Peter Thielen and Tom Mehoke have spent years sequencing the genome of influenza. Now, as a new strain of coronavirus spreads across the globe, these biologists from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are transitioning ...
Biotechnology
Mar 31, 2020
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The current COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly changing the way we live and the way we work. Do these changes signal long-lasting impacts on the design and architecture of our cities? We spoke to UBC professor Patrick Condon, the ...
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2020
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Consider the last time you hired an electrician, plumber or painter. Did you care to check if they were licensed or not?
Economics & Business
Jan 13, 2020
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African American health care workers are there for a reason.
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2019
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A century ago, the Winnipeg General Strike shut down what was then Canada's third-largest city. Today, the strike is usually remembered as a moment when workers demanded the collective bargaining rights and living wages that ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2019
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Lifetime experiences of racial and ethnic discrimination are strongly linked to food insecurity in Philadelphia, says a new series of reports released today from researchers at Drexel University's Center for Hunger Free Communities ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2018
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Worldwide, preterm birth is a leading cause of death for children under five-years-old. A new algorithm combined with a handheld, smartphone-based device could aid health care workers in remote locations to estimate degrees ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2018
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The population of the United States is not as young as it used to be, and the year 2035 represents a major demographic turning point.
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2018
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Just like an alphabet is made up of individual letters, DNA is composed of chemical bases. And in the same way that letters must be placed in a specific order to form words and sentences, the sequence of chemical bases is ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 18, 2017
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The long-term threat of getting a pink slip is giving some older workers the blues.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2016
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