Lamb antibodies analyzed in a lab in Jerusalem alone can be replicated and coronavirus can help “millions” of patients, scientists say. Dina Snedman-Dahovni of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has examined the properties of dozens of antibodies from a lama named Vally Lee and identified the ones that would best …
Read More »Virgin Hyperloop marks an important milestone: the first human passenger test
Virgin Hyperloop announced that it has conducted an investigation of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers for the first time. The test took place Sunday afternoon on the company’s Devlop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. The first two passengers were Virgin Hyperloop’s chief technical officer …
Read More »Lama nanobodies could be a powerful new weapon against COVID-19
Lead author Yufei Xiang has a 3D printed model of nanobodies (purple) on top of the SARS-Co-2 spike protein (gray). Credit: UPMC Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine describe in the journal ScienceNew method of small but extremely powerful ka ract dish SARS-CoV-2 Antibody fragments of saliva, …
Read More »Starwatch: Venus and Mercury align with the waning crescent. | Science
Starwatch 9 November 2020 Fri and Mercury There’s a beautiful alignment to see in the morning sky this week, as the invisible crescent moon moves towards the bright lighthouse of Venus and the barely shining, inner planet Mercury. Adding to this scene is Spika, the bright star of the Virgo, …
Read More »Coronavirus: California can still block the ‘third wave’
While California has seen an increase in coronavirus cases, the pace of growth is still much slower than in the rest of the United States, and experts say there is still time to stop the “third wave.” There are clear warning signs in Los Angeles County, including an increase in …
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