Science and engineering

Jennifer A. Doudna from the USA and Emmanuelle Charpentier from France will receive the prize for the creation of “genetic scissors”, that is, “a tool for rewriting the code of life.”

Roger Penrose (Great Britain), Reinhard Genzel (USA) and Andrea Ghez (USA) are the winners.

Harvey J. Alter (USA), Michael Houghton (Great Britain) and Charles M. Rice (USA) were engaged in work on the discovery and study of the virus.

American scientists from Harvard Medical School conducted a study comparing the number of deaths caused by the new coronavirus infection and the notorious Spanish flu of 1918-1920.

The main secrets of this phenomenon are restraint in nutrition, physical activity and work on mental abilities in old age, which help to preserve longevity.

Over the previous day alone, 7,212 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection have been recorded in the Russian Federation.

A team of South Korean and German scientists has developed a unique robot for curling.

According to Larisa Popovich, it would be wrong to call a "second wave" of coronavirus the fall increase in the number of people infected with it.

Physicists have created a unique device - an ultrasonic detector of record small size.

The letter was written by Enrico Bucci, a scientist from the Temple University.

It occurred after one of the volunteers showed a side effect.

The publication summarizes the results of trials in humans and mentions previously unpublished data on preclinical studies in animals.

Mercedes-Benz, in cooperation with the sports division AMG, is preparing a new all-electric sports car for serial production.

Amazon is preparing to open the first grocery store of the new Fresh retail chain. It will test Amazon's smart carts that eliminate the need for shoppers to check out.

American scientists have discovered regular flares in one of the stars closest to us - GJ 887. This means that the planets revolving around it are unlikely to be habitable.