How Blood Sugar Can Trigger a Deadly Immune Response in the Flu and Possibly COVID-19

Glucose metabolism plays a key role in the cytokine storm seen in influenza, and the link could have potential implications for novel coronavirus infections

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-blood-sugar-can-trig...

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https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/infographic-building-bac...

Infographic: Building Bacteria to Fight Cancer

Researchers are engineering microbes to deliver therapeutics specifically to tumors, maximizing the treatments’ efficacy while minimizing side effects.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-storm-lombardy-virus-disaste...

What happens when you don't listen to scientists? Perfect storm: Lombardy's virus disaster is lesson for world

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Scientists Have Recreated Medieval Battles to Solve Debate Over Ancient Bronze Swords

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-trade-blows-in-a-debate-ove...

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/toxin-producing-skin-bacteria-c...

Toxin-producing bacteria can make this newt deadly

Microbes growing on skin produce tetrodotoxin, a paralytic chemical also found in pufferfish

"No evidence" that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected: WHO

https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/no-evidenc...

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http://www.idibell.cat/en/whats-on/noticies/nutrient-deficiency-tum...

Nutrient deficiency in tumor cells attracts cells that suppress the immune system

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https://theconversation.com/running-shoes-may-cause-injuries-but-is...

Running shoes may cause injuries – but is going barefoot the fix?

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-anxious-smart-speaker.html?utm_...

Anxious about public speaking? Your smart speaker could help

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-evidence-people-coronavirus-...

'No evidence' people with coronavirus are immunised: WHO

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https://www.wired.com/story/how-space-tries-kill-you-make-you-ugly/

Interested in space travel? First try to understand 'How Space Tries to Kill You and Make You Ugly'. Oh also, it makes you blind and stupid, too.

Mesmerising Video Shows The View if You Could See Earth And The Moon at The Same Time: How Earth looks from the Moon / how the Moon looks from Earth, during April 2020

They remember: Communities of microbes found to have working memory

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-microbes-memory.html?utm_source=nwlet...

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Discovery: Scientists find for the first time how the eyes drain cellular waste and debris

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-discovery-scientists-eyes-ce...

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* https://phys.org/news/2020-04-explanation-human-fatherhood.html?utm...

A new explanation for the origins of human fatherhood

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* https://phys.org/news/2020-04-case-geologic-amnesia.html?utm_source...

Researchers dig into case of geologic amnesia

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-international-space-station-key-cultu...

Research on the International Space Station shows key changes in cultured heart cells

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Our Response to COVID-19 Is Male-Centric

We don’t know how the coronavirus may affect women and men differently, which prevents us from delivering appropriate and personalized care

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/our-response-to-covid-1...

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New findings suggest laws of nature 'downright weird,' not as constant as previously thought

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-laws-nature-downright-weird-constant....

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-elegant-solution-reveals-universe.htm...

'Elegant' solution reveals how the universe got its structure

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-coupled-magnetic-materials-properties...

Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-weight-universe.html?utm_source=nwlet...

Weighing the universe: new insights into the density and structure of matter in the universe.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-animals-dial-pain-stimuli.ht...

How animals 'dial up' the pain they experience from certain stimuli $$

Scientists have—for the first time—shown how chemical triggers in the nervous system can amplify the pain experienced by mammals in response to certain stimuli.

Quantum gases won't take the heat

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-quantum-gases-wont.html?utm_source=nw...

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* https://phys.org/news/2020-04-viral-multiverse.html?utm_source=nwle...

Making sense of the viral multiverse

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-rethinking-traditional-vaccine-delive...

Inhalable vaccines: Rethinking the traditional vaccine delivery in response to coronaviruses

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-covid-growth-universal-strategies.htm...

Correlations in COVID-19 growth point to universal strategies for slowing spread $$

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-blood-cells-deform-recover-tiny.html?...

How blood cells deform, recover when travelling through tiny channels $$

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-coronavirus-genetic-material.html?utm...

How the coronavirus multiplies its genetic material

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-synthetic-antibodies-built-bacterial-...

