As autumn arrives quickly, many are wondering whether the race for a vaccine will bear fruit as early as January 2021. I am a physician-scientist and specialist in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia, where I care for and examine patients for COVID-19. I am sometimes asked how I …
Read More »In a laboratory on Earth, scientists have simply found replicating pressure on white dwarf stars
For the first time, pressure more than 100 times found in the Earth’s core has been generated in a lab, setting a new record. Using the highest energy laser system in the world, physicists have subjected short solid hydrocarbon samples to pressures up to 450 megabars, which means 450 million …
Read More »Deere’s share is growing to record profit and sales beats, positive prospects
This replaces and previous article that had a bad year performance for Deere’s stock. Shares of Deere & Co. DE, + 5.07% grew 4.4% to a record high in premarket trading Friday, after the maker of agricultural and building materials fiscal reported third-quarter earnings and sales were well above expectations, …
Read More »Study of more than 55,000 COVID-19 cases reveals a predictable sequence of symptoms
A new study on the global pandemic has found that those who contract COVID-19 may exhibit a predictable sequence of symptoms, and the sequence differs from what we experience with flu and other coronaviruses. To date, the most probable sequence of initial COVID-19 symptoms proves tendency to start with a …
Read More »Math Riddle Van decades later solved after being lost and found by researchers
A few Danish computer scientists have solved a years-long mathematical puzzle that lay dormant for decades, after researchers made insignificant progress since the 1990s. The abstract problem in question is part of what is called graph theory, and specifically deals with the challenge of finding an algorithm to solve the …
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