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Omicron subvariant BA.2 may cause severe disease, lab study suggests

A Japanese team led by researchers from the University of Tokyo found that similar to BA.1, BA.2 subvariant of Omicron appears to largely escape the immunity induced by COVID-19 vaccines

Omicron variant of Covid-19: Around 10% reinfection in UK, shows study

A recent study by the Imperial College London has shown that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher than other strains

Omicron 10x better at escaping Covid vax, immunity than Delta: Study

The super-mutant variant was first discovered from South Africa and Botswana in late November 2021

Covid-19 airborne particles can travel about 200 feet, says US study

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory estimates that droplets encased in mucus could remain moist for up to 30 minutes and travel up to about 200 feet

New polymer coating for clothes may keep Covid, bacteria at bay

Canadian researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes Covid-19 by up to 90 per cent

China's power in Asia falls, United States regains authority: Lowy

China's measure of power fell as the country wrestled with structural weaknesses in its demographics and financial system, the research group said

IISc is world's top research university in QS rankings: Check details here

IIT Bombay, Delhi and IISc stay in the lead among Indian institutions

Stem cell research community drops 14-day limit on human embryo research

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has announced it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 days

Covid-19 risk greater if passengers board plane from back to front

So-called back-to-front boarding is also twice as risky as letting passengers on at random, even though it does reduce exposure between seated passengers and those walking down the plane

Haffkine Institute gets govt's approval to produce Bharat Biotech's Covaxin

Last month, Uddhav Thackeray had sought central nod to manufacture Bharat Biotech's Covaxin at Haffkine Institute

Researchers develop new Covid-19 test that doesn't use scarce reagents

They said it correctly identified 92 per cent of the positive samples and 100 per cent of the negatives

Lakshmi Mittal gifts GBP 3.5 mn to Oxford for developing Covid-19 vaccine

Lakshmi Mittal said, "This year has been a wake-up call to the world to be better prepared for pandemics, which, as we have all experienced, can cause massive social and economic disruption."

Immune cells associated with protection against Covid-19 identified: Study

The study, published in the journal Science Immunology, assessed T cells from 10 Covid-19 patients under intensive care treatment

Researches say human vision can develop up to more than 40 yrs

Earlier, vision development was believed to mature in the first few years of life only

Creative people face disturbed sleep, finds study

Researchers sought to understand how verbal & visual creativity influence objective aspects of sleep