Heat-resistant algae is developed by scientists to protect coral reefs

Heat-resistant algae is developed by scientists to protect endangered coral reefs from bleaching as ocean temperatures rise due to climate change Researchers took algae from coral and exposed it to increasingly warm water  They did this over four years until it could resist water heated up to 88 degrees F The algae was placed back … Read more

Facebook settlement suggests HALF of company’s moderators developed mental health issues from work

Facebook settlement suggests about HALF of the company’s moderators developed mental health issues as a result of their work removing graphic content from the platform A lawsuits suggests one in two Facebook moderators suffers from mental health issues as a result of their job Attorneys and mental health experts came to the conclusion when assessing a … Read more

Healthy 12-year-old girl’s heart stopped after she developed rare heart condition linked to COVID-19

A healthy 12-year-old Louisiana girl’s heart stopped for two minutes after she developed a rare life-threatening inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to coronavirus. Juliet Daly almost died when the coronavirus seemed to trigger a rare heart condition, that doctors across Britain, Italy, Spain and now the US are warning proves the virus could be deadly … Read more

Smart contact lens developed that allows diabetics to monitor their glucose levels

Diabetics will be able to monitor their glucose level just by blinking thanks to new smart contact lenses that monitor liquid in the eye and share reports wirelessly. The new invention is being developed by researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea as an alternative to blood tests. The wireless and remotely … Read more

Bronze Age warriors developed sophisticated sword-fighting techniques

Warriors duelling with bronze swords in the millennia before iron weapons were crafted employed sophisticated fighting methods, a study has found.  Researchers assessed the dings and dents on 110 Bronze Age swords and used modern replicas and hand-to-hand combat to investigate the cause of the damage. They discovered evidence of fighting methods similar to those … Read more

New coronavirus test developed for frontline NHS workers can diagnose infection in FOUR HOURS

New coronavirus test developed for frontline NHS workers can diagnose infection in FOUR HOURS, Cambridge researchers claim Cambridge researchers were able to deactivate the virus in samples for testing They say this means the sample can be studied in a lower security testing facility  There are more lower security centres so samples can be examined … Read more