Forget painful nose swabs! Non-invasive SKIN tests can detect Covid-19 with 83% accuracy, scientists say Sebum is a waxy substance made by glands in the skin of the face, neck and back Researchers found the composition of lipids in the sebum is altered by Covid The difference in lipid levels was found to correlate with positive Covid … Read more
Forget painful nose swabs! Non-invasive SKIN tests can detect Covid-19 with 83% accuracy, scientists say Sebum is a waxy substance made by glands in the skin of the face, neck and back Researchers found the composition of lipids in the sebum is altered by Covid The difference in lipid levels was found to correlate with positive Covid … Read more
Plans to post millions of rapid testing kits to homes are BLOCKED by regulator amid fears they are not accurate enough when people test themselves Tests only pick up 49 per cent of infections when used by ordinary people Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency blocked mass rollout Boris Johnson has said lateral flow tests … Read more
Delicately balanced boulders have been used to create a ‘rock clock’ that can improve the accuracy of earthquake severity predictions by up 50 per cent. Imperial College London researchers created a new severe earthquake forecasting model using information from formations of precariously balanced rocks (PBRs). PBRs, rock formations where a ‘slender boulder’ is delicately perched … Read more
Robot can identify birds with around 90 per cent accuracy – so amateur twitchers never get in a flap AI has been found to identify smaller birds with up to 90 per cent accuracy Researchers trained the AI using pictures of wild great tits and sociable weavers, and captive zebra finches The technology works in … Read more
‘Game-changing’ coronavirus antibody test that takes 20 minutes passes first trials with 98.6% accuracy Easy-to-read fingerprick tests were shown to be 98.6 per cent accurate The Oxford University developed AbC-19 tests will be distributed for free Large number of the tests were produced while waiting for regulatory approval By Helena Kelly For The Daily Mail … Read more
US healthcare officials are working tirelessly to deliver coronavirus test results in a timely manner, but the process includes getting tested, having the sample processed and then delivering the results. Now, a scientist has developed new technology that can produce a diagnosis in just a matter of seconds and with 98 percent accuracy. Barath Narayanan, … Read more