Tag: Wellcome

Global coronavirus prevention trial of hydroxychloroquine to resume; the COPCOV trial to include over 40,000 patients

StartupsJune 30, 2020

After several weeks of no coverage, hydroxychloroquine is now back in the news. COPCOV is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that is planned for...

UK’s National Space Centre to Launch Immersive Academy Training Students in XR Creation

AR/VRJune 20, 2020

Last year the UK’s National Space Centre announced work on The Extended Reality Laboratory (XR Lab), home to the NSC Creative Academy. Now...

Jitterbug: Roaches and robots shake it to transition between movements in tricky terrain

AIJune 15, 2020

Animals in their natural environments effortlessly switch up their movements to hunt, escape from predators and travel with their packs every day. By chasing...

HIV genome bends over backwards to help virus take over cells

BiotechnologyMay 11, 2020

The virus HIV-1 has a tiny genome. All of its nine genes fit on one single RNA molecule, and the...

CRISPR-based diagnostic chips perform thousands of tests simultaneously to detect viruses

BiotechnologyApril 29, 2020

The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Researchers have developed a new...

Special Report: Countries, companies risk billions in race for coronavirus vaccine

ReutersApril 25, 2020

(Reuters) - In the race to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, charities and Big Pharma firms are sinking billions...

WHO chief urges U.S. to reconsider funding, says ‘virus will be with us for a long time’

ReutersApril 22, 2020

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that he hoped the Trump administration would reconsider its suspension of funding,...

Boris Johnson says medics saved his life as UK deaths pass 10,000 mark

ReutersApril 12, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his...

Could the new coronavirus weaken ‘anti-vaxxers’?

ReutersApril 11, 2020

LISBON (Reuters) - An American mother-of-three is a long-time member of “anti-vaxxer” groups online: a small but vocal global community that believes vaccines...

Neural networks facilitate optimization in the search for new materials

AIMarch 26, 2020

When searching through theoretical lists of possible new materials for particular applications, such as batteries or other energy-related devices, there...