Number of people with high blood pressure has doubled in 30 years, global study finds

The study was published this week in The Lancet, a medical journal, and looked at data from smaller studies including 104 million participants ages 30 to 79 ...

Estimating clinical SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness in Vero E6 and primary airway epithelial cells

RT-PCR remains the gold standard for diagnosis but cannot inform on the presence of infectious virus, which can only be determined via inoculating cultured ...

Covid-19 hospitalization risk doubles with Delta variant, UK study suggests

(CNN) A new study adds to growing evidence suggesting that the Delta coronavirus variant is not only highly transmissible, but also more dangerous.

BC records 867 new cases of COVID-19 and 3 more deaths

The Ministry of Health said in a written statement there are currently 5,657 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C.. A total of 159 ...

Manitoba to require full-vaccination for restaurants, bars, movies, sporting events

WATCH ABOVE: Manitoba's chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced new public health orders Friday that will require masks in all indoor public ...

Health officials urge COVID-19 testing, vaccinations

Cars lined streets leading to Pittsburg County medical facilities as COVID-19 continued its resurgence this week. The Oklahoma State Health Department ...

New birth of a mountain gorilla in DRCongo's Virunga park

DR Congo's famed Virunga National Park announced Friday the birth of a mountain gorilla in this tourist region threatened by armed groups.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-08-birth-mountain-gorilla-drcongo-virunga.html

Experts estimate endangered Galapagos pink iguana population at 211

Scientific experts sent to the Galapagos Islands to count a critically endangered lizard species estimate there to be just 211 pink iguanas left, local authorities said Friday.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-08-experts-endangered-galapagos-pink-iguana.html

Newly identified mosasaur was fish-hunting monster

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati identified a new species of mosasaur—an 18-foot-long fish-eating monster that lived 80 million years ago.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-08-newly-mosasaur-fish-hunting-monster.html

Nanoscale systems for generating various forms of light

For decades, scholars have believed that the quantum statistical properties of bosons are preserved in plasmonic systems, and therefore will not create different form of light.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-08-nanoscale.html

Researchers develop novel analog processor for high performance computing

Analog photonic solutions offer unique opportunities to address complex computational tasks with unprecedented performance in terms of energy dissipation and speeds, overcoming current limitations of modern computing architectures based on electron flows and digital approaches.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-08-analog-processor-high.html

Altcoin Roundup: Layer-one protocols chip away at Ethereum's dominance. - Cointelegraph

Layer-one projects register a steady inflow of new users as the cost of using the Ethereum network gives projects like Avalanche and Cardano room to gain a ...

Ethereum Displaying Encouraging Signs Amid Crypto Market Pullback: Santiment | The Daily Hodl

Ethereum is still up 35% overall on the month, but the asset has seen less euphoric August gains than certain other altcoins, such as its competitor Cardano ( ...

Unvaccinated make up majority of Manitoba's 31 new COVID-19 cases, officials say

While vaccination numbers province-wide show nearly 82 per cent of those eligible have gotten at least one dose, vaccination uptake in the Southern Health ...

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment and the use of Ivermectin... is it safe?

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Everyone is trying to think of the best practices to protect themselves from COVID-19, which is why we're hearing of Monoclonal ...

Most Used Blockchain Averts Crisis After Software Flaw Is Fixed - Bloomberg

About half of the Ethereum ecosystem split into a separate chain after a bug in the Go Ethereum, or Geth, software effected users who hadn't implemented an ...

New birth of a mountain gorilla in DRCongo's Virunga park

DR Congo's famed Virunga National Park announced Friday the birth of a mountain gorilla in this tourist region threatened by armed groups.

End of Bitcoin? How Cardano could take over BTC and Ethereum - Daily Express

How Cardano could take over BTC and Ethereum. BITCOIN has long cornered the cryptocurrency market as the most valuable token, having managed to hold its ...

With no Utah ICU beds available, what this doctor says it's time for even the vaccinated to do

Intermountain Healthcare is dealing with the deluge by moving patients between facilities when needed, he said. Typically, hospital intensive care units are ...

PAWS Pet Of The Week: Akara - CBS Chicago

PAWS Chicago is accepting cryptocurrency through Dogecoin, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Cryptocurrency holders can make a “dogenation” for a meaningful way to use ...

Covid abnormal: why is Australia so far behind on making its own mRNA vaccines?

The second mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine against the coronavirus is a welcome boon amid a period of rolling lockdowns and record case numbers. But ...

Crypto analyst who called ethereum's climb to $3,400 reiterates a $10,000 call - Yahoo Finance

That spike in attention is continuing to bring people into ethereum, since many of the NFT sales on sites like OpenSea and others price NFT auctions in ether. " ...

COVID surge causes liquid oxygen problems for SpaceX, water utilities

Demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients is spiking during the latest pandemic surge, leaving liquid oxygen in short supply for other uses, ...