£800m tech agency that was championed by Dominic Cummings and aims to help UK inventors take on the world will be launched today The Advanced Research & Invention Agency will fund ‘blue sky projects’ It will also give inventors the ‘freedom to fail’ by exempting them from standard rules for taxpayer-funded work This has raised … Read more
Under-fire Keir Starmer aims to style himself as the new Clement Attlee who can rebuild the country after the devastation of Covid-19 pandemic The Labour leader will address claims he is not up to the job of prime minister in a major speech today setting out his vision for the country He plans to model … Read more
The US is only sequencing about 2,300 coronavirus genomes a week in search of variants, and aims to sequence 7,000 weekly. The far smaller UK sequences 12,000 genomes a week.
World Wide Wed inventor Tim Berners-Lee aims to ‘re-make’ cyberspace with ‘pods’ that store personal data controlled by the user Tim Berners-Lee aims to re-make the web to look like his original vision He spoke at a conference, where he revealed new plans using his Inrupt firm People will use a single sign-on for any … Read more
Jacqueline Jossa reveals her goal to exercise more and ‘eat healthy’… after admitting her January diet had not gone to plan By Isla Williams For Mailonline Published: 20:54 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 20:54 GMT, 10 January 2021 Jacqueline Jossa has revealed her plans to ‘eat healthy’ and exercise more, after previously admitting her … Read more
A new Chinese carrier rocket has made its first flight today, paving the way towards China’s ambitious mission of sending travellers into space by 2045. The medium-lift Long March 8 Y-1 blasted off at 12.37 pm (04.37am GMT) from the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying five satellites, state media reported. The newly launched rocket … Read more
Quarantine for contacts of Covid-19 cases could be halved or eliminated entirely under mass testing plans, it has been suggested. Pregnancy-style testing kits, which give results in minutes, would be used under the plans to identify un-infected contacts and release them from two-week quarantine. The mass testing scheme will be trialled on emergency workers in … Read more
Canadian miner Yamana aims to strike gold in London float as it predicts a bull run in precious metal prices By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 12 October 2020 Canadian miner Yamana Gold will list on the London Stock Exchange today as it predicts … Read more
A new property venture aims to provide accommodation to homeless people and eventually provide an annual 7.5 per cent return to investors. Home, a real estate investment trust which will float on the London Stock Exchange later this month, wants to raise £250million to acquire a portfolio of suitable property. It plans to let accommodation … Read more
The much-anticipated Celera 500L ‘bullet’ plane which is set to revolutionize private air travel has been revealed. Developed by California-based Otto Aviation, the Celera is a six-person craft they say boasts groundbreaking fuel efficiency with eight times less consumption. Yet, it can still fly at jet speeds with a maximum cruising speed of 460 miles per hour, … Read more