ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
Bluetooth smartphone signals could automate Covid-19 contact tracing…
A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person. https://youtu.be/yuXzAh4slNw CAMBRIDGE, Mass (MIT News) -- Imagine you’ve been diagnosed as Covid-19 positive. Health…
Renewables Account for Almost Three Quarters of New…
The renewable energy sector added 176 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity globally in 2019, marginally lower than the (revised) 179 GW added in 2018. However, new renewable power accounted for 72 per cent of all…
Uw-madison, flugen, bharat biotech to develop coroflu, a…
By Eric Hamilto MADISON, Wis. - An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19…
MIT initiates mass manufacture of disposable face shields…
A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide. MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) available to healthcare…