Apple today launched a website and a new app dedicated to COVID-19 screening. The resources offer an online screening tool, information about the disease, and some guidance on when to seek testing or emergency care. Apple developed the site and app in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the...
On March 3-6, 2020 the II International Scientific Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists “Multidisciplinary approaches to solving modern problems of fundamental and applied sciences” was held at ANAS with the organization of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists (CYSC).
The event, funded by the SOCAR Science Foundation, is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of ANAS.
The first vice-president of ANAS,...
Scientists from the Institute of Chemistry of Additives and the Institute of Polymer Materials of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences - academician Vagif Farzaliyev, ANAS Corresponding Member Bakhtiyar Mammadov, Doctor of Chemical Sciences Afsun Sujayev, Alverdi Karimov and researcher Arzu Orujova together with Ilham Gulchin and Associate Professor Parkham Taslimli have published another article in the journal «Bio-Organic Chemistry»...
On March 11, 2020, a meeting in relation with coronavirus which is rapidly spreading in the world was held at the Institute of Chemistry of Additives with the participation of senior executives. According to the decree No. 4 dated March 13, 2020 signed by the director of the institute, academician Vagif Farzaliyev, the institute’s administration was instructed to carry...
ANAS President academician Ramiz Mehdiyev signed a decree “On preventive measures related to the coronavirus in ANAS”.
According to the decree, the heads of scientific institutions and organizations of ANAS were instructed to restrict various mass events in the absence of serious need, to limit official business trips of employees to countries where coronavirus is common, to regularly sanitize and...
The Cabinet of Ministers has amended the "Content and organization of training in master studies and the rules for granting “master's degree”.
In this regard, Prime Minister Ali Asadov signed a decree.
The corresponding change in master's education identified two forms of study - full-time education (full involvement in fulltime education and partial involvement in parttime education) and part-time education.
The standard...
Buffalo has announced the miniature SSD which features a rugged so it should be able to survive drops and other kinds of hostile treatment much better than hard drives, Buffalo's Miniature Rugged External SSD, the SSD-PSMU3, is specifically designed to handle drops and falls. The main thing that sets this SSD apart, when looking at rugged external SSD is...
The last few decades have seen an explosion in the availability of electronic devices which enable us to stay ‘plugged in’ to the digital world for virtually our entire waking lives. Now, researchers in Japan, the longtime home to some of the most advanced consumer-level electronics, warn about the serious consequences of this information overload.
The excessive use of smartphones...
Chulalongkorn University has joined forces with Advanced Info Service (AIS) to develop smart robots with 5G tech to monitor and take care of coronavirus patients and those under monitoring for the first time in Thailand.
"We leveraged our 5G network in business districts for the use of smart robots to fight Covid-19," said Wasit Wattanasap, head of nationwide operations and...
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world. In this case the methods of its diagnosis are especially in demand. In people with suspected infection, coronavirus can be diagnosed in just half a day using a cheap face mask.
University of Leicester is currently testing a mask that has special strips built in (cost about 2 pounds). They absorb drops from...