WASHINGTON: US biotech firm Moderna said on Tuesday (Jul 14) it would enter the final stage of human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine on Jul 27, after promising early results were published in an influential journal. Moderna was the first to start human testing of a vaccine for the novel […]
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The United Arab Emirates will despatch a satellite to Mars to study its weather and climate this week. Hope, as the 1.3-tonne probe is called, is launching on an H-2A rocket from Japan’s remote Tanegashima spaceport. The 500-million-km journey should see the robotic craft arrive in February 2021 – in […]
As Fifi the llama munches on grass on a pasture in Reading, her immune system has provided the template for a coronavirus treatment breakthrough. Scientists from the UK’s Rosalind Franklin Institute have used Fifi’s specially evolved antibodies to make an immune-boosting therapy. The resulting llama-based, Covid-specific “antibody cocktail” could enter […]
Ubisoft shares dropped 9per cent on Monday after the French video games group said over the weekend that three senior managers were leaving the company following a review into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. PARIS: Ubisoft shares dropped 9per cent on Monday after the French video games group said over the […]
TEHRAN: Iran said that the misalignment of an air defence unit’s radar system was the key “human error” that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January. “A failure occurred due to a human error in following the procedure” for aligning the radar, causing a “107-degree […]
The sale of the failed satellite company OneWeb to Bharti Global Ltd of India and the UK government has been approved by a US bankruptcy court. The two parties’ joint bid of $1bn (£800m) secures them the firm’s assets. It means OneWeb will soon be able to resume building a […]
PARIS: “We have lift-off, we have lift-off!” The summer race to land a space probe on Mars is off to a hot start. Three countries – The Hope Probe (United Arab Emirates), Tianwen-1 (China) and Mars 2020 (United States) – have all taken their positions, hoping to take advantage of […]
A third of all the lemur species on Earth are “one step from extinction”. This is according to the latest update of the Red List, the comprehensive, continually updated report on the status of species. Human activities, particularly deforestation and hunting, drive the declines in these unique primates. Such habitat […]
Photos have been released for the first time in years showing a group of rare gorillas in the mountains of southern Nigeria, conservationists say. Only 300 Cross River gorillas are known to live in the wild, making them the most endangered sub-species. But the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says this […]
BENGALURU: Amazon.com has invested 23.10 billion rupees (US$308.02 million) in Amazon Seller Services, an Indian unit, strengthening the business at a time when more people shop online in a bid to avoid crowded public places. Amazon Singapore made a significant portion of financing, data from business intelligence firm Tofler showed. […]