Researchers in Canada are using algae to rapidly develop low-cost serological test kits for COVID-19 that they say would determine if someone has been infected with the novel coronavirus. The new method overcomes shortfalls of existing processes while saving money, according to the researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday captured a fragile comet, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), disintegrate into more than two dozen pieces. Hubble identified about 30 fragments on April 20, and 25 pieces on April 23, NASA said on Tuesday, adding that all the pieces are enveloped in a sunlight-swept tail of cometary dust.
Christie's Auctions & Private Sales on Thursday announced that one of the world's largest lunar meteorites will be on private sale valued at 2 million pounds ($2.49 million). The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck off the surface of the moon by a collision with an asteroid or comet and then showered down on the Sahara desert.
NASA's commercial partners will refine their lander concepts through the contract base period ending in February 2021. During that time, the agency will evaluate which of the contractors will perform initial demonstration missions.
A ferocious storm over Argentina two years ago brought along with it hailstones that are now touted to be the "world's largest", sciencealert reported. The hailstones were so massive that they stunned meteorologists and scientists. In fact, scientists said the hailstones were about the size of a football.
COVID-19 patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular impairment, and should be given proven protective anti-inflammatory therapies to aid survival and recovery, according to a study. Researchers from Peking Union Medical College Hospital in China also highlighted the potential problems with drugs currently being administered to fight the novel coronavirus.
NASA's first Mars helicopter has a name now and the credit goes to 17-year-old Indian-origin girl Vaneeza Rupani. Rupani, a high school junior from Northport, Alabama, earned the honour of naming the helicopter after she submitted her essay into NASA's "Name the Rover" contest. Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA's Mars Helicopter officially named: Ingenuity, as suggested by Rupani.
The Luxembourg based Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service company on Thursday said it is waiting for Indian space agency's announcement for launch of its rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - C49 (PSLV-C49).
The research by academics from University College London and Royal Veterinary College, RVC, London, included 22 studies conducted in China, three in the US, one in South Korea, one in France and one across multiple international sites with data predominantly collected in the UK.
Molecules derived from the immune system of the South American mammals illamas may block the entry of the novel coronavirus into host cells, according to a study which could lead to a potential avenue for COVID-19 treatment.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has seen a fragile comet, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), disintegrate into more than two dozen pieces.
A team of US doctors has claimed that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential "game-changer" for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 per cent of patients infected with the virus.
Remdesivir, Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental antiviral drug, helped improve symptoms in COVID-19 patients who were given the drug early, the company was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters.
Scientists have developed a low-cost swab test that can diagnose COVID-19 infection in about 45 minutes, an advance that may help public health officials scrambling to cope with testing backlogs as the number of cases continues to climb.
Asteroid 1998 OR2 was discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in July 1998, and for the past two decades astronomers have tracked it.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed that a tiny asteroid will safely pass near to Earth on Wednesday. NASA has also clarified that the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, as it will not even come close to hitting the planet.
The US space agency is planning to send a small satellite about the size of a briefcase -- also known as a CubeSat which will use lasers for the first time to detect naturally occurring surface ice believed to be at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never seen sunlight.
While Zika is primarily spread by mosquitoes, researchers have been aware of its potential for sexual transmission based on cases in which people became infected after having sex with a partner who had visited a Zika-affected area.
An asteroid 210-metre in diametre is hurling towards earth and is likely to come particularly close on May 7, when the asteroid is like to fly past. NASA Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies has revealed details about the asteroid on its website. The Apollo category space rocks are considered to be the most dangerous type of intruders as they intersect Earth's orbit with theirs.
The largest hole in the earth's ozone layer over the Arctic has closed. Scientists have confirmed that the largest hole in the ozone layer which was 1 million square kilometers wide over the Arctic has now healed.
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