Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds coronavirus fears as lead scientist develops symptoms

Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson announced he was suffering from Coronavirus symptoms today, hours after standing within close proximity of Boris Johnson. Is the Prime Minister and his pregnant partner Carrie Symonds at risk? ITV resident doctor, Doctor Hilary Jones gave his advice on the possibility.  Coronavirus is sweeping the nation and on Monday, Johnson outlined the […]

‘Too many men’: Financial Times develops fembot to warn journalists of sexism

The Financial Times has a woman problem, or so it thinks. In the push for gender equality, and to reach out to female readers, boffins at the paper have developed a bot that warns journalists when they’re quoting too many men. The paper, which mostly covers the stuffy, male-dominated worlds of finance and industry, found […]

Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows—it’s how it develops it

Enlarge / Windows 10 during a product launch event in Tokyo in July 2015. (credit: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images) It’s fair to say that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update has not been Microsoft’s most successful update. Reports of data loss quickly emerged, forcing Microsoft to suspend distribution of the update. It has since […]

Man develops ‘thunderclap headaches’ after eating one of the world’s hottest chili peppers

A 34-year-old man who ate a Carolina Reaper, one of the world’s hottest chili peppers, during an eating competition developed dry heaves, severe neck pain and a “thunderclap headaches.” The symptoms went on for days, according to a new report in BMJ Case Studies.

Swiss lab develops genetic tool kit to turn any cell into a tumor killer

Enlarge / T cells latch on to a cancer cell before killing it. (credit: NIH) We’ve made some impressive advances toward inducing the immune system to attack cancers. One of these techniques, using CAR-T cells, is amazing. CAR-T cells are made by inserting receptors that recognize cancerous cells into a leukemia patient’s own T cells. This […]

BYU develops sports helmet foam for real-time concussion detection

Cranial collisions are haunting the sports world more and more. A recent survey of 111 former football player’s brains found that 110 showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease caused by repeated blows like those delivered in the high-contact sport. Companies have been scrambling to provide ways to better track injuries during […]

Trump ‘develops friendship’ with Chinese president at Mar-a-Lago

Published time: 7 Apr, 2017 01:17Edited time: 7 Apr, 2017 01:19 President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to his Florida home for a two-day summit, where the leaders will have a series of discussions on North Korea, trade policies and more. In their first face-to-face meeting, Xi and Trump met at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s […]

Japanese company develops a solar cell with record-breaking 26%+ efficiency

A solar cell with 26.3 percent efficiency. (credit: Photovoltaic & Thin Film Research Laboratories (Kaneka corporation)) Solar panels are cheaper than ever these days, but installation costs can still be considerable for homeowners. More efficient solar panels can recapture the cost of their installation more quickly, so making panels that are better at converting sunlight into […]