Synthetic antibodies built with bacterial superglue could help fight emerging viruses

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-milder-hair-dye-based-synthetic.html?...

A milder hair dye based on synthetic melanin

Offspring may inherit legacy of their father's Toxoplasma infection

males infected with the Toxoplasma parasite can impact their offspring's brain health and behaviour.

sperm of infected fathers carried an altered 'epigenetic' signature which impacted the brains of resulting offspring. Molecules in the sperm called 'small RNA' appeared to influence the offspring's brain development and behaviour.

'Intergenerational inheritance' of similar epigenetic changes from men exposed to extreme trauma has been well documented. This latest research, published in Cell Reports, has raised the question of whether Toxoplasma infections—or even possibly other infections—in men before conception could impact the health of subsequent generations.

Toxoplasma infection can cause an initial mild illness in most people, however, pregnant women, babies and people with weakened immunity experience more severe infections.

Toxoplasma infections have been shown to cause long-term epigenetic changes in a range of cells around our body. These are changes that do not alter the genetic sequence of DNA, but influence gene expression—that is, which genes are switched on or off,

We discovered that Toxoplasma infection alters levels of DNA-like molecules, called small RNA, that are carried by sperm. "These changes in small RNA levels affect gene expression, and so could potentially influence brain development and behaviour of offspring.

"even the next generation—the 'grandchildren' of the original infected male—displayed changes in their behaviour"

More information: Cell Reports (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107573

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-offspring-inherit-legacy-father-toxop...

Skeletal damage hints some hunter-gatherer women fought in battles
Traditional views of females being largely responsible for gathering food may be too simplistic

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/women-warriors-hunter-gatherers...

New insights into how genes control courtship and aggression

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-insights-genes-courtship-aggression.h...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-great-earthquakes.html?utm_source=nwl...

'Wobble' may precede some great earthquakes, study shows

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-billion-year-old-nitrogen-containing-...

4-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules discovered in Martian meteorites

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-algae-oceans-genes-bacteria.html?utm_...

Algae in the oceans often steal genes from bacteria

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-thousands-miles-asian-roads-threaten....

Thousands of miles of planned Asian roads threaten the heart of tiger habitat

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-heart-affects-perception.htm...

How the heart affects our perception $$

A network of science: 150 years of Nature's scientific research papers

The history of scientific journals dates from 1665, when the French Journal des sçavans and the English Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society first began systematically publishing research results. Over a thousand, mostly ephemeral, were founded in the 18th century, and the number has increased rapidly after that.

Why do elephants get intoxicated?

There has been anecdotal evidence till now of wild animals getting drunk and behaving badly after consuming fermented fruits and berries. One notorious example was of elephants consuming fruit from the malura tree after it fell and fermented. Herds were described as behaving erratically, sometimes crashing through villages after having abandoned their usually polite demeanor.

In 2005, a team of researchers from the University of Bristol appeared to discredit such stories with a study in which they claimed to have found evidence that elephants were so large that it would take more fruit than they could consume to make them drunk. In this new effort, the researchers suggest that the team at Bristol forgot to account for a major contributing factor to drunkenness—how well a given animal is able to metabolize alcohol.

The work involved looking at the gene ADH7—it is present in a wide variety of animals. Its purpose is to instigate the production of enzymes that metabolize ethanol. Prior research has shown that most primates have an ADH7 mutation that allows them to metabolize ethanol more efficiently than those without it. It is believed the mutation persisted because it allowed primates to consume large amounts of fermented fruits and berries without getting too drunk to function. Notably, other mammals such as bats (which also eat a lot of fruits and berries) have a similar mutation—flying while drunk would not turn out well.

The researchers looked at ADH7 in 85 mammals and found that many of them, such as horses, cows and elephants, do not have the mutation, and are thus not nearly as good at metabolizing ethanol. This suggests that if such animals were to consume fermented fruits, they would become intoxicated much more easily than animals that do have the mutation. Thus, they suggest it is possible that elephants at times become inebriated, and because of that, may behave out of character.

