The Financial

The FINANCIAL -- More accurate rapid diagnostics for COVID-19 are being developed using an isothermal test that simultaneously detects two gene targets. The tests are being developed by the i-sense group at University College London (UCL).

In the fall of 2020, as Elon Musk threatened to take Tesla to Texas, a popular narrative took hold and continues to this day: According to the story, the Golden State has grown tarnished. Masses of Californians are fed up and fleeing the state. That California’s population growth had slowed, causing it to lose a congressional seat for the first time in history, propelled the tale along. But a survey conducted by UC San Diego political scientists in the spring of 2021 contradicts this story.

The FINANCIAL -- Total UK advertising spend to grow at 7% p.a. over the next 5 years as it recovers from the pandemic disruption. Total UK consumer spending on Entertainment & Media to grow at 5% p.a. over the next 5 years, driven by continued digital downloads, access and consumption

The FINANCIAL -- Economic losses are mounting in developing countries due to the absence of widespread COVID-19 vaccinations.

 For as long as she can remember, Joanne Osmond has gone to bed at midnight and awakened around 3:30 a.m. Not restless. Not groggy. Wide awake, ready for a new day. Like others in her family, Osmond is a super-sleeper. For seven decades, she’s packed her prolonged days full of activity: as an adviser to small businesses, a member of her local school board, a state-level education leader, a Boy Scout volunteer, a church volunteer, a marathoner, a mountain climber, and a mother. “I’m not brilliant, I’m not a genius,” she says. Читать дальше...

The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) has provided $ 20 million in long-term financing to terabank. The bank received a portion in the amount of EUR 8,500,000 and a portion of GEL 34,000,000 in bonds.

The FINANCIAL -- Our senses process a massive amount of information, yet the world around us seems quite straightforward. Selective attention and expectations play an important role in this. ‘What we see every day and every moment is actively constructed by our brain. This is shaped by the knowledge we already have about the world, which gives rise to expectations about what we may see in our sensory environment, and also by attention, guided by what we find relevant,’ says neuroscientist Josipa Alilović. Читать дальше...

The FINANCIAL -- The discovery of the comet estimated to 100-200 kilometers across was made by Penn researchers following a comprehensive search of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the most distant comet ever discovered and possibly the largest seen in modern times.

The FINANCIAL -- With the presentation of the MINI Vision Urbanaut virtual vision vehicle in November 2020, the MINI brand revealed an all-new interpretation of mobility through an innovative vision of space. And now the BMW Group is set to unveil a physical model of the vehicle which will allow audiences to engage more extensively with the spatial concept and sustainable materials at work. The model was given its world premiere on 1 July 2021 at the DLD Summer.

The FINANCIAL -- Experts across the University weigh in on which lessons the pandemic drove home and what immediate measures are needed to prevent future loss.