Over the last year, the pandemic has unleashed the true power of science and technology, pharma, biotechnology and research. The stage has been set for innovative breakthroughs in the domains. For India, Covid is a crisis turned into an opportunity. “With concerted efforts, a huge community of entrepreneurs has come forward to create kits, face … Read more
The pandemic has thrown open fresh challenges and unknown opportunities. Jobs of the future will never be the same. The lockdown has unlocked new unchartered avenues for the e-commerce industry, which has become India’s fastest-growing digital business with players like Amazon India’s Flex Delivery programme expanding to 35 cities. This initiative has opened up part-time job … Read more
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have continued to increase during 2020 despite unprecedented falls in emissions driven by the coronavirus pandemic. While lockdowns around the world have cut emissions of many pollutants and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, the drop experienced is no larger than normal annual fluctuations driven by the natural variability … Read more
The data centre business has received strong tailwinds over the past six months – from an unlikely source – the Covid-19 pandemic. Even as the pandemic and associated restrictions threw life and business out of gear, stalling growth in most sectors, it became a massive catalyst for digital adoption. The Government of India (GoI) had … Read more
A cotton face mask that uses a special fabric that can kill 99.99 per cent of bacteria and viruses within 60 minutes of daylight exposure has been developed by Californian researchers. While face masks made of various cloth materials have been shown to filter nanoscale aerosol particles such as those released by a cough or … Read more
To recover from the crisis while making a bold play for a thriving future, there are three key strategic issues that technology companies should consider. Positioning industries for a stronger future The continuing COVID-19 crisis is creating enormous uncertainty and change—and questions with no obvious answers: Which changes will persist? What will the new … Read more
A face mask that comes with a built-in heated copper mesh that can inactivate viruses such as Covid-19 is being developed by MIT researchers. While N95 masks have already been shown to be effective at filtering out viruses and reducing the risk of infection, the heat mesh could take this level of protection one step … Read more
Eighty-two per cent of people believe robots can support their mental health better than humans, according to a study by Oracle and HR research and advisory firm Workplace Intelligence. The Covid-19 pandemic has made 2020 one of the most stressful years in living memory, negatively affecting the mental health of many people, both at home … Read more
A security organization in the U.K. says a group of Russian hackers is targeting research centers involved in COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine development. The adversary group is using spear-phishing to target the research centers, a practice that uses deception to get victims to click on links with hidden malware. These attacks come at a time when U.S.- and U.K.-based … Read more
Scientists have developed an antibody test for the virus that causes Covid-19 that they say is more accurate and can handle a larger number of donor samples at lower overall cost than standard antibody tests currently in use. In the short term, the test, developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration … Read more