Mareike C. Janiak et al. Genetic evidence of widespread variation in ethanol metabolism among mammals: revisiting the 'myth' of natural intoxication, Biology Letters (2020). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0070

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-elephants-drunk-naturally.html?utm_so...

Gravity Hills and the science behind them ...

Study shows our sun is less active than similar stars

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-sun-similar-stars.html?utm_source=nwl...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-gargantuan-hail-argentina-world.html?...

'Gargantuan' hail in Argentina may have smashed world record. Researchers investigating the 2018 storm found one hailstone likely measured between 7.4 and 9.3 inches across.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-news-story-magnetism-drugs-disease.ht...

Researchers use magnetism to keep drugs at disease sites even in the presence of external forces, such as flowing liquid, which would normally displace them.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-gravitational-quark-gluon-plasma.html...

Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-terrible-luck-person-meteoriteback.ht...

The only person ever killed by a meteorite—back in 1888

Researchers combing through the dusty archives from the Republic of Turkey found credible records of someone being killed by a falling meteorite in Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. On August 22, 1888, multiple documents found in the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey recorded that a meteorite hit and killed one man while paralyzing another.

The reason this event had not been discovered until now is that the documents were written in an old Ottoman-Turkish language which borrows from both Arabic and Persian and is extremely hard to translate.

Eyes send an unexpected signal to the brain

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-eyes-unexpected-brain.html?u...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-scientists-regenerate-neuron...

Scientists regenerate neurons in mice with spinal cord injury and optic nerve damage

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-unravel-protein-mystery-brai...

Researchers unravel protein mystery of three brain diseases

Researchers unravel protein mystery of three brain diseases: Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).

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$$  "futile treatment" or "potentially inappropriate treatment," aggressive medical interventions that are highly unlikely to benefit patients sometimes proceed because families are unwilling to accept the recommendation of doctors. $$

Public does not grasp idea of 'futile treatment' for critically ill patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-grasp-idea-futile-treatment-...

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/masks-and-emascul...

Difference between male leaders and female leaders: Why some male leaders refuse to listen and show resistance to experts’ opinions ...

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Receptors for SARS-CoV-2 Present in Wide Variety of Human Cells

Analyses from single-cell sequencing datasets support the idea that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but an illness that can affect multiple organs.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/receptors-for-sars-cov-2...

New discovery explains how the prostate gland regenerates itself after cancer surgery

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-discovery-prostate-gland-reg...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-discovery-avenues-drugs-combat-drug-r...

Discovery opens new avenues for designing drugs to combat drug-resistant malaria

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Looking for dark matter with the Universe's coldest material

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-dark-universe-coldest-material.html?u...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-electrons-chemical-reaction.html?utm_...

First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction

The first step in many light-driven chemical reactions, like the ones that power photosynthesis and human vision, is a shift in the arrangement of a molecule's electrons as they absorb the light's energy. This subtle rearrangement paves the way for everything that follows and determines how the reaction proceeds.

Now scientists have seen this first step directly for the first time, observing how the molecule's electron cloud balloons out before any of the atomic nuclei in the molecule respond.

While this response has been predicted theoretically and detected indirectly, this is the first time it's been directly imaged with X-rays in a process known as molecular movie-making, whose ultimate goal is to observe how both electrons and nuclei act in real time when chemical bonds form or break.

Explanation to an eight year old: How could an explosive Big Bang be the birth of our universe?

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-explosive-big-birth-universe.html

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Engineers, medical team design 3-D-printed ventilator that requires no electricity

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-medical-team-d-printed-ventilat...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-apple-google-youve-exposed-coro...

How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-dna-faulty-jointly-mutations.html?utm...

DNA damage and faulty repair jointly cause mutations

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Some biotech companies are cashing in on the race to produce coronavirus antibody tests, taking blood samples from people who have been infected and selling them at exorbitant prices.

Camera Traps May Overcount Snow Leopards and Other Vulnerable Species

Markings on big cats are hard to distinguish, meaning one animal may be counted as two

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/camera-traps-may-overcou...

