Scientists in the UK have recruited the world’s first participants as part of a new long-acting antibody study. If the treatment is effective, it may protect those who have already been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 from the development of COVID-19. “We know that this antibody mixture can inactivate the virus,” explains …
Read More »South Korea’s ‘Artificial Sun’ sets new world record for high temperature plasma only
Scientists have set a new world record for high-temperature plasma, reaching ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million degrees Fahrenheit) for a 20-second period with a Korea Superconducting TalkMac Advanced Research (KSTAR) device. Known as Korea’s “artificial sun”, KSTAR uses magnetic fields to generate and stabilize ultra-hot plasma …
Read More »The world’s most common pain relief drug is linked to risk-taking behavior
U.S. One of the most commonly used medications in the world – and the most commonly taken ic Nalgesic worldwide – can do much more than alleviate your headaches, recent evidence suggests. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and widely sold under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, measures changes in …
Read More »How our brain tracks other people’s location is strangely consistent between brains
When navigating a space, it forms the human brain, like the waves of the spatial-conscious brain. Scientists have discovered this after devising a method of scanning our brains during free movement, as if it were still lying in a scanner. “Our results suggest that our brains make a universal signature …
Read More »Seals are making creepy ultrasound sounds underwater, and we have no idea why
Above the water, they make a sound like bending cookies. Beneath the ice, they sound like chippers, chattering robots. Either way, Antarctica’s Waddle Seal should have no trouble finding work in the future Star Wars Project. “The calls of the waddle seal make an almost unbelievable, other worldwide sound under …
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