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NASA Picture of the Day: The Galactic Center in Infrared
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What does the center of our galaxy look like? In visible light, the Milky Way's center is hidden by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras, penetrate much of the dust revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. A mosaic of many smaller snapshots, the detailed, false-color image shows older, cool stars in bluish hues.
First Flight On Mars
The first flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was captured in this image taken by a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars earlier today. Ingenuity took off to a height of 3 metres, hovered for 20 seconds, rotated 90 degrees, hovered for a further 20 seconds, then descended…
Ingenuity just before takeoff
Asteroid Flybys Over the next 7 Days
NameDateMin Dia. (m)Max Dia. (m)Rel. Velocity (mph)Miss Distance (miles)
(2016 JC6)20th Apr14632639,39935,974,258
417816 (2007 FA)20th Apr25356725,74026,820,680
381906 (2010 CL19)20th Apr766171461,72921,879,456
417949 (2007 TB23)21st Apr483108147,87220,755,336
(2021 GN16)22nd Apr11625945,03338,666,030
(2011 UT20)22nd Apr21147221,59225,101,315
(2018 MR5)24th Apr17539238,24732,820,917
(2016 QE45)24th Apr12127134,1323,152,412
152754 (1999 GS6)24th Apr38285566,66545,865,938
(2021 GP16)25th Apr10924429,7424,790,158
403775 (2011 HS4)25th Apr17839932,60232,597,524
Rare Roman Remains Discovered In Scarborough
Rare Roman remains have been discovered at the site of a new housing development in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The potential for Iron Age and Roman remains had been identified at the site in Eastfield, so archaeologists employed by the developer Keepmoat Homes carried out excavations as part of the agreed planning…
8:55 AM 14th April 2021
Star Count The Results Are In
photo Abigail Oliver / CPRE
Back in February, The Countryside Charity asked you to help map the nation’s view of the night sky. An incredible 7,845 counts were submitted - the biggest year ever! The charity were blown away by the number of people that took part despite the limitations of lockdown. The number crunching is done and…
8:14 PM 6th April 2021
Celebrating First Brain Tumour Tissue Donation
Maci Craddock
Two Yorkshire-based charities are celebrating the first donation being made to a brand new Brain Tumour Tissue Bank in Leeds. Jointly funded by Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity and Oscar’s Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity, the initial donor has consented to donate their brain tumour tissue whilst undergoing brain surgery today. Led by…
5:31 PM 26th March 2021
Groundbreaking New Technology To Detect Known Variants Of Concern
New technology to rapidly detect new COVID mutations indicating whether positive test samples contain known variants is being trialled by the government in NHS Test and Trace laboratories. New tech will help identify mutations linked to variants of concern Rapid turnaround times will help…
11:00 AM 22nd March 2021
Hull’s Last Remaining 20th Century Scotch Derrick Crane To Be Restored
Hull’s last remaining 20th century Scotch Derrick crane is to be restored, thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council. The Hull Maritime project is looking to appoint a contractor to dismantle, restore and relocate the crane as a safe structure, retaining its historical details and significance. The 20th…
12:57 PM 15th March 2021
Space Launch From British Soil One Step Closer
In a giant leap in British spaceflight history, government publishes response to commercial spaceflight consultation. government on course to legislate for UK spaceflight by the end of this year first-ever launch into space from British soil could have lift-off in the early 2020s UK spaceflight plans would…
11:35 AM 5th March 2021
Modified Covid-19 Vaccines For Variants To Be Fast-tracked, Says MHRA And Other Regulators
Future vaccine modifications that respond to new variants of coronavirus to be made available quickly to UK recipients, without compromising on safety, quality or effectiveness. Authorised COVID-19 vaccines that are modified in response to new variants will not need a brand new approval or “lengthy” clinical studies, according to new guidance from the ACCESS Consortium – a coalition of regulatory authorities from the…
9:14 AM 4th March 2021
Leeds City Council To Invest £100m Improving Energy Efficiency Of Council Housing By 2025
Leeds City Council is planning to invest £100 million on measures to help tenants save money and cut carbon by improving energy efficiency over the next five years. According to the council, thousands more council tenants will benefit from cheaper energy bills and warmer homes as a result of the transformative…
12:12 PM 3rd March 2021
Yorkshire Resin Products Manufacturer Develops Epoxy Coating Resistant to Coronavirus
West Yorkshire resin products manufacturer, Resincoat, have pioneered the development of an antimicrobial epoxy coating that has been certified to viral BS ISO 21702:2019 standards to be effective against Coronavirus. The epoxy coating has been independently tested and certified and, unlike other coatings, the product remains active throughout its lifetime (up…
4:32 PM 26th February 2021
COVID Passport Software Up And Running
Michael Gove may be just starting his assessment of the pros and cons of Covid passports, but one Sheffield tech firm has already added vaccination information to software which is used by tens of thousands of contractors across the UK. Sheffield-based Reset Compliance Systems has a product which speeds up…
9:07 AM 25th February 2021
The Benefits Of Perseverance
Richard Trinder
Editor
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The 28 mile wide Jezero Crater sits on the western edge of Isidis Planitia, a giant impact basin slightly north of the Martian equator. Jezero was chosen as 3.5 billion years ago the crater probably had its own river delta and was filled with water. And where there's water there…
8:55 AM 19th February 2021
The Sky Is Not The Limit: Could You Be The UK’s Next Astronaut?
