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What is vitamin K and why is it in the news? Vitamin K recently hit headlines when a Dutch study observed a relationship between poorer health outcomes in  Covid-19 patients and reduced levels of vitamin K . But what is vitamin K and what can we learn from these new observations? Vitamin K is a group of vitamins commonly known for their role in blood clotting. The K stands for koagulation (the German word for coagulation, the process of clotting). Vitamin K activates a protein needed for normal blood clotting, which helps to heal wounds and prevent excessive bleeding.  Many newborn babies are given a vitamin K injection, to prevent a rare but serious condition of excessive bleeding. This is because babies are born with low levels of vitamin K. There is evidence for other benefits of vitamin K, including promoting bone and  heart health . However, further research is needed before these can be proven. Leafy greens, such as kale and sp...

Britain's 'blindingly cool' engineering innovation By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent 25 June 2020 Share this with Facebook   Share this with Messenger   Share this with Twitter   Share this with Email   Share Image copyright TED HUMBLE-SMITH Image caption The CT scanner as envisioned by Ted Humble-Smith: "It's a hell of an invention" Ted Humble-Smith is a conceptual still-life photographer. He's well known for his fashion work. Ted can take a lipstick or a watch and with his extraordinary vision and skill turn the beautiful into something even more gorgeous.  But speak to him for just a few minutes and it's clear he sees not just the colour and form of his subjects, but the engineering that underpins their design.  In fact, it's obvious Ted has a passion for it. He points to the 4-inch stiletto heel.  "Everyone laughs when I talk about it," he told me. "But you have this thing th...

Painting of the NASA logo is underway on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building. This building is the only facility where assembly of a rocket occurred that carried humans beyond low-Earth orbit and on to the Moon. Soon NASA's next deep space rocket,  NASA's Space Launch System , will be processed and stacked inside this building before heading to the launch pad:  go.nasa.gov/3fzxHEs

Fri Jun 26, 2020 6:8 India, China Deploys Mass Troops in Border Showdown India acknowledged for the first time Thursday that it has matched China in massing troops at their contested Himalayan border region after a deadly clash this month. But India's Foreign Ministry accused China of causing the tensions by starting military deployments and warned relations between the world's two most populous nations could be undermined if the standoff continues, AFP reported. The neighbors have blamed each other for a June 15 battle in the Ladakh region in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed while China suffered an unknown number of casualties. While each has said it wants to de-escalate the territorial showdown, India's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Anurag Srivastava said "both sides remain deployed in large numbers in the region, while military and diplomatic contacts are continuing." Military commanders have held talks and their foreign m...