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$$  https://www.livescience.com/23090-crows-grudges-brains.html

Crows Hold Grudges in Humanlike Fashion $$

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https://theconversation.com/psychology-of-why-some-people-are-delib...

Psychology of why some people are deliberately spitting, coughing and licking food in supermarkets

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https://www.sciencealert.com/every-heartbeat-alters-our-perception-...

Every Single Heartbeat Affects Our Perception of The World, Researchers Find

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https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/8-ways-prote...

8 ways to protect doctors caring for patients with COVID-19 $$

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-covid-genome-signature.html?utm_sourc...

Researchers crack COVID-19 genome signature

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https://theconversation.com/archaeologists-have-a-lot-of-dates-wron...

Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous history – but researchers are now using new techniques to get it right ...

What dreams may come: why you’re having more vivid dreams during the pandemic

https://theconversation.com/what-dreams-may-come-why-youre-having-m...

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Eyes Clean Themselves in Much The Same Way Brains Do, Mouse Study Shows

https://www.sciencealert.com/eyes-have-a-special-self-cleaning-meth...

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Funny, I never felt this way while writing my stories, but Most Authors Can 'Hear' Their Characters' Voices Talking to Them: reveals the 'study' of writing.

https://www.sciencealert.com/most-authors-can-hear-their-characters...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-economic-worse-lockdown-social-distan...

Economic damage could be worse without lockdown and social distancing, study finds

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-exploiting-chink-armor-bacteria-resul...

Exploiting a chink in the armor of bacteria could result in new drug therapies

Microorganisms in parched regions extract needed water from colonized rocks

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-microorganisms-parched-regions-coloni...

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Malaria risk is highest in early evening, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-malaria-highest-early-evening.html?ut...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-narratives-infectious-disease-justini...

New call to examine old narratives: Infectious disease modeling study casts doubt on the Justinianic Plague's impact

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Software flaws often first reported on social media networks, researchers find

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-software-flaws-social-media-net...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-blood-turbulent-previously.html?utm_s...

Blood flows could be more turbulent than previously expected

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-atom-sized-machine-quantum-mechanic.h...

A single atom can function as either an engine or a fridge. Such a device could be engineered into future computers and fuel cells to control energy flows.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-snowcaps-fuel-algal-blooms-arabian.ht...

Shrinking snowcaps fuel harmful algal blooms in Arabian sea

* Seaweed may become a profitable piece in the green transition jigsaw

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-seaweed-profitable-piece-green-transi...

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Roving bandits and looted coastlines: How the global appetite for sand is fuelling a crisis

https://theconversation.com/roving-bandits-and-looted-coastlines-ho...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-robots-cameras-china-sci-fi-qua...

Robots and cameras: China's sci-fi quarantine watch

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-breakthrough-molecular-machines.html?...

Breakthrough in molecular machines: What if you could create and control an artificial molecular machine? And make it perform tasks that serve us humans?

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-indian-capture-rare-leopard-zoo.html?...

Indian officials capture rare snow leopard, send it to zoo

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-extinguishing-memories-flexi...

Extinguishing fearful memories depends on the flexibility of your DNA

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-early-predictor-severe-respi...

Early predictor of severe respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19 identified

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Sleep disorder sufferers may have help from mechanism regulating biological clock

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-disorder-mechanism-biologica...

WOW! This is what makes us applaud: How a solar chimney can boost fire safety and save lives

Biomaterial immune control discoveries could reduce implant rejection

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-biomaterial-immune-discoveri...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-kinds-white-fat-important-di...

Different kinds of white fat are important in disease $$

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-combining-mouse-human-uncove...

Combining mouse and human data uncovers new gene regulating cholesterol

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Intensive blood pressure control has potential to reduce risk of atrial fibrillation

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-intensive-blood-pressure-pot...

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https://cen.acs.org/business/consumer-products/Cancer-risk-studies-...

Cancer risk studies raise questions about the safety of long-lasting hair dyes

Long-lasting hair dyes are popular, and their safety has been well researched. But new epidemiology studies show their use correlates with increased risk of breast cancer

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/virus-mutations-reveal-h...

