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NASA Picture of the Day: Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano
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Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous four-star icon is best seen from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The featured image was taken last month in Chile and captures the Southern Cross just to the left of erupting Villarrica, one of the most active volcanos in our Solar System. Connecting the reddest Southern Cross star Gacrux through the brightest star Acrux points near the most southern location in the sky: the South Celestial Pole (SCP), around which all southern stars appear to spin as the Earth turns.
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…
Asteroid Flybys Over the next 7 Days
NameDateMin Dia. (m)Max Dia. (m)Rel. Velocity (mph)Miss Distance (miles)
468727 (2010 JE87)25th Jan19243033,4183,757,070
189040 (2000 MU1)26th Jan27862232,1578,473,224
(2016 KL1)27th Jan12127130,26426,303,604
(2020 XD5)27th Jan27361146,62719,018,253
(2020 BN10)29th Jan16837758,55744,597,441
505657 (2014 SR339)30th Jan530118535,62118,065,734
(2002 CY9)31st Jan38485962,49812,399,195
(2015 AY245)31st Jan15234227,44627,647,048
(2020 TB12)1st Feb10924419,8741,611,781
(2016 CL136)1st Feb13931140,4063,285,047
(1995 CR)1st Feb121271102,19642,253,441
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
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
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
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
Artist’s impression of Ariel (ESA/STFC RAL Space/UCL/UK Space Agency/ATG Medialab)
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?
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
The Future Of The Workplace
Jamie Durham
IT Correspondent
A Skype video conference. Image by Jagrit Parajuli
Has the workplace changed forever? During the COVID-19 pandemic, enforced remote working has given the world time for thought and left us all wondering if there is a better way of going about our daily lives moving forward. In most countries, lockdown was introduced to protect health services from being overwhelmed,…
9:38 AM 9th June 2020
Opinion
Why The UK Needs To Take Far Greater Responsibility For Its Metal Waste
Today (Friday 5th June) is World Environment Day, which aims to raise awareness and action to protect our precious environment. While it’s true that global efforts of late to tackle some of the damage we have done to our planet over the last few centuries are starting to bear fruit,…
6:00 AM 5th June 2020
HPV Vaccine Manufacturers Commit To Provide Enough Supply To Immunise At Least 84 Million Girls In Gavi Countries
On the eve of the Global Vaccine Summit 2020, five manufacturers commit to increasing and prioritising HPV vaccine supply to Gavi-supported countries, which have among the highest cervical cancer burdens in the world Gavi estimates that up to 84 million girls in the…
10:19 AM 4th June 2020
Giant Battery Will Power Preston Plant With Homegrown Solar Energy
Supervising the installation of the giant batteries is United Utilities’ construction supervisor, Stuart Hartley
Giant rechargeable batteries have been installed in a Preston treatment works to help power the plant with its own homegrown solar energy. An array of solar panels at United Utilities’ Clifton Marsh wastewater treatment works will be connected to the supersize batteries which will store the renewable electricity produced and power…
4:47 PM 1st June 2020
UK Reaches 200,000 Coronavirus Testing Capacity Target A Day Early
Following the rapid expansion of coronavirus testing, the UK reached the 200,000 capacity target on Saturday 30 May, including capacity for 40,000 antibody tests a day. The extensive capacity now available makes this one of the largest network of diagnostic testing facilities To achieve…
9:55 AM 1st June 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scientific Evidence Supporting The UK Government Response
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 of this nature, it is imperative that the public is confident the government has based its decisions on…
3:24 PM 30th May 2020
Opinion
How Green Was My Vehicle
Those of us in retirement will recall well Richard Llewelyn’s nostalgic tale of mining village life in the Rhondda. It was grim and grimy, with the landscape pock-marked by hideous slag heaps. So what have vehicles to do with it? Well first I must confess - I’m a classic car…
8:48 AM 20th May 2020
COVID-19 Detection Dogs Trial Launches
Trials for specially-trained ‘COVID dogs’ that may be able to detect coronavirus (COVID-19) in humans, even before symptoms appear, are set to begin as part of new research. ‘COVID dogs’ to be trialled as potential non-invasive detection approach for the virus in the future …
1:32 PM 16th May 2020
Salad Could One Day Be Grown On Mars
Schoolchildren taking part in Rocket Science experiment. Credit: RHS
Salad seeds sent to space on the International Space Station (ISS) grow only slightly slower when back on Earth, giving hope for the future of growing food on another planet. The findings come after 2kg of rocket seeds spent six months on board the ISS with British European Space Agency…
11:26 AM 15th May 2020
Time For A Change In Hospital Communications
Jamie Durham
IT Correspondent
Given the current climate, my feature this month takes a bit of a different approach – one of ponderings, rather than advice. In truth, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis has left me wondering whether it’s time for a change in hospital communications… In 2018 to 2019 there were 17.1 million…
8:31 AM 6th May 2020
Research Highlights Impact Of Plastic Pollution On Marine Life
Hermit crab
New research from Queen’s University Belfast and Liverpool John Moores University reveals how the microplastic pollution crisis is threatening biodiversity. Currently up to 10 per cent of global plastic production ends up in the sea although the understanding of how this affects marine life is limited. The research, published today…
6:04 AM 29th April 2020
Sheffield At Forefront Of Key Covid-19 Research
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is taking part in a number of research studies to develop understanding of Covid-19 and progress the development of possible future treatments for the virus. The projects are aimed at understanding the basic biology of the coronavirus, its symptoms, and testing and finding drugs…
2:26 PM 26th April 2020
Call For Leeds To Join UK Hydrogen Bus Project
Plans for a UK-built, 3,000-strong hydrogen bus fleet across the country have been revealed by JCB heir Jo Bamford today, and he has called on the city of Leeds to join the project which he hopes can lead the nations’ economic recovery. Mr Bamford claims his plans are “an ideal option…
11:08 AM 26th April 2020
Remote Working - What To Expect And How To Prepare
Remote working will be a very new concept for many of us, but with the Coronavirus outbreak – and the many weeks set to be spent in lockdown – it will now become the only form of working for a lot of businesses. While it’s a positive tool that can…
3:14 AM 31st March 2020
UK Pledges £544 Million To Find Coronavirus Vaccine
The funding will ensure British scientists and researchers continue to lead the global fight against the virus. The UK government has pledged an additional £210 million of support to accelerate work to find a coronavirus vaccine, in an announcement following a virtual summit of G20 leaders. The UK has now pledged £544…
4:00 PM 27th March 2020
Vaccine Trials Among Recipients Of £20 Million Coronavirus Research Investment
Trials of new coronavirus vaccine among 6 projects to receive share of £20 million. Trials of new coronavirus vaccine among 6 projects to receive share of £20 million other projects to combat coronavirus include immediately repurposing existing treatments to treat patients already diagnosed with…
9:00 PM 23rd March 2020
UK Launches Whole Genome Sequence Alliance To Map Spread Of Coronavirus
The £20 million investment could help public health agencies combat COVID-19 and future pandemics. Government and scientific community back new genome sequencing consortium to map spread of COVID-19 £20 million investment will allow scientists and clinicians to unlock secrets of the disease …
4:43 AM 23rd March 2020
Wet February Saw Record Power Generation At Settle Hydro
The recent spell of wet weather saw a record February for power generation by Settle Hydro. The Hydro, which is run solely by volunteers and is based at Bridge End Mill in the town, saw enough electricity generated to power around 50 homes for a month. Voluntary board member of Settle Hydro,…
3:37 PM 21st March 2020
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