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Apr 24, 2020

Scientists compile the first comprehensive geological map of the Moon

Posted by in category: satellites

Drawing on data from satellites and Apollo-era missions, scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute have pieced together what they say is the first comprehensive geological map of the Moon.

Our 4.5-billion-year-old satellite is adorned with all kinds of rocks, craters and other interesting geological features. To dig into the details, the scientists looked to regional maps from six Apollo missions and combined these with modern data from recent satellite missions.

Refreshing the historical maps with fresh scientific observations enabled the scientists to put together an incredibly detailed perspective of the Moon, showing its geology at a scale of 1:5,000,000.

Apr 24, 2020

Mayanei Hayeshua using ultraviolet light to destroy COVID-19

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The system destroys the #coronavirus in a room in up to half an hour and without causing harm to any of the patients. #GoFigure


The system is built on ultraviolet light which gives off a specific wavelength that has been found to be deadly to the coronavirus, not cancerous and safe for use in close proximity to patients, including those suffering from pulmonary problems.

Apr 24, 2020

Robotic dog is helping medical staff remotely treat coronavirus

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Boston Dynamic’s robotic dog Spot is helping healthcare workers treat coronavirus patents remotely. Spot is fitted with an iPad and two-way radio so both can communicate in real-time.

Apr 24, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Isolation From Ocular Secretions of a Patient With COVID-19 in Italy With Prolonged Viral RNA Detection Free

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Francesca colavita, phd; daniele lapa, phd; fabrizio carletti, phd; eleonora lalle, phd; licia bordi, phd; patrizia marsella, phd; emanuele nicastri, MD; nazario bevilacqua, MD; maria letizia giancola, MD; angela corpolongo, MD; giuseppe ippolito, MD; maria rosaria capobianchi, phd; concetta castilletti, phd

Francesca Colavita, PhD

National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy (F.C., D.L., F.C., E.L., L.B., P.M., E.N., N.B., M.L.G., A.C., G.I., M.R.C., C.C.)

Apr 24, 2020

Air pollution linked to far higher Covid-19 death rates, study finds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, sustainability

Dirty air increases risk of respiratory problems that can be fatal for coronavirus patients.

Apr 24, 2020

White House hot mic hears someone say We’ve all been vaccinated here

Posted by in category: humor

‘Everyone’s been vaccinated around here anyway’ joke…


Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd.

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Apr 24, 2020

The Vatican: Human Progress and High Tech Healthcare Innovation

Posted by in categories: geopolitics, media & arts, treaties

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life and Grand Chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.

IdeaXme does not advocate for or support any religion in favour of another.

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Apr 24, 2020

Covid-19 could detonate a ‘hunger pandemic.’ With millions at risk, the world must act

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, health

This is the truth of the looming “hunger pandemic,” which has the potential to engulf over a quarter of a billion people whose lives and livelihoods will be plunged into immediate danger, unless urgent and effective action is taken to keep commercial and humanitarian goods flowing, support communities with humanitarian assistance and provide governments with the additional health interventions required to control the spread of the virus.


If we can’t reach these people — if we can’t give them the lifesaving assistance they need because our funding has been cut or borders where we move our food have been closed — WFP’s analysis shows that 300,000 could starve to death every single day for the next three months.

When you consider that already, despite our best efforts, 21,000 people die of hunger every single day, the scale of the potential death toll is heart-rending. We could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries. In 10 countries, we have more than a million people who are on the verge of starvation as we speak.

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Apr 23, 2020

The US is spending hundreds of millions to make experimental coronavirus vaccines

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The BARDA investments could go to waste, but ramping up Covid-19 vaccine production will help avoid delivery delays if a vaccine is approved.

Apr 23, 2020

Work on Goodenough’s breakthrough solid-state EV battery moves forward

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

Goodenought’s breakthrough on a solid-state battery could mean the end of internal-combustion cars. The job of commercializing it goes to Hydro-Québec.