Can antibodies from people with covid-19 bridge the gap to a vaccine?
4 November 2020
Several treatments for covid-19 using the antibodies of survivors are being developed. If they work, they could even provide immunity much like a vaccine
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Europe's second wave of coronavirus is starting to eclipse the first
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Many countries in Europe are now reintroducing lockdowns, but it might already be too late to stop the second wave being worse than the first
Covid-19: Is Germany losing the fight against the second wave?
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Germany has been held up as an example of how to do things right, but the country now appears to be losing control of the virus amid its second wave
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Weird ring-shaped molecule on Titan could be a building block to life
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An unexpected molecule spotted in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan has never been seen on any planet or moon before – it may help form the building blocks of life
Software can spy on what you type in video calls by tracking your arms
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A computer model can work out the words the person is typing during a video call just by tracking the movement of their shoulders and arms in the video stream
UK's spherical nuclear fusion reactor tests new heat-reducing exhaust
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Researchers have successfully tested a new £55 million nuclear fusion machine in the UK which could help tackle problems caused by the super high temperatures involved in fusion reactions
Octopuses taste their food when they touch it with their arms
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Octopuses use their arms to ‘lick’ prey – which researchers say adds to evidence that the cephalopods’ eight appendages are analogous to tongues with ‘hands’ and ‘brains’
Spider listens with its legs to grab flying insects out of the air
29 October 2020
The ogre-faced spider catches flying insects in a web-like net without being able to see them – we now know it is because the spider can hear them with its legs
