Stuff that matters
An NHS worker medic resigned from her job in public in opposition to the coronavirus lockdown – also claiming the pandemic left her with “no work to do for three weeks”. Shelley Tasker, 43, took to the streets of Truro in Cornwall where she aired her grievances with a loudspeaker to passersby. Tasker is a […]
Mamadou Sakho has won his libel action against the World Anti-Doping Agency and is to receive “substantial damages” after it repeated false claims about a drug test taken by the former Liverpool defender. In a statement read in open court at the Royal Courts of Justice, Wada accepted Sakho’s case in full. It apologised for […]
A comparison of two key research tools used by immunologists to study different types of T-cell receptor signals has identified important features of existing technologies that could allow scientists to better understand immune responses, in a new study led by scientists at the University of Birmingham. T cells form a crucial part of the immune […]
Alibaba Group beat third quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday, driven by e-commerce growth after China emerged from coronavirus lockdowns, and said it was assessing the suspension of its affiliate Ant Group’s listing. China’s surprise suspension of Ant Group’s planned $37 billion Shanghai initial public offering (IPO) was seen by some analysts and investors as an […]
Intel still commands a firm lead in terms of overall CPU market share but efforts from AMD with its Ryzen family have certainly narrowed the gap in recent years. And with only a couple of days to go until the launch of Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, AMD is poised to gain additional ground during the […]
A newlywed couple died after drowning during their honeymoon just four days after their wedding. Mohammad Malik, 35, and Dr Noor Shah, 29, were on holiday in the Caribbean at the end of October when the tragedy occurred. The couple were pulled underwater by strong riptides, Mohammad’s dad told Newsday. It is believed the pair […]
RB Leipzig threw the race to qualify from Group H wide open with a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain, who missed a penalty at 1-0 up and finished the game with nine men. Ángel di María fired PSG ahead with just six minutes on the clock in a rematch of last season’s semi-final. Thomas Tuchel’s […]
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common and deadly diseases worldwide. Until now, COPD was not curable. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now succeeded in curing COPD in mice exposed to chronic cigarette smoke. Their goal is to test the novel therapeutic […]
Lloyd’s of London has dropped ambitious plans to set up its own electronic exchanges and will work with other existing platforms to speed up the underwriting process and cut costs, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday. Lloyd’s said last year that it planned to launch two electronic exchanges covering simple and complex insurance deals. […]
In today’s digital world, ransomware attacks are something that most businesses, from large corporations to small organizations, encounter. The latest firm to reveal it was targeted is toymaker Mattel, which said an attack took place in July this year but resulted in no loss of data or significant financial impact.Sitting behind Lego as the world’s […]