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Obtaining the right mix of chemicals to destroy the contamination is the key to success. (Photo: Pixabay)

Novel device to fight fungal, pollen allergy

The technology developed by researchers at the University of Liverpool in the UK only requires air and electricity to...

12 Feb 2018 3:25 PM IST

A boy wearing a face mask sells balloons on a street in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP)

Scientists call to retract study claiming coronavirus spread is mainly...

The study also says noted that wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent the...

19 Jun 2020 1:33 PM IST

A woman displays information on her phone while checking in to be tested at a COVID-19 testing center at Lincoln Park. (AFP)

We can now trap coronavirus in this 'catch and kill' air filter

According to a recent study, the device killed 99.8 per cent of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in a single pass...

8 July 2020 2:44 PM IST

World Health Organization headquarters at Geneva. (AFP)

WHO acknowledges 'evidence' of COVID-19 airborne spread

The change in the WHO's assessment of risk of transmission could affect its current advice on keeping 1 metre of...

8 July 2020 9:00 AM IST

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WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of COVID-19 made by...

We are aware of the article and are reviewing its contents with our technical experts, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic...

7 July 2020 1:21 PM IST

A staff scan the e-ticket of a visitor at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on July 6, 2020, on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Can coronavirus spread through air? Hundreds of experts say yes

Scientists say there is evidence that coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise its pandemic guideline

6 July 2020 12:36 PM IST