Moisture is causing colours of The Scream to fade, study claims

Moisture in the air is triggering the degradation of the 20th century masterpiece The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, scientists say. An international team used the world’s biggest X-ray to analyse paint micro-flakes originating from The Scream, which hangs in the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. Cadmium sulphide, used as a pigment in the … Read more

California biotech claims it’s discovere an antibody that can block ‘100%’ of coronavirus

‘There is a cure’: California biotech company claims it has discovered an antibody that can block ‘100%’ of coronavirus infections Sorrento Therapeutics of California is set to announce that it has discovered an antibody that can completely block coronavirus  Scientists with the company are calling it a ‘cure’ and say the antibody could be used … Read more

Coronavirus: Ivanka Trump in mask after assistant tests positive

Ivanka Trump has publicly emerged for the first time since it was confirmed that her personal assistant had tested positive for COVID-19.  The first daughter was pictured leaving her Washington, D.C. home on Friday morning, when she covered her mouth and nose with a black face mask, which she had accessorized with an American flag … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Crisis must not kill off our banks or our cash

There will be many changes for the worse when we finally creep out of lockdown and realise that the economy has gone into shrink mode. There will be fewer jobs to go to and some of the local businesses we once supported – cafes, restaurants, local bookshops – will no longer be there. Gone for … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Death toll hits 33,998 with 384 new fatalities

Britain’s crucial coronavirus reproduction rate has crept up to the point where the outbreak could spiral back out of control, government scientists today warned – on the same day officials announced the lowest weekly death toll since the end of March, with just 384 more victims. Experts sitting on Number 10’s SAGE panel saying the … Read more