26 articles from SATURDAY 20.6.2020
'Wildly off-base': how did Australia get its coronavirus modelling so wrong?
Although early coronavirus modelling was inaccurate, experts say it did make us see what could happen if we did nothingWhen Covid-19 shifted from a disease in returned travellers to a virus that was spreading throughout the Australian community, dire predictions of deaths proliferated on social media and in the news.In March, the deputy chief medical officer, Prof Paul Kelly, said modelling...
How a historic drought led to higher power costs and emissions
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- 20/6/20 20:19
Researchers studied the impact of a historic drought in California on economic and environmental impacts for electric power systems.
Shining light on a malignant lung cancer
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- 20/6/20 20:19
Treating a rare type of malignant lung cancer could improve, thanks to near-infrared irradiation and a cancer-targeting compound.
Breakthrough discovery to transform prostate cancer treatment
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- 20/6/20 20:19
A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - will dramatically improve the quality of life for people suffering from prostate cancer, as pre-clinical trials show the new formulation improves the drug's effectiveness by 40 per cent.
Italian glacier covered to slow melting
A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming.
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
NHS Covid app developers 'tried to block rival symptom trackers'
Developers claim government technology unit was hostile to other groups, hampering the fight against the diseaseNHSX, the health service technology unit responsible for the government’s failed contact-tracing app, attempted to block rival apps to protect its own, hampering efforts to track the early spread of the coronavirus.Developers were urged to stop work by NHSX and the Ministry of Defence,...
Why lockdown silence was golden for science
From acoustic engineers in Britain to marine biologists in Canada, researchers made the most of the drastic drop in noise from human activityOne of the few upsides of lockdown was that, if a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, you had a chance of hearing it. City dwellers across the globe delighted in the silence, the freedom from the incessant rumble of traffic, and the joy of birdsong. How...
Why lockdown silence was golden for science
Why lockdown silence was golden for science. From acoustic engineers in Britain to marine biologists in Canada, researchers made the most of the drastic drop in noise from human...
NASA wants to send a spacecraft to Neptune’s strange moon Triton
It has only been visited once before, 30 years...