The biotechnology company Moderna states that their vaccine against the coronavirus has 94.5 percent effectiveness in counteracting disease according to a preliminary analysis, reports the New York Times .The vaccine has been tested on 30,000 people in the study. Half...
No matter how carefully a vaccine is tested, there is always a risk of unusual side effects that affect a few of those who get vaccinated. To minimize the damage, it is important to see as soon as possible who suffers from side effects.A known example of side effects...
The so-called interim analysis looked at the first 94 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the over 43,000 volunteers who received either two doses of the vaccine or placebo. It found that less than 10 percent of infections were in participants who received the vaccine...
Schoolyards with more vegetation are not only more pleasant to look at, they are also more useful for the children. Many of us may have thought so intuitively, but now researchers at the Natural Resources Institute Finland have conducted a study that suggests that...
The faster a patient can get a correct cancer diagnosis, the faster the right treatment can be initiated, which can drastically increase the chance of survival. Now the US military has just started using a new kind of microscope that will help doctors quickly get a...
3D printing a small boat is not an art today. Making it so small that it can carry chemical substances into blood vessels is something completely different.A German manufacturer of 3D printers, Nanoscribe , has already developed an endoscope that can examine the inner...