OnePlus 9R arrives with a faster RAM

While waiting for the OnePlus 9T, we can probably settle on the OnePlus 9R and the OnePlus 8T. The two are basically the same but with upgraded specs for the 9R that was launched specially for the Indian market. The two were actually introduced with LPDDR4X memory. Interestingly, they are now offered with LPDDR5 RAM … Read more

Health: Premature boys born with an extremely low birth weight age FASTER than their peers

Premature boys age FASTER: By their 30s, men with an extremely low birth weight are biologically nearly five years older than their peers Babies born at less than 2 lbs 3 oz have an ‘extremely low birth weight’, or ELBW McMaster University experts have been tracking a group of such children A special form a … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: FCA must act faster on Greensill than it did on Woodford

The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, acts in mysterious ways. For months now all our questions about holding an investigation into Greensill Capital (UK) and Greensill Capital Securities have been batted away. We were told that the ‘Appointed Representative’ (AR), Mirabella Advisers, was the supervisor of Greensill Capital Securities and that was the end … Read more

Coronavirus: Indian variant could spread 60% faster than Kent strain, scientist claims

The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more

Coronavirus: Indian variant could spread 60% faster than Kent strain, scientist claims

The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more

Men with chest pain receive faster and better medical treatment than women

Men suffering from pains in their chest receive faster and better treatment from hospitals than women who present with the same symptoms, a study reveals.  Compared with men of similar age, women were triaged less urgently, waited longer to be seen, and were less likely to undergo basic tests or be hospitalised or admitted for … Read more

NASA’s Ingenuity completes FOURTH flight on Mars that was ‘farther and faster than ever before’

NASA announced Friday that Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight, which saw the small helicopter ‘fly farther and faster than ever before.’ The $85 million drone traveled 872 feet (266 meters) at a height of 16 feet (5 meters) for two minutes. The American space agency received the data downlink at 1:39pm ET that showed the … Read more

Germany’s glaciers are melting faster than predicted and could disappear in just 10 years 

Germany’s glaciers are melting faster than anticipated, according to a new report indicating the country could lose its last one in a decade. Earlier predictions estimated the glaciers would survive until at least the middle of the century, but melting has accelerated dramatically in the last few years. Researchers used NASA satellite imagery to analyze … Read more