Vaccine maker BioNTech will be using mRNA technology to develop a “highly effective” malaria vaccine. It is looking to replicate the success of its Pfizer-partnered mRNA-based COVID-19 jab to make a stronger malaria vaccine. The two-pronged approach of the biotech company is to develop the vaccine candidate for malaria and to boost mRNA manufacturing capabilities to the African continent. The project aims to assess multiple vaccine candidates using mRNA technology to plan and target the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) and new antigens discovered in the pre-clinical research stage. Bi
Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos offered to cover up to $2 billion of NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company a contract to make the spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. On Monday, freshly after his trip to space he offered this deal for his company Blue Origin. In April NASA awarded Bezos’ rival- billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company-SpaceX a $2.9 billion a contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the Moon's surface. The project will take place in 2024. Earlier NASA rejected the bid from Blue Origin and defense contractor Dyneti
Approximately six million doses of Johnson and Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine are to be delivered to African Nations. The African Union decided to deliver 27 African nations who have paid for the shipment through the end of August. African coronavirus envoy Strive Masiyiwa addressed the nation by saying 18 countries are finalizing loans from the World Bank and other global lenders before they make the payment. Delivery will be carried out at an average of 10 million a month from 2021 September. Which will gradually be increased to 20 million till January until the order is fulfi
The two-dose vaccine given at four-week intervals is recommended based on a study on 3,732 participants. COVID-19 vaccine Moderna might become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators recommend them for 12 to 17 years old. For people above 18, the use of Spikevax vaccine will be the same in adolescents. The European Medicines Agency said adding the shot can produce a comparable antibody response to that seen in 18-25 years old. It has been considered important to vaccinate children for reaching herd immunity in light of the highly contagious Delta Va
China made its debut for the world's fastest train in Qingdao. The Maglev bullet has been developed by state-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation which can reach speeds of 600 kilometers per hour (373 miles per hour). Maglev is an abbreviation of “Magnetic Levitation” and the train appears to be “floating”. The extreme electromagnetic force makes it look like it is gliding above the tracks. The prototype of the Maglev bullet train was revealed to the media in the year 2019 where China announced to create three hour transportation circles between major metropolitan areas.
In a widespread global outage of service on Thursday, many popular websites fell offline. India also got affected by this outage and delivery platforms like Zomato, Amazon, Paytm also faced downtime. To reach some sites many visitors received DNS errors, which means their request could not reach the websites. Global platforms that got affected include Airbnb, UPS, HSBC bank, British Airways, and the PlayStation network used for online games. Akamai who is the provider of one of the popular DNS reported that it was an “emerging issue” with its Edge. Down Detector had also reported thous
On Wednesday, Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said that five-member nations produced 75% vaccines of COVID-19. Only three-quarters of nations, China, India, Germany, The United States, and France gave the vaccines this year. Director-general aimed to expand the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing to promote equitable access. According to AsiaOne, the discriminatory access to the vaccines came out as the root cause of the unequal recovery of the global economy. She states that vaccination of the developed economy is taking place at a rapid rate while the p
Jeff Bezos, the second billionaire to ride his own spaceship in less than a week, soared into space Tuesday on his rocket company's inaugural voyage with passengers on board. The Amazon CEO was accompanied by the select few people- an entourage that included his brother, an 18-year-old Dutch teen, and an 82-year-old Texas aeronautics pioneer - the youngest and oldest people to ever fly in space. Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, named for America's first astronaut, launched from West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. This is a date chosen by Bezos for i
Wally Funk has been the world's oldest woman to travel into space, 60 years after being denied the privilege. For Funk, it was all about achieving one goal: being one of the first female astronauts. Notwithstanding being under the age of 24, the aviation genius got a break in 1961 when she became the youngest of the Mercury 13 women. This was a group of women who completed testing to prove that women could compete for NASA's astronaut corps. At a time when women were deliberately prohibit
The richest man on the planet, business tycoon Jeff Bezos, to take on the edge of space in two days. The founder of Blue Origin is due to be a part of the all-civilian crew for a planned 11-minute ride to the edge of space. It is scheduled to launch from a West Texas site. AsiaOne stated that the mission is expected to kick off on Tuesday at 8 am ET if weather permits. This history will be live-streamed and will have a running live blog with updates. Bezos will be accompanied by his brother Mark Bezos, trailblazing octogenarian woman aviator Wallu Fink and a person who paid $28mn for a spo