It is the hunt for the universal vaccine against all coronaviruses
The fight against Covid-19 continues. We had a vaccine ready in a flash, but we're not out of it yet. On the horizon, CalTech's universal vaccine. Here's where we are.
The fight against Covid-19 continues. We had a vaccine ready in a flash, but we're not out of it yet. On the horizon, CalTech's universal vaccine. Here's where we are.
A new mutation of the coronavirus is being transmitted from minks to humans in Denmark. It may compromise the development of vaccines against Covid-19
Italy (re)closes the discos and the longed-for normality recedes. The question, today more than ever, is: when will the coronavirus pass? The latest estimates come from the USA.
Tirana Riverside, the first coronavirus-resistant district designed by Boeri, shows an insight into how we should redesign future cities regardless of the virus, simply to live better.
A rigorous Canadian study overturns all the precedents: neither climate nor latitude affect the spread of the coronavirus.
A nasal spray with substances being studied to treat HIV could stop the coronavirus from replicating at its entry points into the body: the nose and mouth.
The blockade of world transport has allowed researchers to do the largest ever study on smog: it will help us to draw a future without a car.
Many live events have been moved to a digital version. This change in approach has led everyone to reconsider how large-scale audiences are reached. Here are some ways to rethink virtual events in the time of the coronavirus.
Covid-19 could be the most bitter medicine that in the end, after (much) suffering, perhaps it will give us a better world. Here because.
The FDA's approval for the emergency use of Remdesivir is awaited for hours. Anthony Fauci, a government advisor, met with journalists at the White House. But there is a clash over effectiveness.
Europe (past and present) reviews the Green New Deal signed just 3 months ago, and promises to combine it with recovery from the coronavirus. A green recovery.
Consumers too will be forced to reconsider every aspect of their purchases: and contactless shopping (online or physical) seems to have come to stay.
Between a cure and a vaccine lies the middle ground of a "temporary defense". DARPA is funding efforts to create a coronavirus shield to slow down infections while waiting for a definitive remedy.
The tensions in US-China relations go in the opposite direction to what the world needs. Coronavirus can fatally undermine them.
For many, the stress of the coronavirus will turn into a diagnosable mental health problem. Here are dimensions of the problem and possible solutions.
Variation in HLA, a component of the immune system, influences the severity of the course. The study can find individuals who are most at risk.
The technological shock expected within the next 7 years now appears, in all its dramatic force: automation and robotization of the work are already here.
The hypothesis leaves the category of conspiracy theories and enters the dispatches of intelligence and government agencies in the USA and UK: natural virus, but accident and escape from Chinese laboratories?
For some time to come, the future of coronavirus-based catering will see neither the same cover nor the same revenue. Here are plans B.
Service roads closed to cars, new networks of cycle paths and focus on pedestrians: so cities prepare for the future after (or during) the coronavirus.
United against the enemy: Apple and Google team up to design an app to track the coronavirus across all contacts. Privacy, a crumbling concept.