Are you calm under pressure, fit and healthy, and looking for a new career? ESA is on the lookout for new astronauts to join its cohort of space explorers. For the first time since 2008, The European Space Agency (ESA) is on the lookout for new astronauts, and UK citizens of…
3:17 PM 16th February 2021
Opinion
Misinformation In A Digital World – Who Decides What’s Right?
There’s no escaping the fact that coronavirus has completely dominated all conversation for the past 11 months. From newspaper headlines to social media updates, we’re constantly consuming a barrage of pandemic-related posts, unsure of what’s real and what isn’t. Less reported though, are the regulations placed on platforms around what can…
3:14 PM 10th February 2021
Nearly All In-person Test Results Returned Next Day By NHS Test And Trace
NHS Test and Trace has recorded another record-breaking week, with turnaround times for most testing routes returning to levels not seen since the middle of 2020. Test turnaround times continue to rise, with 97.2% of in-person test results returned the next day after the test was taken …
10:03 PM 4th February 2021
Hull City Council Awarded Green Certificate For Action On Environmental Impact
Hull City Council has been awarded the Investors in the Environment Green certificate for the seventh year in a row. An audit in December praised the local authority’s energy use during 2019-20 and its action on reducing its environmental impact between October 2019 and November 2020. The report highlighted key achievements including…
5:37 PM 30th January 2021
9 In 10 Test Results Returned Next Day By NHS Test And Trace
93.8% of in-person test results were returned the next day after the test was taken, compared with 84.8% the week before. Significant improvement in test turnaround times – 93.8% of in-person test results returned the next day after the test was taken, compared with 84.8% the week…
11:45 AM 29th January 2021
UK To Support Rest Of The World To Find Covid-19 Virus Variants
The UK will offer its world-leading genomics expertise to identify new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 to countries who do not have the resources to do so. UK genomics expertise and capacity to be offered worldwide to find new variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 …
4:39 PM 26th January 2021
Past Covid-19 Infection Provides Some Immunity But People May Still Carry And Transmit Virus
Study finds past coronavirus (COVID-19) infection provides some immunity for at least 5 months, but people may still carry and transmit the virus. People infected with COVID-19 in the past are likely to be protected against reinfection for several months, a Public Health England (PHE) study has found, although experts cautioned…
11:37 AM 14th January 2021
Asymptomatic Testing To Be Rolled Out Across The Country Starting This Week
Community testing offer to be expanded across all local authorities in England to test people without symptoms. Local authorities will be encouraged to target testing to people who cannot work from home during lockdown. Around 1 in 3 people have coronavirus (COVID-19) without displaying any symptoms. Rapid, regular testing for people without…
8:51 AM 11th January 2021
Government To Deploy First British-manufactured Rapid Lateral Flow Antigen Tests For Covid-19
The Government has ordered two million of the first British-manufactured rapid lateral flow antigen tests for COVID-19 to be validated by Public Health England, for use in asymptomatic testing, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. Derby-based company SureScreen Diagnostics is to provide two million of the lateral flow…
8:41 AM 11th January 2021
Moderna Vaccine Becomes Third Covid-19 Vaccine Approved By UK Regulator
The vaccine has been approved after meeting the required safety, quality and effectiveness standards. The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This follows a thorough and rigorous assessment by the MHRA’s teams of scientists, including…
3:25 PM 8th January 2021
Keeping Your Staff Safe During Sales Season
With Black Friday – and its online cousin, Cyber Monday – having delivered the usual frenzy of Christmas orders, commentators expect December to signal the start of two months’ worth of online sales. And, as the lines between work and home life become increasingly blurred, chances are, employees will be using…
9:03 AM 10th December 2020
Dark Sky Reserve Success For National Parks
The Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks have been designated International Dark Sky Reserves, joining an exclusive global family of Dark Sky Places. The Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors are home to some of the darkest skies in the country, with large areas of unpolluted night…
5:02 PM 7th December 2020
Over Half A Million People Taking Part In Pioneering COVID-19 Research
637,379 participants from across the UK have now taken part in public health research into the effects of, and treatment for, COVID-19 in just over 8 months. Over half a million people across the UK have taken part in COVID-19 research Participation has allowed UK-led research to deliver the world’s…
11:13 AM 5th December 2020
Humberside Gets The Green Light For Environmentally Friendly Project
Graham Clark
Features Writer
Imagine waste bring turned into aviation fuel. Whilst that might seem the stuff that dreams are made of, it looks to become a reality and not just thin air. The World Economic Forum has backed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as the most promising decarbonation policy for aviation, delighting the developers…
10:53 AM 27th November 2020
Tinker, Tailor … Scammerman, Thief
Andrew Liddle
Features Writer
It would be an exaggeration to say there is one a day, although it can sometimes feel like it. There’s probably about three a week on average. Phone calls from scammers? Normally, they’re fairly obvious and I gently put the phone down on them. To slam it down would be to admit…
