Day: November 22, 2021

Research into a childhood vaccine against COVID-19 will begin after approval of the drug for adolescents spoke about the possible timing of the study of the vaccine against COVID-19 for children 6-11 years old on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24”, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, the package of documents for the study of a children's vaccine will be submitted after the approval of the drug for teenagers. As explained by Gunzburg, the vaccine for children will consist of “Sputnik V” diluted in a certain number of times. After the studies of the teenage vaccine are approved, it will be able to go into civilian circulation. It will be used both with the full consent of the child and his parents, added the director of the Gamaleya center. Earlier, Alexander Gintsburg called the condition for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation with coronavirus infection will

Rostelecom users reported problems with access to the network Rostelecom crashed. This was indicated by users of the Downdetector portal. The peak of complaints came at 20:15 Moscow time. Most of the reports (71 percent) were about fixed internet problems. 18 percent reported no signal, 11 percent were unable to access the network using mobile devices. Most of the users in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi complained about the failure.

Scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick have discovered a white dwarf rotating at record speed in their opinion, it is the fastest rotating white dwarf discovered so far. This object makes a complete revolution in a record 25 seconds. The discovery is reported in a press release on Phys.org. Scientists have established the rotation period of a star for the first time, confirming that this is an extremely rare example of a system with a “magnetic propeller”: a white dwarf pulls gas plasma from a nearby star companion and throws it into space at a speed of about three thousand kilometers per second. It is the second magnetic propeller discovered in more than 70 years. The star, named LAMOST J024048.51 + 195226.9 (J0240 + 1952), is the size of Earth, but 200,000 times more massive. The plasma it pulls from its companion has in the past hit the

Ronaldo, Messi and 9 other players are nominated for the FIFA Player of the Year Award the title of the best player at the end of 2021. This was reported on the organization's website. According to her version, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski, Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo, PSG attacking football player Lionel Messi, two more were in the top 11 candidates for the prize his team-mates, Neymar and Kilian Mbappe, and Liverpool forward Mohammed Salah. Voting for the best player of the year starts on Monday 22 November and runs until 10 December. The winner will be announced at an online ceremony on January 17 next year. Lewandowski received the award for 2020. The second and third places in the voting were taken by Ronaldo and Messi, respectively.