Coronavirus: Can AI solve future pandemics?
…to the width of an atom (or 0.1 of a nanometre). That is impressive. How will AlphaFold help combat COVID? DeepMind used AlphaFold to predict the structure of several under-studied…
Coronavirus: brief history of viruses
…by the pioneering microbiologist André Lwoff, Claverie believes the way they propagate is a key defining feature of viruses. Where did the COVID-19 virus come from? When it comes to…
Coronavirus: The climate connection
…United Nations Environment Programme said the impact of the lockdown was “negligible”, equivalent to just 0.01 C difference by 2030. Overall, the global response to the COVID-19 crisis has had…
Virus on hands and surfaces spreads COVID-19 in the home
…scientist who conducted studies of COVID19 outbreaks in forensic detail. The findings, which complement other studies on how the disease is also transmitted through air by airborne aerosols, underline the…
Closing our museums
…By applying a similar approach to people exposed to COVID-19, Ajit now hopes to identify which immune responses enable the majority of COVID-19-infected people to experience only mild symptoms or…
Your Mask Selfie
…this mask from material she posted to her. Gemma loves the fact that the pattern looks a bit like the coronavirus – ‘it’s my COVID-y COVID mask’! Kate’s mask is…
Collecting Pandemics
As we begin, from a safe distance, to collect objects which represent COVID-19, it’s worth remembering that collecting objects related to pandemics (or epidemics) is nothing new. Within the vast…
An uncomfortable milestone
…endeavour today: from medical doctors innovating in the treatment of COVID-19 cases, to mathematical biologists modelling the spread of the virus, and research technicians sequencing the DNA of the coronavirus…
Mass cognitive test reveals COVID-19 impact on intellect
A decade-long series of online studies of intellectual ability has culminated in insights into the positive and negative impacts of COVID-19, after the latest study of 390,000 people coincided with…
Prime Minister hosts Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum
…chief scientist, Sir Patrick Vallance, Sir John Bell of the University of Oxford and Professor Sarah Gilbert, who led the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. During the summit, Professor…
Picture it: Marking a milestone for our collection
…been carefully and sensitively collecting the objects that will speak to the experience of COVID-19, from invitations to postponed weddings, to lateral flow testing kits and homemade face masks. We’ve…
Adding sunflowers to the collection
…represent many different lived experiences. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the sunflower scheme took on additional significance. A range of ID cards were produced to give people a way of…