When an epidemic outbreak such H1N1, Zika or SARS viruses occurs, containment measures may seem to be the most reasonable solution. However, an EPFL study casts doubt on that idea, showing that such measures make a society ...
General Physics
Jan 30, 2018
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Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast, the world's top producer, enjoyed a 20 percent boost in revenues thanks to a record harvest last year, the economy minister has announced.
Other
Feb 2, 2015
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Game on for Pokémon Go, The BMJ's weekly GP columnist says today in a light-hearted look.
Software
Aug 10, 2016
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Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the University of Louisville have revealed that genes for a specific type of molecular secretion ...
Biotechnology
Mar 12, 2009
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HIV-related research and programming has excluded same-sex attracted men in Africa for three decades. Their exclusion cannot be accounted for by the assertion that they are unreachable, says Norwegian researcher.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2013
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Seasonal fluctuations drive the dynamics of many infectious diseases. For instance, the flu spreads more readily in winter. Two scientists from the University of Nantes and the CNRS in Montpellier have developed a mathematical ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 21, 2020
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To help address the global obesity epidemic, scientists are developing a new class of compounds called "micelle sequestrant polymers," or MSPs, that could prevent fat particles from getting absorbed in the body and thus potentially ...
Biochemistry
Jul 29, 2015
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Most real-world systems, such as biological, social, and economic schemes evolve constantly. The dynamics of such systems are characterized by significantly enhanced activity levels over short periods of time (or "bursts") ...
Mathematics
Dec 11, 2018
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The morning news reports a rise in coronavirus infections in your area. Taking in this information, you decide to skip your daily coffee run or put off your grocery trip for another week. Although many of us have probably ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 10, 2021
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Toxoplasma gondii—otherwise known as Toxo—is a parasite that infects one fourth of the world's human population. While Toxo remains alive within most of its hosts, the active acute forms of the parasite are quickly suppressed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2023
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