First batch of new NHS ventilators to be built this weekend
Regulatory approval expected for machine being adapted by Oxfordshire-based Penlon
This way for brain tingles: ASMR gets a shiver-inducing exhibition
From cucumber-crunchers to cranial exams, YouTube is full of ASMRtists provoking the strangely pleasurable autonomous sensory meridian response. Now they’ve got their own euphoric museum show
Oxford firm to screen 15,000 drugs in search for coronavirus cure
Exscientia to use AI to hunt through compounds which have passed human trials
New blood test can detect 50 types of cancer
System uses machine learning to offer new way to screen for hard to detect cancers
Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text
Researchers in US tracked the neural data from people while they were speaking
Fake news in the time of coronavirus: how big is the threat?
People assume that we’re vulnerable to false information. But even in times of crisis, common sense usually prevails, says cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier
F1 team helps build new UK breathing aid for Covid-19 patients
Device developed in 10 days by medics and engineers will help avoid need for full ventilation
James Bond gun collection stolen in London raid
Pistols from Die Another Day, Walther PPK from A View to a Kill and special chrome Magnum from Live and Let Die among items taken in burglary
Report coronavirus ‘quack cures’ immediately, says UK government
People urged to inform social media firms if they see falsehoods shared online
From vacuum cleaners to ventilators – can Dyson make the leap?
The firm does not have medical expertise but it does have some relevant experience
Spring-heeled: concept that could see Usain Bolt rocket to 50mph
Prototype of revolutionary running device being worked on by scientists at US university
10 Covid-busting designs: spraying drones, fever helmets and anti-virus snoods
Companies the world over are directing their ingenuity at the fight against the coronavirus. From sanitising robots to a 3D-printed hospital ward, here are the most intriguing inventions
UK mobile firms asked to alert Britons to heed coronavirus lockdown
Ministers call on mobile companies to send mass broadcast to reach up to 60m people
WTAF! How is Jonah Hill swearier than Samuel L Jackson?
Despite having made 130 more films – including six Tarantinos – Jackson trails king of the curse word Hill. But then he wasn’t in The Wolf of Wall Street …
Energy storage boom stalls in Europe
Slowdown in large-scale clean energy projects started before coronavirus crisis due to lack of state support