A small elephant species species that has been lost to science for more than half a century has reappeared in the Horn of Africa, according to new research. The Somali sengi, a monogamous animal similar to porcupines, elephants and manatees, but only a few inches long, has not been observed …
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Despite the urgency of beating COVID-19, health officials may delay the development of an effective vaccine. Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere have yet to authorize an ethical charge investigation procedure called “trials with human challenge.” Challenge tests deliberately involve volunteers with the disease – which explains the official retention …
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It is not expected to happen at any moment, but one scientist has calculated when the universe will end. The study, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, notes that sometimes in the “next few trillion years”, when the universe is dead as we know it, stars …
Read More »Scientists have just found a way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer
One of the main challenges in turning quantum technology from potential to reality is getting superfine quantum states to last longer than a few milliseconds – and scientists are simply lifting the bar by a factor of about 10,000. They did this by tackling what is called decoherence: that is, …
Read More »Coronavirus: USC Scientists Detect Probable Sequence of COVID-19 Symptoms
LOS ANGELES – We now know, in what probable order, symptoms of COVID-19 will appear. USC conducted a study that infected people are likely to experience fever first. This will be followed by cough and muscle aches, and then nausea, and / or vomiting, and diarrhea. Knowing the sequencing of …
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