U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Eli Lilly & Companies investigational monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adult and pediatric patients. Bamlanivimab is authorized for patients with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing who are 12 years of age and older weighing at …
Ark Invest has a report on Bad Ideas for investing during the 2020s. Ark Invest manages invest ETFs of about $20 billion. ARK’s Invest believes in Autonomous Technology and Robotics, Next Generation Internet, Genomic Revolution, Fintech Innovation, 3D Printing, Israel Innovative Technology, and the overall Disruptive Innovation. Self-driving trucks will be cheaper per ton-mile than …
COVID-19 experts were expecting the first vaccines to only be 60% or 70% effective but phase III Pfizer and Biontech results show 90% effectiveness. Test subjects who received two injections of the vaccine three weeks apart had 90% fewer cases of symptomatic Covid-19 than those who received a placebo. Pfizer and Biontech will file for …
Tesmanian reports that according to several industry insiders, Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai plans to produce about 550,000 EVs in 2021. This plan includes 300,000 Model 3s and 250,000 Model Ys. Tesla Gigafactory has issued ordering requirements to core component suppliers. Yesterday on November 7, Tesmanian reported Tesla Giga Shanghai: Model Y Production Starts by the end …
Pfizer and BioNTech, announced positive efficacy results from our Phase 3, late-stage study of our potential COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis. The results demonstrate that our mRNA-based vaccine can help …
Researchers at Columbia Engineering found that alkali metal additives, such as potassium ions, can prevent lithium microstructure proliferation during battery use. Using NMR and computer simulations enables an understanding of how these unique electrolyte formulations improve lithium metal battery performance at the molecular level. These are tools to enable optimization of electrolyte design and enable …
The UK will leave the European Union at the end of 2020 and could form the CANZUK free trade area in 2021. CANZUK would be a free trade union between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Canada has a population if 38.2 million people and a GDP of $1.8 trillion. Australia has a population …
Everyday Astronaut describes the size and payload capabilities of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship. The SpaceX Superheavy Starship will be taller and have more payload capacity than the Saturn V. The fully reusable rocket could have a per flight cost of $2-5 million for its 150 ton capacity. There is currently a payload size of …
The Starship SN8 flight has road closures scheduled for November 8-13. SN8 could make its 15000 meter flight on any of those days. CBass Productions has great 3D animations of the possible Starship test flight and animations of the Raptor engines. SOURCES – Marcus House, CBass Productions Written By Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com Brian WangBrian Wang …
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Thursday, Nov. 5. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker of NASA, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch to the International Space Station aboard Crew Dragon Falcon 9. Liftoff from Launch …
China’s newest five year plan has a target of reaching moderate developed nation per capita income levels by 2035. Spain has a per capita income level of $26,000 now and Italy has a per capita income level of $30,000. Those countries have GDP growth rates of about 1-2% per year. If China were to catch …