Monthly Archives: July 2020

At least 54 hospitals have reached ICU capacity in Florida

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on July 29. STR / AFP / Getty Images Muslims began their first pilgrimage ritual for Hajj during the pandemic inside the Mecca Grand Mosque on Wednesday, with “security bubbles” and strongly distanced …

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COVID-19 can cause deadly blood clots: increased risk for some women

By The endocrine society July 29, 2020 Women who are pregnant or taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy may be at high risk. COVID-19 may increase the risk of transfer clots in pregnant or estrogen-taking women with contraception or hormone replacement therapy, according to a new manuscript …

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‘Giant atoms’ allow quantum processing and communication in one

Credit: CC0 Public domain MIT researchers have introduced a quantum computing architecture that can perform low-error quantum calculations while quickly sharing quantum information between processors. The work represents a key advance towards a complete quantum computing platform. Prior to this discovery, small-scale quantum processors had successfully performed tasks at an …

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