Virus Mutations Reveal How COVID-19 Really Spread

Globe-trotting humans were the culprits 

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$$ Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?

https://theconversation.com/can-you-get-the-covid-19-coronavirus-tw...

Stopping Deforestation Can Prevent Pandemics

Destroying habitats makes viruses and other pathogens more likely to infect humans

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stopping-deforestation-c...

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/scientists-waite...

Scientists Waited Two and a Half Years to See Whether Bacteria Can Eat Rock ... and what did they found?

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https://www.the-scientist.com/features/how-time-is-encoded-in-memor...

How Time Is Encoded in Memories

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https://www.the-scientist.com/notebook/can-zapping-the-brain-boost-...

Can Zapping the Brain Boost Memory?

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https://www.the-scientist.com/notebook/how-immune-cells-make-the-br...

How Immune Cells Make the Brain Forget

Study: Could dark matter be hiding in existing data?

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-dark.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-technique-d-multimaterial-devices.htm...

A new technique for the 3-D printing multimaterial devices

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-recovered-covid-patients-var...

Recently recovered COVID-19 patients produce varying virus-specific antibodies

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-fossil-fuel-free-jet-propulsion-air.h...

Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-ultrafast-camera-trillion-pictures.ht...

New ultrafast camera takes 70 trillion pictures per second

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-years-insights-muon-anomaly.html?utm_...

Four years of calculations lead to new insights into muon anomaly

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-law-metamaterials.html?utm_source=nwl...

A new law for metamaterials (which are engineered to have properties not found in nature)

High density imaging offers solution to counterfeiting

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-high-density-imaging-solution-counter...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-bacterial-behavior-cloud-formation.ht...

Bacterial behavior influences cloud formation

ETH researchers have analyzed individual marine bacterial cells to show that metabolic processes inside them determine the amount of gas they release, which is involved in cloud formation.

In their work, which has just been published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers looked at the microorganisms that feed on the metabolic products of marine phytoplankton. This term encompasses a wide variety of microscopic algae that together perform more photosynthesis than all plants. That means the true lungs of the earth are not the forests, but the oceans: about half the oxygen in the earth's atmosphere is produced there. Each year the phytoplankton also produce over a billion tonnes of a substance called dimethylsulphoniopropionate, or DMSP for short.

"DMSP satisfies 95 percent of marine bacteria's sulfur demand and 15 percent of bacterial carbon demand," says Cherry Gao, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in Stocker's group. To convert DMSP into biomass, the bacteria have two different metabolic pathways: if they demethylate it, they use both the sulfur and the carbon; if, however, they cleave it into several small molecules, they use only the carbon—while the sulfur escapes into the atmosphere in the form of dimethyl sulphide (DMS). "DMS is what's responsible for the typical smell of the sea," Stocker says. In addition, DMS plays a pivotal role in cloud formation as a source of cloud condensation nuclei around which water vapor can condense.

Until now, scientists did not understand what drove the bacteria to opt for one metabolic pathway or the other. Stocker's research team genetically modified a marine bacterium of the species Ruegeria pomeroyi so that it fluoresced in different colors depending on the biochemical process it used to transform the DMSP. This enabled the researchers to show that at low concentrations of DMSP, the bacteria rely primarily on demethylation—while at high concentrations of a few micromoles per liter, the cleavage process dominates.

Cherry Gao et al. Single-cell bacterial transcription measurements reveal the importance of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) hotspots in ocean sulfur cycling, Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15693-z

Researchers have found that plastic debris is incorporated in up to 80% of seabird nests.

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-seabird-full-discarded-plastic-debris...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-life-survive-hydrogen-world.html?utm_...

Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world: study

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-astronomers-jupiter-like-cloud-bands-...

Astronomers find Jupiter-like cloud bands on closest brown dwarf

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-reveals-spaceflight-affects-blood-clo...

Study reveals how spaceflight affects risk of blood clots in female astronauts

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-wirelessly-electric-cars.html?u...

Wirelessly charging electric cars as they drive

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-energy-future-photosynthetic-hy...

