Snapchat unveils augmented reality features that let users decorate landmarks in their neighborhood and use voice commands to change effects in camera mode Snapchat announced voice activation for its AR lenses Users can ask the app to change the filters using voice commands It also rolled announced collaborative AR landscapes called ‘Local Lenses’ The feature allows users to … Read more
Scientists have raised concerns over how galactic cosmic rays would affect astronauts on deep space missions, as it can cause dementia and permanent memory loss. NASA has designed a machine that simulates the rays by combining protons, helium ions and heavier ions to create a radiation environment. The gun-like instruments was first used used on … Read more
An experimental treatment using blood plasma is safe to use on coronavirus patients, a new study suggests. Less than one percent of about 5,000 patients from around the US who received plasma from people who had recovered from the virus suffered ‘serious adverse effects.’ Additionally, one week later, only about 15 percent died, which the … Read more
An arthritis drug may better the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Researchers found more that than 70 percent treated with anakinra, sold under the brand name Kineret, showed improvements in breathing and reduced signs of inflammation. The team, from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, says its findings are … Read more
One of the first Britons to sign up for the coronavirus vaccination scheme has spoken about the symptoms he’s expecting as the trial starts today. Simeon Courtie, speaking to Good Morning Britain from Oxfordshire, said he was expecting to catch a fever ‘at worse’ as he stepped forward to help find a cure to the … Read more
Hospitals in Sweden have stopped using the malaria drug chloroquine on coronavirus patients after reports it was causing blinding headaches and vision loss. Doctors in the Vastra Gotaland region, 200miles west of Stockholm, are no longer administering the medication, touted as a ‘miracle drug’ by Donald Trump. A number of patients at hospitals in the county reported suffering … Read more
Thousands of prostate cancer patients could be spared side effects of radiotherapy thanks to gel which protects organs from radiation A new gel could spare prostate cancer patients from radiotherapy side effects NHS bosses have approved its funding and 1,000 men will recieve it in 2020 The gel is injected before radiotherapy and provides cushion … Read more
Forget trendy standing desks! Kneeling at your desk or squatting on the floor ‘may protect office workers from the harmful effects of inactivity’ A sedentary lifestyle, such as an office job, is considered to be bad for the heart But a study suggests the effects can be offset by kneeling instead of sitting Squatting is … Read more
A 20-foot Scalextric-style model of California, made by the special effects team behind Hollywood movies including First Man and The Abyss, will be flown over to London and assembled in the middle of one of Europe’s busiest train stations, DailyMail.com can reveal. The model, with miniature versions of the state’s best-known landmarks including Disneyland, the … Read more