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Healthcare professionals 7 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than nonessential employees
Risk for this employee segment is twice as high to those in social care, transport jobs
Face shields alone not highly effective to prevent COVID-19 infection: Study
Microscopic droplets transported by sneeze vortex rings can get inside face shield through its top, bottom edges, study finds
New method found to boost supply of life-saving stem cells
Haematopoietic stem cell scarcity is significant barrier to development of new, improved treatments for blood cancers and disorders
Rare Cretaceous-age fossil reveals secrets of bird evolution
Falcatakely’s beak describes unique face shape in Mesozoic birds
World’s oldest tropical reef fish found in Western Australia waters
An 81-year-old midnight snapper was confirmed as oldest tropical reef fish after checking all age-related research published in scientific literature
Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles
An international team of scientists looked at how the shapes and orientations of the bones responsible for the movement of thumbs co-vary. This covers how the changes in shape or orientation in one bone might be reflected in changes in shape or orientation in another.
Russia plans to develop its own space station
Solovyov raised concern about the longevity of the International Space Station (ISS) as certain components have been damaged and could not be replaced
New research shows different growth, evolution patterns of dinosaurs
Scientists have learned how predatory dinosaurs got so big by cutting into fossils and examining growth rings
Climate change hitting Nile Basin makes regional cooperation a must
Researchers warn of years of drought, as ‘more rain does not mean more water’
Loneliness highest in 20s, lowest in 60s: US Survey
Lower levels of empathy and compassion, smaller social networks, and sleep disturbances are consistent predictors of loneliness across all age groups
Qatar, Egypt most affected Arab countries by air pollution: HEI Report
Ambient air pollution accounts for thousands of deaths every year in Arab region
Photovoltaics industry can help meet Paris Agreement targets on environment
Model predicts efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells, costs of manufacturing
Beaches can survive sea-level rises subject to space remaining for movement
Previous research claimed half of world’s beaches could become extinct over course of 21st Century
Researchers develop solar-powered extraction of potable water from dry air
By involving second stage of desorption and condensation, as well as readily available adsorbent materials, new device’s output has been significantly increased
Success of developing country’s agricultural outputs depends on performance indicators used: Researchers
Long-term development to be achieved with improvement of profitability, efficiency in agriculture
Two female scientists win Nobel Prize for genome editing development
Innovative method contributed to new cancer therapies and curing inherited diseases
3 physicists win Nobel Prize for revealing black holes, Milky Way secrets
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, on Tuesday, that half of this year’s prize will go to the British physicist Roger Penrose, 89, for his mathematical work in 1965 showing how black holes are formed.
2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
UK-US discovery allowed for rapid development of antiviral drugs
Researchers investigate more effective treatments for older breast cancer patients
Study shows that least fit should be offered treatments to help bridge gap in survival rates between older and younger women
Egyptian-German research team constructs first Egyptian genome reference
Total of 270 billion DNA bases were fed into software tools to construct de novo assembly of a modern Egyptian genome
Australian study identifies new genes linked with being left-handed
Study analyzed genetic data from over 1.7 million people, identifying 41 genetic variants linked with being left-handed, and 7 with being ambidextrous.
New study rules out first horse domestication take place in Anatolia
Domestic horses were thought to have been introduced into Transcaucasia, Anatolia around 2000 BCE
Egypt turns to science to mitigate water crisis
Alamein’s 150k cbm/day desalination plant has been inaugurated as first phase to offset water scarcity
Asphalt contributes to urban reactive air pollutants: US study
Emissions from road-surfacing material may exert greater impact as urban areas expand and climate change increases temperatures
Face shields, masks with valves ineffective against COVID-19: Study
Droplet dispersion visualisations show cloth, surgical masks are more effective than clear plastic face shields
Pregnant COVID-19 patients at greater risk of ICU care, giving birth prematurely
Older age, obesity, pre-existing medical conditions increase pregnant women’s risk of more serious symptoms related to virus
Elon Musk demonstrates Neuralink brain-computer tech with live pigs
Neuralink was founded in 2016 and funded primarily by Elon Musk to develop a new kind of interface technology between the human brain and computing devices.
Active restoration accelerates tropical forest recovery by 50%: Study
Southeast Asian tropical forests contain higher above ground carbon densities to others
Study reveals causes behind COVID-19 patients possible loss of smell
Part of nose responsible for smelling could also be place where coronavirus gains foothold in body, study finds
Ancient Arabia, North America had similar ‘fluting’ technique 8,000 years ago
Communities in ancient Arabia and North America have been found to have invented fluting independently