Commission launches “HERA Incubator” project to fight COVID mutations
The European Commission today (17 February) launched the "HERA Incubator", as both a "blueprint" for long-term health emergencies and a way to stop COVID-19 mutations.
Existing drugs could be used to fight COVID-19 in elderly patients
A research team at MIT have created a machine-learning strategy to identify existing drugs that could be repurposed to fight COVID-19 in elderly patients.
Scientists find “strange creatures” 900 metres under Antarctic ice shelves
Researchers dug a bore hole 900 metres into the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, where they found something unexpected - "strange creatures" living in those -2.2°C depths.
Scientists identify possible drug to fight incurable childhood cancer
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) is an incurable childhood cancer that has no effective treatment - but now, scientists in Australia believe they have found a drug that could begin to treat this cancer.
Ground-based telescopes could now capture habitable planets
Scientists have developed a new system for mid-infrared exoplanet images, using ground-based telescopes to directly witness planets that are roughly three times the size of Earth.
WHO team in China confirm that COVID-19 came from animals
The WHO team in China have confirmed through their investigation that it is "extremely unlikely" the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan.
Science reveals genetic reasons behind different face shapes
When it comes to the impact of evolution on different face shapes and features, scientists have long been looking to identify the genes involved - now, researchers at University College London believe they have an answer.
Geophysical research: The Earth’s non-linear properties
Hatam H. Guliyev and Rashid J. Javanshir discuss a fascinating aspect of geophysical research that concerns the Earth’s non-linear properties.
Scientists saw COVID mutating in patient after convalescent plasma
UK based scientists witnessed how COVID-19 can mutate in a highly vulnerable patient, even when that person is undergoing convalescent plasma treatment.
Scientists invent AI that creates COVID vaccine candidates within seconds
Scientists usually take months to analyse potential mutations of the virus, but this new AI can create COVID vaccine candidates within seconds.
What is the connection between pain and memory?
Researchers are investigating how everyday pain impacts memory - specifically, how do these daily experiences impact the way we think?
Data finds 300mg of coffee can solve short term cognitive impairment
Professor Renata Riha, at the Edinburgh Department of Sleep Medicine, released new data about how coffee can balance short term cognitive impairment - as experienced by sleep deprived people, or shift pattern workers.
Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against COVID
Interim data from Phase 3 clinical trials show that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is capable of a 91.6% efficacy against COVID-19.
ECMO machine reduces COVID-19 deaths by 45% for “sickest patients”
According to data collected by 400 healthcare professionals at the worst moment of the US outbreak, the life support machine that acts in place of the heart and lungs is crucial to reducing COVID-19 deaths for the critically ill.
Star-gazing techniques used to detect cancerous moles
An STFC-funded project, MoleGazer, has successfully implemented astronomical techniques, used for star-gazing, to detect and track the evolution of cancerous moles.
Scientists find dark matter halo around ancient galaxy
MIT astrophysicists looked 163,000 light years from Earth, to find that a tiny, ancient galaxy has a dark matter halo - meaning that the very first galaxies in the universe were more immense than anyone imagined.
Horizon Europe reveals five main missions for new funding
The new Horizon Europe programme will pick up where Horizon 2020 left off, with five main missions - cancer, climate change, marine environment, smart cities and food security.
Scientists have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter for the first time
Researchers from the University of Sussex have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter for the first time and it is much tighter than thought.
European Commission approves second IPCEI on batteries
The European Commission has given the green light on the second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) in the field of batteries.
Star formation science explained by discovery in new galaxy
The Atacama desert in Chile brings the world more new insights on star formation science, as revealed by researchers at the University of Bath.