Seven Swiss companies have turned 50 electric cars into power banks by feeding electricity from their batteries back into the grid when not driven to fill current energy gaps. The Honda e vehicles were tested in real-life conditions for the first time, after the project named V2X Suisse and directed…
Scientists in Germany have detected microplastic particles in human liver samples for the first time. Researchers at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf took liver, kidney and spleen samples from six cirrhosis patients and five individuals who do not suffer from the disease. Microplastic concentrations in all six cirrhotic liver tissues…
A 13-month-old tot has become the youngest Australian to die with COVID-19 after passing away suddenly in her sleep. The exact cause of Dakota Nenke’s death is currently unknown. However, the toddler tested positive for the virus after her sudden passing, reportedly becoming the youngest Australian to die while infected…
A top Italian surgeon has died of a heart attack after 12 hours of non-stop work dealing with COVID-19 patients. Doctor Raffaele Sebastiani, 61, who worked as a surgeon in a polyclinic in the Italian city of Bari, died earlier this week after the non-stop session. Raffaele, a husband and…
A plane has landed in Germany with a fully vaccinated dead man on board who later tested positive for COVID-19 and the circumstances surrounding his death still remain a mystery. The unnamed 51-year-old man, who was born in Russia and lived in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, was found dead…
Vietnamese officials kill and burn nine puppies, seven dogs and a cat travelling with a man on a motorbike after their owners tested positive for COVID-19. Many netizens have voiced their outrage at the decision as sources such as the Centres for Disease Control and Protection (CDC)state that the danger…
Russia has released images of its high-tech robot tank equipped with anti-tank missiles, high power flamethrowers and a machine gun known as the 'Uran-9' being tested during a combat exercise. The Uran-9 is a state of the art tracked unmanned combat ground vehicle (UCGV) designed to carry out combat, reconnaissance…
A lioness at an Indian zoo is suspected of dying of COVID -19 as eight others have also tested positive for the virus. The nine-year-old lioness died at Vandalur Zoo, also known as the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, near the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu…
Doctors in Spain have found that over 80 percent of COVID-19 patients have shown deficient levels of a prehormone produced from vitamin D. The study was published on the online edition of the ‘Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism’ (JCEM) yesterday (Tuesday). It was conducted by doctors at the Marques…
The people on board of this luxury yacht belonging to the Royal Qatari family have been ordered to remain in quarantine after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19. It is unclear if there are any members of the royal family onboard, however, according to the local newspaper ‘Diario de…