4:21 PM 26th November 2020
Ocean Mapping Satellite To Help UK Scientists Tackle Climate Change
Artist's impression of Sentinel-6 over the UK (ESA/ATG Medialab)
A government-backed satellite that will allow UK scientists to measure sea level rise is set to launch on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg, California. In the past two decades, space has played an increasingly crucial role in efforts to monitor and combat climate change. Satellites are indispensable for collecting data on…
11:07 AM 23rd November 2020
Urgent Call For 6,000 UK Volunteers To Take Part In A New Covid-19 Vaccine Study
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS Trust in the Yorkshire and Humber taking part in the Janssen candidate Covid-19 study Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust aim to recruit around 330 people into the study from the region. …
4:17 PM 16th November 2020
UK-led Space Telescope To Unravel Mysteries Of The Cosmos
The European Space Agency has given the green light to the world’s first space telescope dedicated to studying how exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve. Its mission is to understand the links between a planet’s chemistry and its environment by charting approximately 1,000 known planets outside our own Solar System, arming scientists…
11:30 AM 13th November 2020
500,000 Daily Testing Capacity Reached In Ongoing Drive To Boost Test And Trace
The UK’s daily coronavirus testing capacity passed the 500,000 mark on Saturday 31 October. UK testing capacity increased to 519,770 to help meet demand over the winter period, in ongoing expansion of testing this follows announcements of new Lighthouse Labs and partnerships joining the…
10:50 AM 2nd November 2020
Five IT Things To Know Before Committing To A ‘New Normal’
A recent survey by YouGov found that ‘fewer than four in ten want to leave their house to go to work’. This was compounded by research from NetMotion, which uncovered statistics showing that 57.5% – of the 66% of staff that had encountered a technical issue during lockdown – didn't…
3:22 AM 31st October 2020
Sewage Signals Early Warning Of Coronavirus Outbreaks
A government-led project is successfully detecting traces of coronavirus in sewerage, providing an early warning for local outbreaks across the country and sharing data with NHS Test and Trace. The programme, which was first announced in June, has now proven that fragments of genetic material from the virus can be detected…
10:57 AM 24th October 2020
NHS Test And Trace Statistics For 8 October To 14 October
NHS Test and Trace continued to reach the majority of positive cases and their contacts, with a total of 1,133,094 people having been reached by the service since it was started. This week saw the service successfully reach 80.7% of people who tested positive and 75.1% of contacts where communication details…
2:55 PM 22nd October 2020
New Measures To Support Roll-out Of Vaccines In The UK
More healthcare workers will be trained to administer flu and COVID-19 vaccines safely to public Changes will help the UK-wide deployment of vaccines once they have been approved by the regulator Vaccines will only be given to patients once proven…
1:39 AM 16th October 2020
Staying Cyber Secure In Lockdown 2.0
Jamie Durham
IT Correspondent
Earlier this month, British universities and colleges faced grim warnings from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – part of GCHQ – around a steep increase in the number of ransomware attacks on the UK’s education sector. As organisations prepared for students to return to the classroom, cyber criminals used…
8:07 AM 5th October 2020
UK Embraces Hydrogen-fuelled Future As Transport Hub And Train Announced
Image from University of Birmingham
The first ever hydrogen powered train will run on the UK mainline today in a big step forward towards the UK’s net zero targets, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today, visiting the start of trials in Warwickshire. Today’s trials of the train, known as HydroFLEX, which have been supported with a…
8:00 AM 30th September 2020
World First COVID-19 Vaccine Trial In Bradford Days Away
A Bradford hospital is just days away from rolling out a world first COVID-19 vaccine trial. The development once again puts researchers at Bradford Royal Infirmary, part of Bradford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) in the spotlight, highlighting their commitment to improving the lives of patients and local communities. The Trust will…
4:22 PM 25th September 2020
£500 Million Funding For Quick Result COVID-19 Test Trials
A new £500 million funding package will be invested in next generation testing technology and increased testing capacity. Government commits £500 million for COVID-19 test trials using latest technology New community-wide testing pilot launched in Salford and existing pilots expanded in Southampton and Hampshire …
3:50 AM 3rd September 2020
Bradford Public Encouraged To Register For Covid-19 Vaccine Trials As 100,000 Already Sign-up
Even more lives can be saved during the pandemic if Bradford people sign up to a national NHS research register for volunteers to test COVID-19 vaccines, a leading doctor urged today. Consultant Respiratory Physician at Bradford Teaching Hospitals and Director of Bradford’s National Institute for Health Research Patient Recruitment Centre, Dr…
5:57 PM 18th August 2020
Sheffield Expands Covid-19 Vaccine Trial To Over-55s
Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit healthy volunteers between 56 and 70 and over 70 years of age in the next phase of a major national trial to assess how well a potential new vaccine could protect against COVID-19. The Trust is looking to recruit…
11:25 AM 18th August 2020
Track And Trace: Invasion Of Privacy Or Public Health Necessity?
