According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, though the cost of computers is halved. Rather than a law of physics, Moore’s law is simply an observation and projection of a historical trend. For […]
Who said saving lives is not a lucrative business? Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has been making the headline news since the coronavirus pandemic early last year. The New York-based Pfizer was founded in 1849 by Christina Warren. Today, the 172-year old company is […]
Turn Biotechnologies is a Silicon Valley-based tech startup and a Stanford University spinout that is developing mRNA medicines that induce the body to heal itself by instructing specific cells to fight disease or repair damaged tissue. Using the same mRNA technology […]
Forget about coronavirus vaccines. The U.S. government is working on futuristic technology that will continuously monitor your body for signs of the coronavirus before you even realize you had one. Yesterday, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that it […]
Late last year, we told you about Israeli researchers and their findings of how UV lights kill 99.9% of coronavirus in 30 seconds. The researchers from Tel Aviv University claimed they have found a way to significantly eliminate COVID-19. The […]
Every day, a new cryptocurrency is released into the digital economy through a process known as mining. However, crypto mining is a deeply energy-intensive process. “Mining” bitcoin involves solving complex mathematical problems in order to create new bitcoins. Bitcoin miners are later rewarded with […]
We honestly did not see this coming. Yesterday night, we updated you about NASA’s mission to the asteroid called 16 Psyche that’s scheduled for August 2022. The asteroid 16 Psyche is a giant metallic asteroid with large quantities of gold, platinum, […]
It’s amazing that we know more about some distant galaxies than we do about what lies miles beneath our very own planet. During the Cold War, there was a race by the United States and the Soviet Union to drill as deep […]
The coronavirus pandemic started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. As of March 15, 2021, the deadly virus has claimed the lives of about 2.7 million people worldwide, which equates to 0.03% of the global population. For centuries, humanity has been battling […]
After more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic, there is still no consensus among scientists and researchers about the true origin of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. However, the search for the origin of the virus has turned up surprising […]
There are over 31 million people with Type 1 diabetes around the world. In the U.S. alone, approximately 1. 25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. By 2050, 5 million people are estimated to be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. An […]
DNA, which stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the genetic code that determines all the characteristics of a living thing. The genome of every organism, be it bacteria, virus, potato, human, is made up of DNA. Each organism has a unique DNA sequence that […]
Three Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Iceland have temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, according to a report from Ireland news outlet RTÉ. In addition to these countries, Austria also […]
To understand how something works, it helps to see it up close. A team of NIST researchers took this approach when studying the fabric masks that people wear to slow the spread of COVID-19. Those masks work by blocking some of […]
Since coronavirus began over a year ago in Wuhan, China, researchers have warned that there is a direct correlation between obesity and higher COVID-19 death tolls across the globe. Obesity and overweight are also linked to hypertension and an increased […]
The use of immunotherapy treatments for cancer has been gaining momentum in recent years as government researchers and drug makers work together to find a lasting cure for cancer and other diseases. Unlike traditional drugs, immunotherapy is a type of […]
A new study led by researchers at Oxford University and Queensland University Medical found that a commonly used asthma treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalizations as well as recovery time for COVID-19 patients if given within seven days of […]
AstraZeneca vaccine is beset with lots of bad news in recent months. On January 31, the City of Manaus reported that elderly people died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the report, an 83-year-old male died after receiving a dose […]
As of today, over 2 million people in the United States have received a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, the question many people are asking is: Can you get infected […]
Since the coronavirus pandemic began at the beginning of this year, the whole world has been waiting patiently for the vaccine to provide some kind of immunity against the virus so people can return to their normal lives. Now that […]
