More than 130 therapies are being investigated as possible treatments for the coronavirus, a leading pharmaceutical industry association said Friday.
Category: Research
Author JK Rowling makes huge gift for MS research
London, Sep 12, (AP/UNB) — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has made a substantial donation for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis at a center named after her late mother.
Climate change report warns of growing impact on US life
Unchecked climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human health and quality of life, a US government report warns. “Future risks from climate change depend… on decisions made today,” the 4th National Climate Assessment…
Long-life wood products significant carbon capturers
Can the way we use wood mitigate climate change and support the bioeconomy? The answer is yes, according to a new PhD thesis from the University of Eastern Finland, investigating how wood use can contribute to avoiding or reducing the…
তরল মাটিতে ডুবে যেতে পারে ঢাকার বাড়ীঘর
ধরুন আপনার পায়ের নীচের যে শক্ত মাটি তার প্রকৃতি হঠাৎ বদলে গেল। এটি তরল পদার্থের মতো আচরণ শুরু করলো। যে মাটির ওপর আপনি দাঁড়িয়ে আছেন সেটিতে ঢেউ খেলতে শুরু করলো। মাটির ওপরের সব বাড়িঘর, রাস্তাঘাট, স্কুল, হাসপাতাল, সেতু ভেসে যেতে…
Wetlands key for accurate greenhouse gas measure in Arctic
The Arctic is rapidly warming, with stronger effects than observed elsewhere in the world. The Arctic regions are particularly important with respect to climate change, as permafrost soils store huge amounts of the Earth’s soil carbon (C). Warming of Arctic…
Hostility to Islam remains stagnant in Germany
While homophobia has seen a drastic decrease in Germany over the years, Islamophobia has remained stubbornly stagnant. A new Playboy poll has found that most Germans are opposed to mosques, hijab, and refugee homes. A new poll published on Thursday…
১১৩ বছর আগে স্বর্ণ নিয়ে ডোবা যুদ্ধ জাহাজের সন্ধান
রুশ যুদ্ধ জাহাজ দিমিত্রি ডনস্কই ১৯০৫ সালে স্বর্ণসহ বহুমূল্য সম্পদ নিয়ে ডুবে গিয়েছিল বলে গুজব প্রচলিত আছে। জাহাজটির ধ্বংসাবশেষ খুঁজে পেয়েছে উদ্ধারকারী অনেক প্রতিষ্ঠানের এমন দাবিও প্রায় প্রতিষ্ঠিত। কিন্তু ১১৩ বছর পরে সেই জাহাজের খোঁজ মিলেছে দক্ষিণ কোরিয়ার এক দ্বীপের…
Climate literacy training held successfully in Dhaka
To build climate literate-youths in Bangladesh, a special programme, ‘Climate Literacy Development Training’ organised by the Youth Environment and Social Development Society (YESDS) was held at the Alliance Française, Dhaka on 30 April.
Bangladesh experiences coldest winter in 50 years
Dhaka, Jan 8 – Tentulia Upazila of Panchagarh the northernmost district of Bangladesh on Monday morning experienced 2.6 degree Celsius, the lowest temperature of in 50 years, with poor people hard bearing the real brunt.
The weather report is climate science too
Dawn Stover If you turned to any cable news channel lately, you probably saw in-depth coverage of the hurricane du jour. A sombre meteorologist pointed to a map depicting the storm’s predicted path, then cut away to the latest satellite…
Narasimhan will take over as Novartis CEO in February
Novartis Chief Executive Joseph Jimenez will retire in 2018, with chief drug developer Vasant Narasimhan taking over as CEO starting in February, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday.
Headless body identified as of missing journalist
A headless torso found in waters off Denmark has been identified as missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, Danish police say. There was a “DNA match between [the] torso and Kim Wall”, Copenhagen police said on Twitter. Ms Wall was last…
Cows hold clue to beating HIV
Cows have shown an “insane” and “mind-blowing” ability to tackle HIV which will help develop a vaccine, say US researchers. In a first for immunisation, the animals rapidly produced special types of antibody that can neutralise HIV. It is thought…
Bangladesh still hosts largest number of Myanmar refugees: Report
Dhaka – The number of refugees from Myanmar rose to 490,300 by the end of 2016, from 451,800 the previous year with Bangladesh remaining to host the largest number of them – 276,200, says a new global report. -UNB
Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
Bangor – Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says. –AP/UNB
Rana Plaza tragedy: 42.4pc survivors still jobless
Dhaka – Some 57.6 percent survivors of Rana Plaza collapse are engaged in various types of wage and self-employments, while 42.4 percent claimed that they are jobless, shows a recent survey. UNB news agency reported
70 pc buildings to collapse if 7-8 magnitude quake hits Ctg
Chittagong – About 70 percent of high-rise buildings in the port city will collapse if an earthquake of 7-8 magnitude on the Richter scale hits the city, says a new study of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUST). UNB…
Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life
Cape Canaveral— For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star — and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according…
China plans to land probes on moon, Mars by 2020
Beijing (AP/UNB) — China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018,…
Cheetahs, world’s fastest land animal, racing towards extinction
(CNN)Only about 7,100 cheetahs remain in the world and their numbers are quickly dwindling, putting them at risk of extinction, according to new research.
US team finds WW II ‘remains’ in India
US team finds WW II ‘remains’ in IndiaA US team visiting India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has recovered what it says are possible remains of US soldiers who died in a plane crash during World War Two. Residents of…
Genetic tests confirm new species of whale
ANCHORAGE — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research published this week. The testing shows the black whales, with bulbous heads…
Climate change could cost global economy US$24 trillion
Jessica Cheam A new report by the London School of Economics and Political Science is the first comprehensive study to use an economic model to put a number on the “climate value at risk”. A new report published on Monday…
Violence against women rises 74%
Violence against women rose by 74 per cent in 2015 compared to the year before, says a report of BRAC.The report was prepared on the basis of field reports done by BRAC staff working in 55 districts across the country.The…
Australia invests $760 million in tech to fight climate change
AFP, Sydney – Australia will invest Aus$1 billion in clean energy technologies, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday, in a stark shift away from his predecessor’s climate change policies as an election looms. Turnbull, long known as a supporter of…