Scientists in China have created a robotic artificial intelligence system to monitor and care for human embryos growing in artificial wombs. The AI robot is being developed as a potential solution to population growth problems in the world’s most populous country, with birth rates recently falling to their lowest level in six ... Read More »
Health Ministry Confirms 3731 New Coronavirus Infections, 17 More Deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 3731 new Coronavirus infections have been registered in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 17 more deaths due to Coronavirus have also been reported. LBCI Read More »
Pollution Causing More Deaths Than COVID, Action Needed, Says U.N. Expert
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some toxic chemicals. The report said pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is causing widespread human rights violations as well ... Read More »
Third Potential Planet Discovered Around Star Closest to Our Sun
We may have a new planetary neighbor orbiting just four light-years away. Astronomers have detected evidence of a third planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our sun’s nearest stellar neighbor, at 25 trillion miles (40.2 trillion kilometers) away. A light-year, the distance light travels in one year in a vacuum, is equivalent ... Read More »
Health Ministry Confirms 6060 New Coronavirus Cases, 20 More Deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that 6060 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours with 20 new deaths. LBCI Read More »
Even Dying Stars Could Give Birth to New Planets
When young stars coalesce out of a cloud of molecular hydrogen, a disk of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk surrounds them. This disk is where planets form, and astronomers are getting better at peering into those veiled environments and watching embryonic worlds take shape. But young stars aren’t the ... Read More »
Controversial Study In Which Volunteers Infected With Covid Delivers First Results
Research shows that average time from first exposure to viral detection and early symptoms was 42 hours, significantly shorter than existing estimates A controversial study in which participants were willingly infected with Covid has shown that it typically takes two days for symptoms to start developing after exposure to the virus. ... Read More »
‘Deltacron’: New Covid Variant or Laboratory Error?
A scientist who reported the existence of a new Covid-19 variant that combines characteristics of Delta and Omicron has insisted his findings are accurate after experts dismissed them as the result of laboratory samples becoming contaminated. Dr Leonidos Kostrikis, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, told the Cypriot channel Sigma TV that ... Read More »
Health Ministry confirms 7314 new cases, 15 more deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 7314 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours with 15 more deaths. LBC Read More »
Adding Peanuts to Young Children’s Diet Can Help Avoid Allergy
A new study found that introducing peanut products to babies and infants, and gradually increasing exposure, led to greater tolerance for the common allergen. The peer-reviewed study, published in The Lancet, involved 146 peanut-allergic children aged between zero and three over two-and-a-half years. Of the group, 96 were given peanut ... Read More »