVID VACCINE MAY BE READY BY NOVEMBER, OFFICIAL CLAIMS
Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November...

By The Financial District
Sep 17, 20201 min read


ROBOTS FILLING VOID IN PANDEMIC-HIT JAPAN
The coronavirus pandemic has forced society to reshape how people interact, and robots are fast filling the void, even to the point of...

By The Financial District
Sep 16, 20201 min read


PENTAGON PROGRAM SEEKS TO REPLACE HUMANS HACKERS WITH AI
If the US Joint Operations Center is the physical embodiment of a new era in cyber warfare — the art of using computer code to attack and...

By The Financial District
Sep 16, 20202 min read


NORWAY, GERMANY SHARE ENERGY
The NordLink interconnector has transmitted the first power between Norway and Germany, according to the Norway Times.

By The Financial District
Sep 16, 20201 min read


US SAVANTS TRY TO USE PLANTS IN DETECTING HUMAN REMAINS
A number of researchers at the University of Tennessee have been working to use plants, specifically their biological behaviors, as a...

By The Financial District
Sep 15, 20202 min read


ONLINE LEARNING TRANSFORMATION UP
A partnership in the now-emerging online education has resulted in a transformation of classroom experience that is considered tops in...

By The Financial District
Sep 15, 20201 min read


UAE EYES FOOD SECURITY
With the UAE almost wholly reliant on food imports, food security is a national priority.

By The Financial District
Sep 14, 20201 min read


INDONESIA’S RARE EARTH ELEMENTS LIE IN TIN MINE TAILINGS
Rare earth, the experts like to say, is neither rare nor is it earth. But given its use in everything from smartphones to high-tech...

By The Financial District
Sep 14, 20202 min read


OXFORD RESUMES VACCINE TRIALS
Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company...

By The Financial District
Sep 14, 20201 min read


US HOSPITALS NIX REMDESIVIR, LIMIT ITS USE TO SICKEST COVID PATIENTS
US hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly...

By The Financial District
Sep 13, 20202 min read


ASTRAZENECA VACCINE TRIAL PAUSE A ‘WAKE-UP’ CALL: WHO
AstraZeneca’s pause of an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus after the illness of a participant is a “wake-up call” but should not...

By The Financial District
Sep 11, 20201 min read


DICT LEADS DIGITAL PUSH
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) together with other government agencies are putting together their ...

By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20203 min read


JAPAN LAUNCHES CANCER RESEARCH PROJECT WITH ASEAN MEMBERS
Japan has commenced a collaborative project with five Southeast Asian countries to develop cancer genomic medicines and other new drugs...

By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read


NINE COVID VACCINE MAKERS VOW TO STAND WITH SCIENCE
Nine pharmaceutical companies pledged on Tuesday to "uphold the integrity of the scientific process" as they face pressure to quickly...

By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read


SPUTNIK VACCINE DELIVERED NOV
Bulk deliveries of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection to the regions are scheduled to begin in November - December.

By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read


EU EYES CARBON NEUTRAL GOAL IN 2030
The EU has a goal - to make one hundred cities carbon neutral by 2030 as part of its Horizon Europe program that will be launched next year.

By The Financial District
Sep 8, 20201 min read


EU COMMISSION TO CREATE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR RAW MATERIALS
The European Commission has unveiled plans to create domestic supply chains for raw materials, including lithium, seen as critical to the...

By The Financial District
Sep 8, 20201 min read


STUDY C0NFIRMS 24% OVERCONSUMPTION OF FRESHWATER WORLDWIDE
Humanity is wasting as much as 24% of freshwater in all regions worldwide that are served by 11,000 water basins.

By The Financial District
Sep 7, 20201 min read


JAPAN TO MAP MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION
The Japanese government will create a map indicating the current state of global marine microplastic pollution with cooperation from...

By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20201 min read


SCIENCE WRITER TELLS US CITIZENS: DON’T TAKE TRUMP’S VACCINE
Renowned science writer Laurie Garrett has warned all US citizens that Trump’s COVID-19 vaccine cannot be trusted and if this vaccine...

By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20202 min read
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