Nuclear fusion saw another major breakthrough… a ‘huge step’ in the quest for clean energy.
A woman was cured of HIV through a breakthrough stem cell treatment.
MIT engineers created an ‘impossible’ new material… stronger than steel but as light as plastic.
An international team of scientists used supercomputers to unlock a ‘giant leap’ in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
A new ‘game-changing’ carbon capture technology could deliver a step change in our ability to remove carbon dioxide from the air.
Researchers set a new Guinness World Record for fastest-ever DNA sequencing technique… using it to sequence a human genome in just 5 hours and 2 minutes.
A new breakthrough in spinal cord implant ‘could potentially allow paralysed people to walk again’.
A ground-breaking new technology regrew a frog’s lost leg… and it might work on humans too.
Surgeons completed the first-ever heart transplant with a genetically-modified animal heart… saving the life of a 57-year-old and taking a big step towards helping solve the global donor organ shortage.
Biodegradable surgical tape has been invented… making some intestinal fixes as easy as ‘duct tape around leaky pipes’.
James Webb, the awe-inspiring $10 billion space telescope 25 years in the making, took its first images… a huge scientific milestone.
An autonomous drone carrying a defibrillator saved the life of a 71-year-old having a heart attack… a first in medical history.
Researchers in Sweden found a promising way to use solar power to convert carbon dioxide into fuel… using ultra-fast laser spectroscopy.
Just a few of many incredible achievements in the first 50 days of the year.
The world is far from perfect, but we shouldn’t forget that about 90% of all scientists that ever lived are alive today.
Never before have we had so many people whose sole purpose of work is to better understand how the world works.
2022 is shaping up to be a remarkable year in science and technology.
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The Leadership Paradigm: By Example, by Empowerment and by Educating.
India awaits a new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) 75 days after Gen.Bipin Rawat tragically died in a helicopter crash. It would seem the government is unable to decide?
What should we be looking for in the next CDS?
From bees to dolphins to elephants, many wild animals live in cooperative groups ruled by a single leader. And, as is the case in human societies, these rulers take different pathways to power.
In the animal world, pack leadership is by natural selection. You are born an alpha or you fight for leadership. When it comes to groups’ nature has decided that they are better off led by one or a few. What differentiate these groups are the pathways to leadership.
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K. Annamalai, the Man to follow in Tamil Nadu's Politics!
He is Yogi Adityanath of Tamilnadu! 😍 Honest and dedicated to serving the people.
Many times I had explained that all state elections are different and have three component
Fundamentals
Perception
Engineering
K. Annamalai, is truly a transformational leader who is focused on fundamentals. He is a Change Leader. He doesn't shout Modi Modi all the time and ride on his back but creates new ground for the organization by tangible work
Whereas in another southern state Karnataka, Tejasvi Surya is a transactional leader who is driven by perception. and the shelf life of Perception is very short limited to event. I use to have hope from Tejasvi but it is now getting evaporated if he doesn't change
For Healthcare businesses, Covid was a windfall. Conversely, when Covid is on its way out, they suffer. Moderna is one such company.
in Jan 2020 share price of Moderna was $19. At the peak of Covid second wave it was $494.
Now that Covid isn't seen as much of a threat, the share price fell to $142 which is 28% of its peak price in just 7 months. It is still 7 times of pre-covid days.
In 2019, Moderna was falling in sales and incurring huge losses. The sales were $60 Million in 2019.
And Covid stuck. The turnover for 2020 (Jan-December) was $ 803 Million. For 9 months of 2021, sales jumped to $11.36 Billion or an 190 times of 2019 sales.
In 2020, Moderna incurred losses of $745 Million. In 9 months of 2021, profits are $7.87 Billion.
I was forced to post this write up for some of my students who wanted me to comment on sudden death of a few of the young and energetic people, including doctors, due to massive myocardial infarction- obviously everyone is upset about this issue now.
It is frightening, especially when we hear that at least a few of them were fitness freaks too- that further heightened the fear psychosis to newer levels in the Covid scenario.
Recent events in India and live events in Canada expose the citizens to the risk of staying with a banking system.
Indians remember how demonetization reduced their cash to trash and also remember how government restricted withdrawal of cash from banks to 2000/2500/4000 on a daily basis because of its own failure to plan replenishment of notes after a draconian and sudden decision to…
…demonetize currency.
In Canada, the government has frozen bank accounts of citizens who are supporting the Freedom Convoy. This is being seen as a mighty transgression on people's rights.