Month: July 2021
Genetic engineering may help in fight against Mosquitoes
To stop those infections happening is either by exterminating or at least suppressing the mosquitoes that carry the diseases. hundreds of millions of people catch mosquito-borne diseases every year like malaria and dengue fever. Hundreds of thousands die. Drug treatments are imperfect. And, despite decades of effort, vaccines have, for many of these diseases, proved
Antibody therapy Helps to fight SARS-CoV-2
Regen-Cov is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies, known as casirivimab and imdevimab. Antibodies are immune-system proteins that disable pathogens by locking specifically onto them. Both casirivimab and imdevimab bind to different sites on the coronavirus’s “spike” protein, preventing the virus from infecting cells. Using two antibodies instead of one reduces the risk of the
Micro-organisms in Tea Making
Tea producers long assumed that the flavours of the most widely drunk varieties of this beverage were a consequence of some of the chemicals in tea leaves being oxidised while those leaves were being dried. However, flavours of more expensive and rarefied “dark” teas such as kombucha, Pu-erh and anhua, black-tea flavours are at least
Significance of Elon Musk Becoming World Richest Person
It is the future of sustainable technologies that have helped Musk reach these historic financial heights, and Tesla is commanding so much investor confidence as the company is at the forefront of battery technology, safety, and vehicle autonomy. Tesla is even leading the way in the future of driverless vehicles with plans to form the
Haiti Situation
The Haitian Revolution has undoubtedly had lasting effects on Haiti as a country but there are some direct outcomes of this revolt that have crippled Haiti until present. One such example is Haiti’s huge independence debt, demanded by France in 1825 through an act of gunboat diplomacy. Haitian society today remains in turmoil and the
European Green Deal
The deal is for the EU to eliminate or offset its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in line with global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5-2°C above pre-industrial averages. Underpinning that are a host of interconnected goals covering almost every element of society and the economy i.e. decoupling economic growth and resource consumption by
Greenhouse-gas emissions in 2021
In the first quarter of 2020, countries locked down amid spiralling covid-19 infections and deaths, some environmentalists heralded a potential silver lining to the pandemic: a decline in the world’s use of fossil fuels, and therefore greenhouse-gas emissions. Indeed, global energy-related carbon emissions fell by 5.8% in 2020, or nearly 2 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide,
Guillain–Barré syndrome and Covid vaccines
Guillain–Barré is a rare but potentially fatal disorder where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks some of its own nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and in some cases leading to paralysis of the whole body. Recovery can take weeks or months and it has a fatality rate of 4-7 per cent. There is a warning
Social Media Platforms commits to remove abuse
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have committed to remove racist abuse as it spreads across their platforms in the wake of the Euro 2020 final. In February, the FA and other footballing bodies sent a letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, asking them to “use the power of your global
Falun Gong
Falun Gong is a persecuted Chinese religious practice that combines moral philosophy of the Buddhist and Taoist traditions with movement meditation similar to tai-chi. Similar to Tibetans, Uighur Muslims, Hong Kong’s democracy activists and pro-independence Taiwanese, Falun Gong is seen as a threat to the Chinese government’s rule and practitioners of the tradition face harsh