Jamie Durham
IT Correspondent
Earlier this year, I wrote an article which looked at whether tech is the answer to preventing a pandemic, and explored how technology should have a leading role in social distancing. The piece outlined the notion that, although it would take an unprecedented amount of co-operation between companies…
5:07 AM 7th August 2020
Government Further Boosts UK Vaccine Manufacturing Capacity
Pharmaceutical and biotech organisation Wockhardt will carry out the crucial 'fill and finish' stage of the vaccine manufacturing process. Government partners with Wockhardt to provide ‘fill and finish’ services as part of the effort to accelerate vaccine manufacturing in the UK Wockhardt’s facility in…
10:38 AM 3rd August 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scientific Evidence Supporting The UK Government Response
This is the latest statement from the UK Government concerning the scientific evidence concerning the spread of Covid 19: The national and global response to the spread of COVID-19 continues to develop quickly and our collective knowledge of the virus is growing by the second. During a response to a virus…
3:10 AM 31st July 2020
Government Further Boosts Chances Of UK Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
Deal announced which will secure early access to a promising new coronavirus vaccine, enhancing the UK’s growing portfolio of vaccine candidates. An additional 60 million doses of a potentially lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine have been secured by the government the agreement with GSK and Sanofi Pasteur increases the UK’s…
11:51 AM 29th July 2020
UK At The Forefront Of Space Exploration With Biomining Experiment
UK scientists are experimenting in space to investigate the effects of microbes on asteroidal material in space under microgravity conditions. BioAsteroid, a biomining experiment, uses a collection of 12 automatic culturing devices fitted with a layer of material on which the bacteria will be grown in the KUBIK ISS incubator for…
10:26 AM 16th July 2020
Largest Testing Programme For Coronavirus Publishes Its Initial Findings
Over 120,000 volunteers tested across England between 1 May and 1 June as part of the country’s largest study into coronavirus. Health Secretary welcomes initial findings from Imperial College London suggesting there was a significant reduction of the virus before lockdown restrictions were eased …
10:14 AM 15th July 2020
How Secure Is Your Home Router?
While some businesses are slowly welcoming staff back to their respective HQs, many employees – and employers – are still electing to work from home as long as the threat lingers on. But, are those relying on home broadband at risk of a cyber attack instead? Although companies can spend…
2:33 AM 14th July 2020
New Stroke Imaging Technology Helping Physicians Save Lives In Yorkshire
More stroke patients in Yorkshire are receiving life-saving treatment thanks to new imaging software that uses artificial intelligence to give doctors real-time views of the brain. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the first regional stroke centre in the UK to adopt the RapidAI advanced imaging platform across various sites in…
10:55 AM 6th July 2020
Government Publishes Coronavirus (Covid-19) R Value And Growth Rates
The government has (Friday 19 June) published UK wide and regional growth rates for England for the first time, alongside R values. The current growth rate for the UK as a whole is -4% to -2% and the R estimate for the UK, as a whole, remains at 0.7-0.9. The growth rate…
10:22 AM 20th June 2020
World First Coronavirus Treatment Approved For NHS Use By Government
The government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment proven to reduce the risk of death. Ground-breaking coronavirus treatment approved for use across the NHS from today Government-funded UK trial showed drug saved lives by significantly reducing risk of death in hospitalised patients…
12:20 PM 17th June 2020
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