Covid-19: UNICEF to acquire more than 1 billion syringes for future vaccines
Jornal de Angola - 22/10/2020
Pandemic accelerates work automation, which will eliminate 85 million jobs by 2025
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 22/10/2020
World Economic Forum predicts that half of the activities will be performed by machines in five years
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the arrival of the future of the labor market and it, according to a report by the World Economic Forum, is expected to result in…
Ways to help the Environment while in the kitchen
Delas - Portugal - 21/10/2020
The concern about the Environment and to reduce our ecological footprint is something that has been gaining importance in our lives. You can also do it in the kitchen
From our beauty routine, including the way we relate it to fashion, there are a thousand and one ways to…
Probe Osiris-Rex 'touched down' asteroid Bennu in historic mission
Plataforma - Macau - 21/10/2020
American probe Osiris-Rex touches asteroid Bennu, for a few seconds, and makes History 330 million kilometers away from Earth
More than four years after its launch, Nasa’s Osiris-Rex probe was able to briefly touch asteroid Bennu’s surface on Tuesday to collect 60…
China says US lies about 5G, has dirty cybersecurity record
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 21/10/2020
Statements set the tone for escalating tensions between the two countries amid decisions about 5G
The Chinese embassy in Brazil on Tuesday accused the United States of lying about 5G technology and creating problems that threaten international rules.
The…
China reaches 5G construction target for 2020
Shanghai Daily - China - 20/10/2020
China will continue building up its 5G network, even after reaching its annual construction target well ahead of schedule. The next-generation mobile communication standard is expected to boost innovation and stimulate the digital economy, officials said on…
Lower Covid-19 lethality raises doubts about confinement, says epidemiologist
Plataforma - Macau - 20/10/2020
Stanford’s John Ioannidis says data on benefits of constraints is missing and decisions need to consider uncertainties
There are still important unanswered questions about Covid-19, but we’ve made enough progress to avoid measures of social restriction as much…
Combination of Covid-19 with chronic diseases creates “global union”
Folha de S. Paulo - Brazil - 16/10/2020
Global study points to chronic diseases and risk factors as perfect storm for Covid-19 crisis
Worldwide, diseases such as obesity, hypertension and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and air pollution are directly related to decreased life expectancy. Together, they all…
Chinese vaccine considered safe and with immune response in the first trials
TSF - Portugal - 16/10/2020
The first tests on BBIBP-CorV involved more than 600 volunteers.
A vaccine candidate against Covid-19 that is being developed in China has shown to be safe and able to induce an immune response in healthy volunteers in the early stages of the clinical trial, according to…
Apple's rare earth recycling steps up environmental response
AFP - USA - 14/10/2020
Apple said Tuesday its newest iPhones would be produced using recycled rare earth materials, as part of a stepped up environmental initiative which also has geopolitical implications.
Announced as part of a series of sustainability actions, Apple said the move builds on…
European Union signs agreement to buy 500 thousand doses of remdesivir
Istoé - Brazil - 09/10/2020
The European Commission has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to buy 500 thousand doses of remdesivir antiviral, used to treat patients who have contracted the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2).
The value of the negotiation was 70 million…
