Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could cost Britain £588million and wind up being seven times more expensive per dose than the one being developed by Oxford University. The jab, which the company this week claimed is 90 per cent effective and could be approved by regulators within weeks, is likely to cost at least £15 per dose … Read more
Samsung scientists have created an interactive, slim-panelled holographic display that increases the viewing angle for 3D videos by 30 times. The ultra-thin glass prototype could make it easier to incorporate holographic video displays into mobile devices in the future, they say. Holography is a photographic technique that records light scattered from an object and presents … Read more
‘I had no idea my adult teeth would grow to capybara level’: Kate Beckinsale looks back on ‘simpler times’ as she shares a childhood throwback snap By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 02:01 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 07:25 GMT, 10 November 2020 She loves to share her life on Instagram. And Kate Beckinsale … Read more
Keep calm and carry on. The wartime slogan emblazoned on T-shirts and mugs at the height of the global financial crisis has taken on a new relevance in the second lockdown. Financial experts emphasise the challenges facing the UK economy, including Brexit. The outcome of the US election now seems clear, igniting optimism in Wall … Read more
Pregnant women who contract the coronavirus are more likely to become critically ill and die, and are at higher risk for premature delivery, two new reports released on Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) find. Expecting mothers with COVID-19 were about three times more likely to be admitted to the ICU … Read more
The number of New York City residents who have been infected with the coronavirus may be six times greater than the official count, a new study suggests. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai tested more than 10,000 blood samples for antibodies against COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. They found that … Read more
The claim that 4,000 people could be dying from coronavirus by next month could be four or five times too high and not reflect the current situation, experts warn. The shocking figure was presented by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance in Saturday’s TV briefing where Boris Johnson announced the UK’s second lockdown. But there … Read more
The claim that 4,000 people could be dying from coronavirus by next month could be four or five times too high and not reflect the current situation, experts warn. The shocking figure was presented by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance in Saturday’s TV briefing where Boris Johnson announced the UK’s second lockdown. But there … Read more
Scrabbling desperately for items in the supermarket, dubbed ‘panic buying’, is linked to how animals hoard food during times of danger, a new study claims. Researchers at Middlesex University have authored a paper on the comparisons between creatures in the wild and humans at the supermarkets – both of which they refer to as ‘foragers’. … Read more
Fish living in microplastic infected waters are SIX times more likely to die because they are hungrier and take more risks when foraging for food Researchers put damselfish in water with either low or high microplastic levels FIsh in more polluted areas are bolder, more active and have lower survival rates Fish with a history … Read more