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Company unveils world’s first anti-bacterial smartphone
Life & Style
November 24, 2020
Company unveils world’s first anti-bacterial smartphone
Aimed at stopping the spread of germs, mobile phone and electronics company Bullitt has unveiled the world’s first anti-bacterial phone.…
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’
World
November 19, 2020
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency US and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after…
Almost 400 Egyptians make Stanford’s list of world’s most-cited scientists
Science
November 16, 2020
Almost 400 Egyptians make Stanford’s list of world’s most-cited scientists
At least 396 Egyptians have secured spots on US-based Stanford University’s list of the world’s top two percent of the…
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
World
October 12, 2020
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two American economists won the Nobel Prize for improving how auctions work, research that underlies much of…
Economics award caps week of Nobel Prizes
World
October 12, 2020
Economics award caps week of Nobel Prizes
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics will be announced Monday, coming as much of…
Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data
World
October 12, 2020
Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data
BERLIN (AP) — An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to…
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
Science
October 7, 2020
Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded for ‘genome scissors’
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for…
Using AI, Cairo University creates search engine for COVID-19 research
Science
September 7, 2020
Using AI, Cairo University creates search engine for COVID-19 research
Cairo University President Mohamed al-Khosht announced Saturday that a joint research team from its faculties of pharmacy, computers and artificial…
Scientists peer inside ancient Egyptian cat, snake and bird mummies
Archaeology
August 21, 2020
Scientists peer inside ancient Egyptian cat, snake and bird mummies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists are gaining new insight into the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals, using high-resolution 3D scans…
Science and politics tied up in global race for a vaccine
World
August 12, 2020
Science and politics tied up in global race for a vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — No, Russia is not having a Sputnik moment. The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that…