Energy of the future: Photosynthetic hydrogen from bacteria

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-bacteria-surface.html?utm_...

Scientists observe bacteria tumble their way out of surface traps

Plants pass on 'memory' of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-memory-stress-progeny-resilient.html?...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-shield-pathogens-acidic-environments-...

Protective shield: How pathogens withstand acidic environments in the body

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Researchers develop synthetic novel coronavirus clones: The synthetic clones are being used by research groups worldwide to test corona samples, find antiviral drugs and develop vaccines as quickly as possible.

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Electrical activity in living organisms mirrors electrical fields in atmosphere

As living organisms evolved over billions of years, the natural electromagnetic resonant frequencies in the atmosphere, continuously generated by global lightning activity, provided the background electric fields for the development of cellular electrical activity. Prof. Price's research found that, in some animals, the electrical spectrum is difficult to differentiate from the background atmospheric electric field produced by lightning.

Review of previous studies revealed that lightning-related fields may have positive medical applications related to our biological clock (circadian rhythms), spinal cord injuries and maybe other bodily functions related to electrical activity in our bodies. The connection between the ever-present electromagnetic fields, between lightning in the atmosphere and human health, may have huge implications in the future for various treatments related to electrical abnormalities in our bodies.

Colin Price et al, Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms, International Journal of Biometeorology (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-01864-6

Scientists uncover secret behind molecule that blocks HIV infection

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-uncover-secret-molecule-bl...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-worms-freeload-bacterial-defence.html...

Worms freeload on bacterial defence systems

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-evidence-human-brains-replay...

Evidence that human brains replay our waking experiences while we sleep $$

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-people-aged-stronger-brain.h...

People aged 95 and over show stronger brain connectivity

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-genetic-variation-brain-clea...

Genetic variation in a brain-cleansing water channel affects human sleep

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COVID 19 crisis demonstrates how DST is rapidly evolving as architect of profound science

https://indiaeducationdiary.in/covid-19-crisis-demonstrates-how-dst...

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https://www.quora.com/q/sciencecommunication/COVID-Katha-A-multimed...

https://thenewsmill.com/covid-katha-a-multimedia-guide-on-covid-19-...

COVID Katha: A multimedia guide on COVID-19 pandemic brought by DST

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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52530828?utm_source=Nature+Briefing...

Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01316-6

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Makes you feel safe: Crawling Neutrophil Chasing a Bacterium

Cold, not hot, air rises—what that means for Earth's climate

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cold-air-riseswhat-earth-climate.html...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-amphibian-stress-vulnerability-virus....

Amphibian study shows stress increases vulnerability to virus

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-unraveling-prion-disease-deadly-secre...

Unraveling one of prion disease's deadly secrets $$

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-outsmarting-enemy-tree-frogs-illusion...

Outsmarting the enemy: Tree frogs rely on illusions to find mates without being eaten

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-medicine-family-evolution-medicinal-c...

The evolution of medicinal plant compounds

Researchers uncover new anti-phage defense mechanisms in bacteria

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-uncover-anti-phage-defense-mechanisms...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-dual-personalities-visualized-shape-s...

The structure of RNA can influence how cells function.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-super-immunity-coronaviruses.html?utm...

Bat 'super immunity' may explain how bats carry coronaviruses without getting infected

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lyin-eyes-butterfly-moth-eyespots.htm...

Lyin' eyes: Butterfly, moth eyespots may look the same, but likely evolved separately

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-small-chromosomes-big-cell-attention....

How small chromosomes compete with big ones for a cell's attention

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-physical-basis-cellular-organelle-com...

New rules for the physical basis of cellular organelle composition

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-heavy-cannabis-affects-human...

Study finds heavy cannabis use affects human genome

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-obesity-linked-gut-microbiot...

Obesity is linked to gut microbiota disturbance, but not among statin-treated individuals

Footstep Sensors Identify People by Gait

The supersensitive system can also glean clues about health

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/footstep-sensors-identif...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-gene-honey-bees-virgin-birth.html?utm...

Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth

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https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments...

