Menu

Blog

Page 6200

Sep 12, 2020

Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Can Help Fight the Coronavirus, But Can Patients Get It?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

An early analysis of the data, which did not include patients enrolled later in the trial, found that median time to recovery was 11 days for patients on remdesivir and 15 days for patients on placebo. It also suggested a lower death rate, 8 percent on remdesivir compared to 11.6 percent on placebo, but that difference was just short of statistical significance.

UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital together enrolled about 30 patients in the NIH trial. Because the trial was double-blinded, neither the doctors nor the patients knew which patients received remdesivir or placebo. With survival rates in San Francisco relatively high compared to harder hit cities, it was hard to attribute any specific improvement to the drug, said Chin-Hong and Doernberg, who both cared for patients in the trial.

Continue reading “Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Can Help Fight the Coronavirus, But Can Patients Get It?” »

Sep 12, 2020

Elon Musk says Starship SN8 prototype will have a nosecone and attempt a 60,000-foot return flight

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

– TechCrunch


Elon Musk has shared some details about future testing of Starship, the SpaceX launch vehicle currently being developed by the company at its Boca Chica, Texas facility. Recently, SpaceX has completed short, 150 meter (just under 500 feet) test flights of two earlier Starship prototypes, SN5 and SN6 – and SN8, which is currently set to be done construction “in about a week” according to Musk will have “flaps & nosecone” and ultimately is intended for a much higher altitude test launch.

The prototypes that SpaceX has flown and landed for its so-called ‘short-hop’ tests over the past few weeks have been full-sized, but with a simulated weight installed on the top in place of the actual domed nosecone that will perch atop the final production Starship and protect any cargo on board. SN5 and SN6, which are often compared to grain silos, are also lacking the large control flaps on either side of the nosecone that will help control its flight. SN8 will have both, according to Musk.

Continue reading “Elon Musk says Starship SN8 prototype will have a nosecone and attempt a 60,000-foot return flight” »

Sep 12, 2020

Hubble: Time Machines [Eye in the Sky Video Miniseries]

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Episode 3: Time Machines – Hubble has looked back billions of years in time to see some of the earliest galaxies in their infancy, and it has fundamentally changed what we know about the universe itself. Find out from Nobel Laureate John Mather and Hubble Senior Project Scientist Jennifer Wiseman how Hubble will work with the future James Webb Space Telescope to revolutionize our understanding of the universe even further.

Watch Episode 1: Driving the Hubble Space Telescope.

Sep 12, 2020

If Nvidia buys Arm, how open will it remain?

Posted by in category: futurism

Nvidia is rumored to be in talks to buy Arm for more than $40 billion from SoftBank, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Sep 12, 2020

Cancer Projects to Diversify Genetic Research Receive New Grants

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Because much cancer research and clinical trials have been based on white populations, efforts to explore the ways race and ethnicity influence disease are underway.

Sep 12, 2020

Coronavirus derails Bloodhound land speed record attempt

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

O,.o.


Bloodhound LSR reached 628 mph during testing but now needs cash to fund a rocket booster to ultimately hit a goal of 1,000 mph.

Sep 12, 2020

Fastest battery-powered remote-controlled (RC) model car

Posted by in category: transportation

Sep 12, 2020

Scientists Discover “Vantablack” Deep-Sea Creatures

Posted by in category: futurism

As if deep sea predators weren’t terrifying enough.

Sep 12, 2020

Humanity’s Babel Tower: Space Elevator

Posted by in categories: business, space travel

In the book of Genesis, the Bible recounts the Babel tower that, once built, would allow humanity to do whatever it wishes. In this video, I will go over how humanity’s first space elevator will revolutionize human progress in space exploration and colonization. I will also go over the risks of a possible space elevator.

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/brYJDEr
Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/TheFuturistTom
Please follow our instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/the_futurist_tom
For business inquires, please contact [email protected]

Sep 12, 2020

Mind-blowing Andromeda galaxy and ‘Cosmic Inferno’ earn space photo contest’s top prizes

Posted by in category: space

An international contest for space photography awarded its top prize to the photographer who captured a unique view of the Andromeda galaxy.