HEALTH | COVID-19 rates are rising again—what you need to know
admin With the holiday season and colder winter months looming in the northern hemisphere, ‘tis the season for COVID. But then again, COVID never really left us. “The holiday season, marked…
2025
What the UK is getting right (and wrong) about AI adoption
Three months into 2025, it has already been an eventful year for artificial intelligence (AI). The Trump administration announced half a trillion dollars of investment into the sector, while…
Efficient and selective hydroboration of alkenes catalyzed by an air-stable (PPCF3P)CoI2 precatalyst
Alkene hydroboration provides a convenient route to generate organoborane synthons and recent efforts to develop catalysts for this and many other organic transformations have involved a shift to Earth-abundant first…
Artificial heart implants for patients with severe heart diseases reduce the need for donor organs.
The first high-tech artificial heart was implanted in patients with severe heart disease a decade ago. But since then, a revolution in heart replacements has failed to materialise. The heart…
Cutting the costs of AI
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 4 March 2025 Cutting the costs of AI Share this item with your network: In this week’s Computer Weekly, we analyse…
Tuning the microenvironment of immobilized molecular catalysts for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), as a novel technology, holds great promise for carbon neutrality. Immobilized molecular catalysts are considered efficient CO2RR catalysts due to their high selectivity and…
WHO sees ‘incredibly low’ COVID-19, flu vaccination rates as cases surge preventing flu
A medical worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a vaccination center in Nice, France, on December 7, 2022. | Photo Credit: Eric Gaillard/REUTERS/File Photo Low…
Hydroxychloroquine: COVID ‘cure’ linked to 17,000 deaths
Amidst the panic of the first wave of COVID-19, existing drugs were repurposed as a treatment. Some ideas were fatal, including one briefly praised by then US President Donald Trump.…
For Kashmiri women, drugs offer an escape route from anxiety, depression
It was a windy but warm September morning, and crowds were gathered outside the outpatient department (OPD) of the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar, Kashmir. Navigating past the…
Flash drive prices bump along, as SAS HDDs gain mystery bounce
Solid-state drive (SSD) prices per gigabyte (GB) dropped over the last two quarters – since the beginning of September 2024 – while SAS hard disk drive (HDD) prices increased…