Stripping alcohol from supermarket shelves could help to curb Britain’s drinking problem, according to ‘nannying’ scientists. Researchers say policies to clamp down on problem drinking would work better if the UK moved to a radical Scandinavian-style system where booze is sold exclusively
Woman, 76, gets her voice back after scientists used her appearance on TV game show as a guide to how she speaks Helen Whitelaw appeared on ITV’s Tipping Point in 2019, winning almost £3,000 Year later, she was diagnosed with motor neurone
Covid antibody levels have stopped rising in older people and slowed Britain’s progress towards herd immunity against the disease, official figures show. More than half of all adults continue to test positive for virus-fighting antibodies for the second month in a row
Brexit backing inventor Sir James Dyson claims ‘freedom’ from the EU allowed Oxford scientists to develop a ‘world-beating’ COVID-19 vaccine in record time Sir James Dyson said the benefits of Brexit were best demonstrated by the jab The inventor, 73, said Brexit
An emission-free ‘nuclear powered’ 984ft-long science exploration vessel, as large as the world’s longest cruise ship will launch in 2025 with 22 cutting edge laboratories and over 400 people on board. The Earth 300 vessel, being developed by The Iddes Yacht company,
Pentagon scientists working inside a secretive unit set up at the height of the Cold War have created a microchip to be inserted under the skin, which will detect COVID-19 infection. The team at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have been
Unchecked Covid hotspots could lead to a third wave of the virus if the country reopens too quickly, scientists warn. Ministers have been blasted for ignoring their pledge to follow ‘data not dates’ when lifting lockdown in line with Boris Johnson’s roadmap. As
As research involving transplanting lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ into animals to study neurological diseases continues to expand, experts warn the work with these brain organoids could result in a ‘Planet of the Apes’ scenario. The concern is animals could develop humanized traits and
Scientists said today that blood clots caused by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are ‘extraordinarily rare’, as regulators launch a of review four cases linked to the single-dose jab. The vaccine, also known as Janssen, is yet to be approved for use
Two of the scientists behind Britain’s AstraZeneca jab could both make £26million today as the tech firm that developed it hits the US stock market. Oxford professors Sarah Gilbert and Adrian Hill both own 5.2 per cent of Vaccitech, which will later