Boris Johnson pleads with universities to send him 400 ‘technicians, post-docs or graduate students’ to man new coronavavirus testing mega-labs and save the system from collapse Boris Johnson wants university boffins to staff his planned covid testing labs The PM is seeking the ‘urgent support’ of 50 universities and medical schools Thousands of Britons have … Read more
Facebook has been going all in on augmented reality but the company isn’t just focused on what we see. In a post, the social media firm peeled back the curtain on Facebook Reality Labs’ pioneering work developing audio-enhancing technology. Their goal is to perfect ‘audio presence,’ where sounds from speakers, headphones or other devices are … Read more
British health officials have told companies offering Covid-19 antibody tests to stop processing blood samples from patients in the UK, MailOnline can reveal. Private tests to see whether people have already had the disease and recovered are now available from various online pharmacies from around £69. Superdrug became the first high street retailer to offer … Read more
International hackers have targeted coronavirus research labs in the US and UK, cybersecurity agencies have warned. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre say the criminals have been discovered targeting healthcare bodies, particularly those involved in coronavirus response. The news comes as countries worldwide remain engaged in a tense … Read more
An antiviral drug that could be taken as a nasal spray can block the coronavirus from latching onto lung cells, according to laboratory trials. The medicine, marketed as Neumifil, was developed as a treatment for flu but may be able to prevent COVID-19, scientists say. A study by the University of St Andrews in Scotland … Read more