A New Type Of COVID-19 Vaccine Could Debut Soon Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email June 6, 20216:02 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered JOE PALCA TwitterFacebook LISTEN· 4:084-Minute ListenAdd toPLAYLIST Download Embed Transcript A vial of the experimental Novavax coronavirus vaccine is ready for use in a London study in 2020. Novavax’s vaccine candidate contains a noninfectious bit of the virus — the spike protein — with a substance called an adjuvant added that helps
Explained: Aducanumab, new drug for Alzheimer’s disease and row over approval Early in November 2020, the drug was denied approval after a marathon seven-hour long virtual meeting with the federal medical panel disagreeing with the claims. ADVERTISEMENT India Today Web Desk New Delhi June 9, 2021 UPDATED: June 9, 2021 16:55 IST Aducanumab will be sold under the brand name of Aduhelm. (Photo: AP) The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on
Facebook’s AI treats Palestinian activists like it treats American Black activists. It blocks them. Elizabeth Dwoskin, Gerrit De Vynck 3 days ago Like| 12 Liberal Media Scream: ‘Some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them’ 100 bullets fired in mass shooting that left 2 dead, 20 hurt at birthday bash: Police Just days after violent conflict erupted in Israel and the Palestinian territories, both Facebook and Twitter copped to
Kyrie Irving’s recent conversion puts a spotlight on athletes observing Ramadan By Religion News Service Updated May 7, 2021, 6:25pm MDT Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) SHAREAll sharing options Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving handles the ball during an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press NBA star Kyrie Irving’s recent conversion to Islam has brought new
Photovoltaic ground installation part of move to increase capacity close to where it’s most needed, in cities The 50 sq metres of non-slip solar panels, installed in a small park in the Glòries area of the city, will generate 7,560kWh a year, enough to supply three households. Photograph: Stephen Burgen/The Guardian Stephen Burgen in Barcelona Thu 29 Apr 2021 16.19 BST 5,900 Barcelona city council has installed Spain’s first photovoltaic pavement as
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. It used its navigation camera, which autonomously tracks the ground during flight. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. The
Aline Eid, Jimmy G. D. Hester & Manos M. Tentzeris Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 636 (2021) Cite this article 98k Accesses 360 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract 5G has been designed for blazing fast and low-latency communications. To do so, mm-wave frequencies were adopted and allowed unprecedently high radiated power densities by the FCC. Unknowingly, the architects of 5G have, thereby, created a wireless power grid capable of powering devices at ranges far exceeding the capabilities of any existing technologies. However, this potential could
Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted within four months BMJ analysis of 48,000 records also finds one in eight patients die within four months of discharge Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, isolated from a patient. The long-term impact of the disease has caused doctors to push for testing to detect early signs of organ damage. Photograph: National Institute of Allergy an/AFP/Getty Images Ian
Rosenstiel Award given to pioneering scientists behind COVID-19 vaccines This year’s prize for distinguished work in basic medical research was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for work on messenger RNA. Courtesy Karikó/University of Pennsylvania Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman By Lawrence GoodmanJan. 21, 2021 Brandeis University and the Rosenstiel Foundation are pleased to award the 50th annual Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman ’81, MA ’81, P’15,
How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race By Damian Garde — STAT and Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe Nov. 10, 2020 Reprints Part of a “freezer farm,” a football field-sized facility for storing finished Covid-19 vaccines, under construction in Kalamazoo, Mich. Pfizer’s experimental vaccine requires ultracold storage, at about -70 C, so as they are made, the vaccines are being stored in special freezers.JEREMY DAVIDSON/PFIZER VIA AP ANDOVER, Mass. — The liquid that