Category: 7. SciTech

As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Yuliana Onishchuk knew she had to help her country. News coverage of the initial occupation of the Kyiv region showed that Irpin City and Bucha, just outside the capital, had sustained huge damage, and it was clear to Onishchuk that critical… Continue Reading

Yonker and her colleagues will administer larazotide to 32 patients between the ages of 7 and 21, who will take the drug for eight weeks; a further 16 patients will receive a placebo. To qualify for the trial, patients must have a detectable presence of the Covid-19 spike protein in their blood…. Continue Reading

Olive oil is well known for its health benefits. The star of the Mediterranean diet, it is rich in good fats and beneficial bioactive compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and is linked to improved cardiovascular and metabolic health. The process of making olive oil… Continue Reading

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The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week – from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter The cannibalised skeletal remains of a member of the doomed 1845 British… Continue Reading

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards announced the finalists in its 2024 photography contest on Thursday. The 40 shortlisted photos, which feature a variety of animals striking amusing poses in the wild and spotlight photographers’ skills and ingenuity, were chosen out of 9,000 entries from 98… Continue Reading

C-Crete Technologies has become the first company to pour granite-based concrete at a construction site. The new concrete is completely devoid of Portland cement and CO2 emissions, marking a groundbreaking achievement for creating sustainable building materials. The new concrete was… Continue Reading

In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when they isolated graphene for the first time. A flat form of carbon made up of a single layer of atoms, graphene is the thinnest known material—and one of the strongest. Hailed as… Continue Reading

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way, containing more than 1.5 billion objects, including newborn stars. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista) telescope, the scientists monitored the central… Continue Reading