GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …
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Three crew members of a fishing boat in Seattle who were found to have antibodies capable of neutralizing the new coronavirus remained uninfected in an outbreak that swept through the ship, causing most people on board to sail, researchers reported. © LOIC VENANCE A fishing boat provided unexpected insight into …
Read More »The publisher of TERA, as well as Dark Crystal and Stranger Things games, is going out
‘Our focus in the coming weeks and months will be on our team’ And Mass Entertainment, widely known as the North American publisher of TERA (before TERA Online), shuttered. The news was announced on the TERA Facebook page, as the publisher had explained that it had “begun the process of …
Read More »Glass gardens of the future offer opportunities for desert growth
Agriculture with controlled environment combines energy-efficient, transparent solar panels; cooling with low energy desiccant; salt-tolerant edible plants; and algal biotechnology. Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho Effective glass garden complexes that will grow with the resources available on desert shores can improve food security for millions. Emerging technologies can be …
Read More »Stock futures flat to S&P 500 notches new record
US stock futures were flat in the night trading on Tuesday, after the S&P 500 hit its highest level ever, erasing all losses from coronavirus sales. Dow futures rose 18 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures won 0.04% and 0.05% respectively. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 returned to …
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