With the Kovid-19 epidemic coming after the wave in many parts of the world, researchers have given a new look at the tiny coronavirus responsible for the massive chaos. Each SARS-Co-2 virus particle – virion – is a speckled protein ball, enclosing the genetic material, about 50-200 nanometers wide. Somehow, …
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Hidden history back in cooking pot
Sure, astrophysicists have large telescopes, and oceanographers use underwater robots, but some researchers have made a lot of them cooking venison in the name of science. In the journal Scientific Reports last month, a team of archaeologists and organic chemists described how they spent a year cooking different types of …
Read More »Google’s Pixel schemes are more confusing as pixel 5s surface images (update: more images)
This story was originally published 09/09/2020 4:12 p.m.On September 9, 2020 And last updated 09/14/2020 4:03 am P.D.T.On September 14, 2020. It’s no secret that Google’s 2020 smartphone lineup has been significantly affected by the Kovid-19 epidemic – the Pixel 4 was originally scheduled to launch on Google I / …
Read More »Rise in stock futures as a vaccine, merger news draw focus; Jump into Oracle’s stock
The stock futures moved higher on Monday morning as investors took note of the positive developments surrounding the coronavirus vaccine candidate and disrupted the newly announced mergers and acquisitions in large companies. AstraZeneca (AZN) announced over the weekend that it had resumed its end-phase Covid-19 vaccine tests with Oxford University, …
Read More »The fifth former prime minister speaks out against the post-Brexit bill
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media CitationDavid Cameron said he was “misunderstood”. David Cameron has become the fifth former prime minister to criticize the new bill for trying to override the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The internal market bill will come before MPs later, the government calls it “insurance …
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