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There is no doubt that the impacts of climate change are beginning to manifest on the entire globe and particularly on developing countries like Ghana that are relatively vulnerable. Unless structures are carefully and systematically put in place to ensure resilience in development and reduce vulnerability, climate change and climate…

Dr. Oscar Ortiz named Director General ad interim of the International Potato Center

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded five commercial radar contracts to Airbus' U.S. division; San Francisco-based Capella Space;

New research, conducted by RAND Corporation and commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation, details parents’ preferences for in-person school safety

The way an elephant manipulates its trunk to eat and drink could lead to better robots, researchers say. Elephants dilate their nostrils to create more space in their trunks, allowing them to store up to 5.5 liters (1.45 gallons) of water, according to their new study. They can also suck up three liters (0.79 gallons) per second—a speed 30 times faster than a human sneeze (150 meters per second/330 mph), the researchers found. The researchers wanted to better understand the physics of how ele...

New research from Georgia Tech finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order to create more space in their trunks, allowing them to store up to nine liters of water. They can also suck up three liters per second -- a speed 50 times faster than a human sneeze. The findings could inspire different ways to building robots that manipulate air to move or hold things.

Mar 3, 2021 Caution is needed before withdrawing care, researchers warn Most patients with a persistent disorder of consciousness (DOC) after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) eventually recovered consciousness, prospective data showed. By the end of rehabilitation, 82% of patients who had persistent DOC when they were discharged from acute care were able to follow commands, reported Robert Kowalski, MBBCh, MS, of the University of Colorado in Aurora, and co-authors. Median acute ...

Published: Dec 23, 2020 MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocugen, Inc., (NASDAQ: OCGN), a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing a pipeline of innovative therapies, today announced the appointment of a vaccine scientific advisory board comprised of leading academic and industry experts in the vaccine field to evaluate the clinical and regulatory path to approval in the US market of Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN™, a whole-virion ...

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