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Published on 20:30 GMT
Scientists shed light on essential carbon-fixing machinery in bacteria
Scientists have been studying cyanobacteria and its many potential applications for decades, from cutting CO2 emissions to creating a substitute for oil-based plastics, but there wasn’t a deep understanding of the full life cycle and metabolism of …
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Published on 21:09 GMT
Bulgarian scientists emphasize two new methods of treatment for patients with Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis is a virtual war. It does not exist, but in our minds it is a fact, Professor Lachezar Avramov from the Institute of Electronics with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences told the Bulgarian National Radio. In his words, the victims of …
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Published on 19:48 GMT
UK scientists being drawn into ‘very unpleasant’ political situation
Scientists who advise the government on its coronavirus strategy have warned they are being drawn into politics after the leading infectious disease modeller Prof Neil Ferguson stepped down as one of the cabinet’s most prominent advisers. Ferguson, the …
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Published on 20:27 GMT
Washington Post Writer Praises Andrew Cuomo on Coronavirus for ‘Science,’ Ignores Nursing Homes
Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin praised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday for his approach to coronavirus without mentioning his directive forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients. Rubin, a prominent member of the “Never …
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Published on 13:40 GMT
It’s not just Neil Ferguson – scientists are being attacked for telling the truth | Bob Ward
The newspaper frenzy over Prof Neil Ferguson’s love life is just the latest example of a scientist who has been targeted for confronting parts of Britain’s political-media complex with evidence that it finds too difficult to accept. There is no doubt that …
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Published on 11:23 GMT
Scientists ‘at the bleeding edge’ with upgrade to CMS detector
The huge detectors providing a window to the world’s tiniest particles are set for a $153 million upgrade, and a team of Purdue University scientists will play a key role—continuing the university’s decades-long legacy with the historic experiments …
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Published on 18:21 GMT
The preprint problem: Unvetted science is fueling COVID-19 misinformation
9 with 9 posters participating Covid-19 Coverage View more stories A significant difference between COVID-19 and past pandemics—even the 2009 outbreak of H1N1—has been the speed with which information on the disease has spread. Partly, that’s down to …
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Published on 21:08 GMT
Scientists from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences make interesting discovery about Covid-19
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences building Photo: BGNES Scientists from the Institute of Biology and Immunology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences have found a connection between the severe symptoms of Covid-19 and the overreaction of a molecular complex. …
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Published on 20:59 GMT
Scientist who recommended lockdown, broke rules to see lover
The scientist whose advice led to Boris Johnson putting Britain into lockdown has resigned from his government advisory position after he broke social distancing rules to meet his married lover. Professor Neil Ferguson, 51, allowed the woman to visit him …
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Published on 18:16 GMT
Scientists Find Nearest-Known Black Hole, In Distressingly Fitting Metaphor
Scientists with the European Southern Observatory say system HR 6819, seen in this artist’s rendering, is composed primarily of two stars (orbits in blue) and a newly discovered black hole (orbit in red). The black hole is invisible, but it makes its …
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Published on 18:17 GMT
Look beyond rainforests to protect trees, scientists say
Temperate and tropical dry forests—not just rainforests—are home to thousands of unique tree species, a new study reveals. Scientists studied data from more than 10,000 forest and savanna sites across the Americas, discovering unique and special tree …
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Published on 17:05 GMT
Perseverance Mars rover scientists train in the Nevada desert
Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Perseverance rover, which launches to the Red Planet this …
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Published on 15:26 GMT
Scientists identify unexpected player that causes vision loss in patients with AMD
Scientists have identified an unexpected player in the immune reaction gone awry that causes vision loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study published today in eLife. The findings suggest that an immune- …
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Published on 19:56 GMT
‘It will not be easy.’ As labs begin to reopen, enormous challenges remain – Science Magazine
Robert Neubecker By David GrimmMay. 6, 2020 , 12:00 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Russell Hopcroft spent much of April hunkered down in Fairbanks, Alaska, plotting how he’d return to research once the state ended its …
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Published on 13:00 GMT
AMOUNT of coronavirus you get infected with decides how severe the illness is, SAGE scientist warns
People exposed to a higher dose of coronavirus are more likely to fall critically ill, a scientist part of Number 10’s SAGE panel has warned. Professor Lucy Yardley, from the University of Bristol, sounded the alarm today, saying evidence shows ‘ …
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Published on 12:18 GMT
Scientists Suggest Planets Around Dead Stars Could Host Traces of Alien Life
Tech 11:06 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is soon expected to be launched into space to succeed the aging Hubble Space Telescope, and suggestions have been made as to where it should look to find traces of extra-terrestrial …
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Published on 18:10 GMT
Wearing-Face-Mask-About-Is-An-Embarrassment-To-Science—Pastor-Chris–Video
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the Senior Pastor of Christ Embassy, has continued to express his displeasure at the different meaures put in place by the Federal government since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Oyakhilome in an online sermon on Tuesday, spoke …
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Published on 13:51 GMT
Senior scientist says Trump administration ignored coronavirus warnings
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alleged in a whistleblower complaint. Dr. Rick Bright, …
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Published on 19:28 GMT
COVID SCIENCE-New coronavirus adapts to populations; vaccine works in monkeys
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: Scientists work in a lab testing COVID-19 …
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