World’s largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments expands internationally
Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Joint Chief Investigator for the trial...
Two scholars with Stanford affiliations win Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Two people with Stanford affiliations, including an undergraduate student and an alumnus, have been awarded 2021 Gates Cambridge Scholarships for graduate studies at the University of Cambridge in England.
With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
On Thursday, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet following a nail-biting entry and descent sequence vividly known as the “seven minutes of terror.”
LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders
Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction.
GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions (and what might come next)
Normally on the stock market, the shark swallows the little fish. Now the little fish are eating the shark as small investors force hedge fund players into uncomfortable positions.
New mammogram measures of breast cancer risk could revolutionise screening
World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could revolutionise breast screening...
Rhythmic six-exoplanet system challenges theories of how planets form
An international team of astronomers that includes researchers from the University of Warwick have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets...
Growing inequality in job market risks widening disadvantage gap between children
Parents who were already disadvantaged before the pandemic were more likely to have suffered a salary cut or unemployment during the crisis
Common asthma treatment reduces need for hospitalisation in COVID-19 patients, study suggests
The STOIC study found that inhaled budesonide given to patients with COVID-19 within seven days of the onset of symptoms also reduced recovery time.
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app averted between 200,000 and 900,000 infections, estimates infectious disease...
The research suggests the app stopped between 200,000 and 900,000 infections between 1st October and 31st December 2020, when 1.9 million people were infected with coronavirus in England and Wales.
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