All Covid-19
Can cobots help us reach COVID test targets?
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Could laboratory test automation with collaborative robots (cobots) be the answer to help 'Operatio…
Does COVID survive on food surfaces?
Added: 23 Oct 2020
With many people still carefully disinfecting everything they buy in supermarkets and food stores, …
Do asymptomatic kids with COVID-19 carry less virus?
Added: 23 Oct 2020
We all wanted our kids to go back to school but fear the consequences. Many of us struggle to imagi…
COVID: women are less likely to put themselves in danger
Added: 19 Oct 2020
Women's attitudes and behaviours may have contributed to their reduced vulnerability and mortality.…
Robots support growth in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Lifesciences sectors
Added: 15 Oct 2020
Mechatronics solutions expert, Simon Jenkins, highlights just one of the areas where robots are now…
'Mixing ventilation' systems may increase COVID-19 risk
Added: 8 Oct 2020
Ventilation systems in many modern office buildings, which are designed to keep temperatures comfor…
Conversation quickly spreads droplets inside buildings
Added: 6 Oct 2020
With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordin…
2D or not 2D? That is the question...
Added: 5 Oct 2020
As the Government’s test and trace system once again comes under fire, Steve Knight laments a misse…
Sensational COVID-19 communication erodes confidence in science
Added: 5 Oct 2020
Scientists, policymakers and the media should acknowledge inherent uncertainties in epidemiological…
Science and scientists held in high esteem across the globe
Added: 1 Oct 2020
As the world looks to scientists and the research and development process to bring new treatments a…
Fast-tracking nanovaccines to fight coronavirus
Added: 10 Sep 2020
Today, there are more than 150 COVID-19 vaccines in the race to mitigate the virus.1-3 Some of thes…
Innovation gives good reason for optimism
Added: 10 Sep 2020
With most of us beginning to turn our thoughts back to running our businesses against the backdrop …
Lockdown blues: insights from an inheritor
Added: 10 Sep 2020
Reviewing lockdown life and attempts at emergence into a limited ‘new normal’ with no previous expe…
A researchers guide to lockdown
Added: 9 Sep 2020
We may all be stuck at home but there is still science to be done! Dr Matthew Partridge explores th…
Reimagining the face mask: a design upgrade
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Imagine a reusable face mask that protects wearers and those around them from SARS-CoV-2, is comfor…
Ensuring 'fair and equitable' distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Added: 4 Sep 2020
When effective COVID-19 vaccines are developed, their supply will inevitably be scarce. The World H…
Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort
Added: 4 Sep 2020
More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Clo…
First rapid breath test for Coronavirus trialled
Added: 4 Sep 2020
Canterbury-based technology firm ANCON Medical (‘Ancon’) announces the trial of its Nanotechnology …
New Leicestershire-based COVID-19 testing ‘Lighthouse Lab’
Added: 4 Sep 2020
A new ‘Lighthouse Lab’ facility will be established in Leicestershire to increase the UK’s COVID-19…
How to use serum viscosity to understand COVID-19 patient risk
Added: 1 Sep 2020
2020 has been a strange year all round. An unknown virus, probably in a bat colony in central China…