How the Scientific Method Works

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https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments...

Why Do We Experiment on Mice?

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nuclear-power-plant-warm-water-...

Warming water can create a tropical ecosystem, but a fragile one

Warm water discharged into the Sea of Japan let tropical fish flourish in an artificial hot spot

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-skin-chemical-biological-agents.html?...

Second skin protects against chemical, biological agents

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-plasma-medicine-highlights-antibacter...

Plasma medicine research highlights antibacterial effects and potential uses

Long-lived pionic helium: Exotic matter experimentally verified for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-long-lived-pionic-helium-exotic-exper...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-successfully-infinitesimal-mass-indiv...

Successfully measuring infinitesimal change in mass of individual atoms for the first time

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-quantum-resonances-absolute.html?utm_...

Quantum resonances near absolute zero

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-variance-tree-species-results-cleanes...

Variance in tree species results in the cleanest urban air

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-future-universe-invisible.html?utm_so...

In the far future, the universe will be mostly invisible

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-scientists-rewire-photosynthesi...

Scientists rewire photosynthesis to fuel our future

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-stem-cells-shown-death-aid.html?utm_s...

Stem cells shown to delay their own death to aid healing

Indian tigers find lockdown grrreat

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-indian-tigers-lockdown-grrreat.html?u...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-limb-doesnt-linked-lack-brai...

The feeling a limb doesn't belong is linked to lack of brain structure and connection
People with the mental health condition known as body integrity dysphoria (BID) often feel as though one of their healthy limbs isn't meant to be a part of their bodies

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-antioxidant-reverses-fertili...

Antioxidant reverses damage to fertility caused by exposure to bisphenol A

These are the 21 hospitals approved by ICMR to conduct clinical trials of convalescent plasma on COVID-19 patients

https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/these-are-the-21-hospital...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-newly-mechanism-dementia.htm...

Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-chemistry-breakthrough-drug.html?utm_...

Chemistry breakthrough could speed up drug development

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-quantumness-simulations-reveal-partic...

Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-quantum-radar-prototype.ht...

Scientists demonstrate quantum radar prototype

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-artificial-chloroplast.html?utm_sourc...

Microfluidics meets Synthetic Biology: Researchers develop an artificial chloroplast

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lymph.html?utm_source=nwletter&ut...

Growing back the lymph system

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https://www.sciencealert.com/new-device-splits-water-into-hydrogen-...

Clever New Device Can Produce Hydrogen Fuel Using Water And Sunlight

Potentially fatal combinations of humidity and heat are emerging across the globe

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potentially-fatal-combinations-humidi...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-uncovering-potency-evasivene...

Uncovering the potency and evasiveness of the COVID-19 virus

mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 enters cells: how the virus "unlocks" human cells using a surface spike protein as the "key." The three important findings:

• the tip of the viral key binds strongly to human cells;
• the tip of the viral key is often hidden; and
• when new virus particles are made, the viral key is already pre-activated by a human enzyme.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-brain-link-events-memory-rev...

How does the brain link events to form a memory? Study reveals unexpected mental processes

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-immune-discovery-chronic.htm...

Immune system discovery could end chronic organ rejection

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-brain-complex.html?utm_sourc...

Researchers develop a new model for how the brain processes complex information

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-individualized-mosaics-micro...

Individualized mosaics of microbial strains transfer from the maternal to the infant gut

Hygiene reduces the need for antibiotics by up to 30%

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-hygiene-antibiotics.html?utm...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-role-diet-esophageal-cancer....

The role of diet in esophageal cancer

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-pupil-rhythm-environment.htm...

Our pupil moves to the rhythm of the environment

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-antibiotic-dosing-icu.html?u...

Better antibiotic dosing could save lives in ICU

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-canadian-temperature-latitud...

study finds temperature, latitude not associated with COVID-19 spread

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-day-covid-.html?utm_source=n...

By the third day most with COVID-19 lose sense of smell

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https://massivesci.com/articles/definition-of-life-earth-universe-v...

