NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when they can spread the disease without knowing it. Changes in heart rate, respiratory rate, and other biometric data constantly measured by …
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A Russian pilotless Progress space freighter loaded with nearly 3 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station took off on Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and safely docked at the laboratory complex after the last-second concern about possible misalignment. Carrying out an autonomous approach, …
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(Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s shares fell nearly 10% after losing a bid to invalidate a US patent owned by Arbutus Biopharma that represents a potential obstacle to Moderna’s efforts to develop next-generation vaccines, including a coronavirus vaccine. . FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Inc, which is …
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According to a new analysis, the cost of preventing more pandemics in the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would amount to only 2% of the estimated financial damage caused by Covid-19. The researchers said two new viruses a year had spilled from their wildlife hosts to humans over …
Read More »An image of the damaged NEOWISE comet by Starlink satellites.Photo: Daniel Lopez No place is safe from light pollution, not even space. On Wednesday, astrophotographer Daniel López shared a photo he captured of NEOWISE kite The day before in the Teide National Park in the Canary Islands. However, SpaceX’s Starlink …
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