NASA mobilizes staff to develop new technologies to help fight against the coronavirus 

NASA announced it has mobilized some of its greatest minds to apply research and ingenuity to fighting the coronavirus.. The American space agency showcased a range of devices to President Donald Trump including a pressure helmet and surface decontamination system, along with a ventilator. The technologies stem from NASA’s crowdsourcing platform, called NASA@Work, which solicited … Read more

Up to 30% of coronavirus patients hardly develop ANY antibodies

Up to 30 percent of coronavirus patients may not develop enough antibodies to offer them any protection from reinfection, a recent study suggests.  The Trump administration has repeatedly pointed to the results of antibody testing as a key signal for when the US can reopen.    But experts have cautioned that disparate antibody tests are being … Read more

Babies glued to tablets or telly ‘could develop autism-like symptoms’, controversial study warns 

A controversial scientific study claims there is a link between how much a young child watches television and the likelihood of developing autism-like symptoms.   It found that one-year-old children who spend large portions of time looking at screens were more likely to show autism-like symptoms at two years of age.  Researchers from Drexel University in … Read more

Scientists develop glove that taps into the semi-conscious mind to harness creativity of our dreams

Dreams are stories and images that are created during a period of sleep. They can tell a convoluted story of anything which resembles deep-rooted fears to ambitious dreams.  They are somewhat of an enigma to scientists as how they occur and what causes them is still an emerging field.  Though a few people may not … Read more

MIT engineers develop new system for monitoring plant distress with microscopic nanotubes

Plants feel pain too! Chemical engineers at MIT develop system to monitor when plants are distressed by embedding microscopic nanotubes into their leaves Chemical engineers tested a monitoring system for damaged plant cells They inject microscopic nanotubes into cells and measure hydrogen peroxide Plant cells release hydrogen peroxide as part of a natural damage response … Read more