SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Significant improvement in air quality across India due to coronavirus lockdown: CPCB

5:02 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide ”Janta Curfew” followed by the 21-day lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak have led to a significant reduction in pollution in the country with 91 cities recording air quality in the ”good” and ”satisfactory” category on March 29, a Central Pollution Control Board report has stated. Travel restrictions and closure of […]

Companies hopeful of economic recovery in 2021 but cautious about COVID-19 pandemic

UoH faculty working on coronavirus vaccine

11:58 pm March 27, 2020

Hyderabad: The faculty at the Biochemistry department at the University of Hyderabad are working on potential vaccine candidates, called T cell epitopes to fight COVID-19, the UoH said here on Friday. It is upto IT companies to decide on work-from-home option: Telangana government The candidates are against all the structural and non- structural proteins of […]

Portable AI device can use coughing sounds to monitor COVID-19 trends

11:27 am March 20, 2020

Boston: Scientists have developed a portable device powered by artificial intelligence (AI) which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyse the data to directly monitor trends in flu-like illnesses such as COVID-19. The researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst In the US said the device called FluSense is envisioned for […]

Children are less affected by Coronavirus compared to adults: Study

9:09 pm March 17, 2020

Melbourne: Children have fewer symptoms and less severe disease from infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a review of studies which suggests that kids infected by a household contact often show symptoms before them. The review, published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, noted that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, seems to cause fewer symptoms […]

Two Indian-American doctors seek to arrest tsunami of cancer in India

3:48 pm March 7, 2020

Washington: Two eminent Indian-American doctors, known for their pioneering research and treatment of cancer patients, are seeking to arrest what they describe as “tsunami” of the deadly disease that has now engulfed India through a massive effort of early detection and health education. Dattatreyudu Nori, an internationally acclaimed oncologist, who has treated several top Indian […]