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The team found that patients with blood groups A or AB were more likely to require mechanical ventilation, suggesting that they had greater rates of lung injury from COVID-19. (Representational Image: AP)

People with blood type O may have lower risk of COVID-19 infection

Among the COVID-19 positive, researchers found fewer people with blood type O and more people with A, B, and AB types

15 Oct 2020 6:58 PM IST

An Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASAs leading asteroid expert, Paul Chodas, speculates that asteroid 2020 SO, as it is formally known, is actually a Centaur upper rocket stage that propelled NASAs Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was discarded. (AP)

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

The rocket had swept past the moon and into orbit around the sun as intended junk, never to be seen again â€” until...

12 Oct 2020 11:40 AM IST

Experiments done at 20, 30 and 40 degrees C showed the virus survived longer at cooler temperatures, longer on smooth surfaces than on complex surfaces such as cotton, and longer on paper banknotes than on plastic banknotes. (Representational Image:AFP)

Australian study finds coronavirus can last 28 days on glass, currency

Findings from the study show that in a very controlled environment the virus remains infectious for longer than other...

12 Oct 2020 10:31 AM IST

A volunteer (R) from the District Magistrate Office dressed as Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi sprays sanitizer on a rickshaw drivers hand before giving him a facemask to create awareness about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)

Study shows coronavirus can survive on skin for 9 hours

The study found that virus was inactivated more rapidly on skin surfaces than on other surfaces such as stainless steel,...

9 Oct 2020 2:56 PM IST

Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury said. (Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)

Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research

In-person ceremony has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, replaced with a televised ceremony

6 Oct 2020 4:13 PM IST

The SENSR technology developed by researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea diagnosis COVID-19 based on the RNA sequence of the virus, reducing the stress on one single testing location and avoiding contact with infected patients as much as possible. (AP)

Seoul scientists develop testing method to diagnose COVID-19 in 30...

The virus can be detected immediately without any preparation process with high sensitivity in a short time

6 Oct 2020 3:41 PM IST

Illustration of scientists Harvey J Alter, Charles M Rice and Michael Houghton. (Image: Twitter/@NobelPrize)

Scientists who helped identify Hepatitis C virus win 2020 Nobel...

The medicine prize carries particular significance this year due to the pandemic, which has highlighted the importance...

5 Oct 2020 3:47 PM IST

Covaxin is an inactivated vaccine derived from a strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus, isolated at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, an Indian virology research institute. (Representational Image: AFP)

Covaxin to use ViroVax-'s adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to boost immune...

Bharat Biotech is currently conducting Phase II human trials of Covaxin after receiving approval from the Drug...

5 Oct 2020 2:02 PM IST

A national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. (AP File)

2020 Nobel season kicks off with medicine prize

No prizes are expected to be awarded this year for work directly linked to the new coronavirus

5 Oct 2020 10:48 AM IST

A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)

Don-'t expect coronavirus vaccine in public before fall of 2021, say...

Researchers at McGill University in Canada carried out a survey of 28 experts working in vaccinology in late June 2020.

2 Oct 2020 9:38 PM IST

Covids not a laughing matter, experts say.

How not to spread Covid-19: Just don-'t shout or LOL

Aerosols are generated by frenetic facial activity

15 Sept 2020 12:44 PM IST

Hyderabad eye hospitals report 80% drop in consultations due to Covid-19

Hyderabad eye hospitals report 80% drop in consultations due to...

Ophthalmologists say people with eye ailments are staying home and trying out home remedies

15 Sept 2020 11:39 AM IST