Communist party expected to reveal whether it will delay annual parliamentary session and South Korea reports new spike in cases Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, has loosened lockdown measures and several provinces have lowered their emergency alert levels, as top officials sought to assure the public ... Read More »
Early results of trials on Covid-19 patients expected in March Doctors are likely to know within two to three weeks whether drugs being used to treat patients infected with the new coronavirus are working, according to the World Health Organization. The timetable for early results from two trials taking ... Read More »
Cancer patient’s immature eggs were collected, matured in lab and frozen for use five years on A woman who was left infertile by cancer treatment has given birth to a baby after her immature eggs were collected, matured in a lab and frozen for use five years later. Fertility ... Read More »
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to uncover new types of antibiotics in the face of growing concerns about resistance to the drugs. A group of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say their machine-learning algorithm was able to identify a powerful new antibiotic compound, capable of killing some of ... Read More »
The death toll from the coronavirus in mainland China passed 2,000 on Wednesday, although new cases fell for a second straight day, as authorities tightened containment measures in the worst-hit city of Wuhan. ** China’s National Health Commission reported 1,749 new cases, the lowest daily rise since Jan. 29, bringing ... Read More »
Children in biggest carbon-emitting nations are healthiest, while those with tiny environmental footprints suffer twofold from poor health and living at the sharp end of the climate crisis Every country in the world is failing to shield children’s health and their futures from intensifying ecological degradation, climate change ... Read More »
The waning crescent moon can be seen low in the pre-dawn sky passing the red planet and, from North America, blocking Mars from view Early morning skywatchers should look south-east tomorrow to see the waning crescent moon pass close to Mars. The red planet is by no means at ... Read More »
Experiment revealed increased wind speeds reduced the efficiency of their foraging A hardworking honey bee might feel aggrieved to be tricked into a garden shed to feed from a fake flower. Worse, she is blasted by a cheap household fan. And then timed to see how many fake flowers ... Read More »
We might be wrong about how Mars formed, scientists have said. The Red Planet may have taken much longer to form, and done so in an unexpectedly violent way, according to new research. It is hard to know how Mars formed, and how much that was dictated by collisions in ... Read More »
Here are the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak: *China’s Hubei province reported a record 242 deaths as of Wednesday, bringing the toll to 1,310. Daily new cases in the province jumped to 14,840, up from 1,638, the fastest rise. *Provincial officials started using computerized tomography (CT) scans to look ... Read More »
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