A top British official called the latest news about the possible coronavirus vaccine from a team at Oxford University “extremely encouraging.” Results from the Phase I / II trial of the vaccine being developed by the Jenner Institute in Oxford, along with the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, showed that it is …
Read More »The peoples of Florida and the coronavirus
THE VILLAGES, Fla. – For months, many of the residents of one of America’s largest retirement communities went on with their lives as if the coronavirus barely existed. They played bridge. They held dances. They went to parties in golf carts that looked like miniature Jaguars and Rolls-Royces. And for …
Read More »Shells and grapefruits inspire the first non-cut material manufactured
Credit: CC0 Public domain Engineers have drawn inspiration from peel and grapefruit to create what they say is the first non-cuttable material made. This new material, which could be used in the health and safety industries, can push the force of a cutting tool back on itself. Called Proteus by …
Read More »Winn-Dixie supermarkets will not require customers to wear masks
At a time when the nation’s largest retailers have implemented mask mandates across the country in their stores in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, Winn-Dixie, a supermarket that operates hundreds of stores in the south , has said that Another way will go. In an email seen …
Read More »UK coronavirus vaccine elicits immune response in early test
LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
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