Our concept of life is too Earth-centric — alien life might look totally different

There are over 100 scientific definitions of “life,” and none might be accurate outside Earth

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https://futurism.com/the-byte/physicists-discover-new-trick-to-stab...

PHYSICISTS DISCOVER NEW TRICK TO STABILIZE FUSION REACTORS

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https://www.sciencealert.com/shrinking-snowcaps-in-the-himalayas-mi...

There's a Surprising Connection Between Dangerous Algal Blooms And The Himalayas

Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance

Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heat-and-humidity-are-al...

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-model-predicts-sudde...

New Model Predicts Sudden Rogue Waves

Unified theory describes formation of huge, mysterious waves

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https://www.sciencealert.com/this-slow-moving-liquid-metal-structur...

Engineers Devise Slow-Moving Liquid Metal Structures Perfect For Creepy Terminators

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https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-illness-is-striking-child...

A Mysterious Kawasaki-Like Illness Is Striking Children During The Pandemic

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https://www.sciencealert.com/coronavirus-rna-found-in-semen-of-men-...

Coronavirus Has Been Found in Sperm Samples. Here's Why You Don't Need to Freak Out

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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-build-a-new-method-for-deli...

Some scientists think BCG vaccination can work to fight COVID 19 better. Now they are putting this theory to test

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/can-century-old-tb-vaccine-...

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Persistence of coronaviruses on different types of inanimate surfaces

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195670120300463

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-seahorse-pipefish-window-marine-genet...

Seahorse and pipefish study opens window to marine genetic diversity

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-reopenings-cases-korea-virus...

Reopenings bring new cases in S. Korea, virus fears in Italy because of some reckless people

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-uvc-lamps-virus.html?utm_sou...

Tests show UVC lamps could light the way in virus fight

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https://theconversation.com/why-are-there-so-many-drugs-to-kill-bac...

Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/comb-jellies-cannibalism-young-...

Some comb jellies cannibalize their young when food is scarce

Adults chow down on their larvae to survive the winter

New study shines light on mysterious giant viruses

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mysterious-giant-viruses.html?utm_sou...

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https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/features/halloween_sounds.html

Space 'Sounds'

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https://www.space.com/30302-lagrange-points.html

Lagrange Points: Parking Places in Space

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https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-found-in-semen-of-young-men...

Coronavirus found in semen of young men with COVID-19

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-relative-sars-cov-evidence-evolved-na...

A close relative of SARS-CoV-2 found in bats offers more evidence it evolved naturally

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-species-earliest-modern-artifacts-eur...

New research determines our species created earliest modern artifacts in Europe

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-critical-thunderbolt-flaw-enabl...

A new attack method affecting Thunderbolt-equipped computers can bypass locks, password-protection and encryption on ports produced before 2019.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-exceptional-euv-hot-tin-plasma.html?u...

The exceptional origin of EUV light in hot tin plasma

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Scientists reveal solar system's oldest molecular fluids could hold the key to early life

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-reveal-solar-oldest-molecu...

Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-men-blood-greater-enzyme-cov...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-animals-benefit-social-distance-disea...

Research shows even animals benefit from social distance to prevent disease

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-tale-kinds-volcanoes.html?utm_source=...

A tale of two kinds of volcanoes

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-genes-sex-biases-autoimmune-...

Researchers pinpoint genes behind sex biases in autoimmune disorders, schizophrenia

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** https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-pupil-dilation-reveal-decisi...

Gaze and pupil dilation can reveal a decision before it's made

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-ancestry-molecular-makeup-ca...

Study shows connection between the ancestry and the molecular makeup of cancer

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-loss-green-space-india-shown...

Loss of green space in India shown to be associated with higher cardiometabolic risk

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https://theconversation.com/not-all-twins-are-identical-and-thats-b...

Why twinning?

A Quick Look at Bending the Bridge Between Two Galaxy Clusters

How bad science is being blocked: Repositories are rapidly disseminating crucial pandemic science — and they’re screening more closely to guard against poor-quality work.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01394-6?utm_source=Natur...

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01316-6?utm_source=Natur...

Galileo’s story is always relevant