Prof Saul Faust, the director of the NIHR Clinical Research Facility in Southampton, said it gave “equivalent” immune responses to the conventional vaccine as well as being “safe and well tolerated” in the early stage studies. Faust added: “This obviously has potential to remove cold chain dependence, reduce wastage and improve access.” A larger trial…
Andy Burnham is having a good time. I can’t remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profile British politician) actually looked as though they were enjoying what they were doing. I saw a clip the other day in which Burnham remembered arguing with his dad about the point of an English degree,…
For years, defense contractors have operated under a law that was supposed to keep Chinese, Russian, North Korean and Iranian materials out of American weapons system — but real-world implementation has been elusive. President Donald Trump’s July 20 executive order, “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials,” is a serious…
The home secretary will change the law so the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang can be deported, the BBC has been told. As first reported by the Telegraph, Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out on Monday how she plans to amend the 1971 Immigration Act which currently stops Shabir Ahmed being removed…
Adura is a joint venture between UK energy giant Shell and Norwegian firm Equinor. Its 159-page submission said that displacing imported liquified nature gas (LNG) from the United States with gas from the Jackdaw field would save the equivalent of four million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. It says that could result in around 20% more…
Most Americans don’t look to their 401(k) plans for excitement or experimentation, instead relying on the promise that steady saving and sober planning will guarantee security in their golden years. But the Trump administration wants to transform the well-worn patterns of retirement investing. To do so, it is moving to weaken the main protection workers…
If you want to get a sense of the fuel crisis gripping Russia, all you need to do is spend a day driving around Moscow. At almost every petrol station we passed there was a queue of cars and lorries. Some lines were long, some short; some static, others moving steadily. If there was no…
Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed – quite literally – in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process. These landscapes are now at the forefront of the climate crisis and Jones has been making an offer that policymakers…
The modeled pathways, what we call projections, for deployment of carbon capture and storage are from text and tables in the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Perspectives and World Energy Outlook reports, and from correspondence with the IEA. The 2008 and 2010 projections are from the IEA’s Blue Map scenario; a second 2010 projection is…
Wembley Stadium has confirmed a rule change for Harry Styles’ show tomorrow amid an extreme heatwave in the UK. The former One Direction singer is due to continue his record-breaking ‘Together, Together’ residency at the venue tomorrow night (June 23), with Shania Twain once again appearing as a special guest. The show is still set to go ahead as planned, but Wembley has…
