The use of dirty coal as a heat source makes life tough in the Mongolian winter. ETH geophysicists are helping to develop geothermal energy as a clean alternative.
Environment
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Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus' so-called "spike proteins."
Bio & Medicine
Apr 14, 2020
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Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, one of the country's largest pork producers, announced Sunday, April 12 that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after some 300 employees tested positive ...
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2020
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Spread of the coronavirus has halted critical field studies related to climate change, and many researchers have been left to wonder when they'll start up again.
Environment
Apr 14, 2020
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While restaurants, gyms, schools and other buildings are closed indefinitely to prevent the spread of COVID-19, water left sitting in pipes could change in quality.
Environment
Apr 14, 2020
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Purdue University scientists Natalia Dudareva and Joseph Lynch have been searching for a way to increase a plant's production of phenylalanine, a compound important for plant survival and used by humans in flavors, fragrances, ...
Biochemistry
Apr 14, 2020
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If you didn't know what a supply chain was a month ago, you do now. We are feeling them palpably, through strikes of essential workers, surgical mask shortages, and bleak shelves in the paper-products aisle. Anna Nagurney, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2020
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On Feb. 11, in Geneva, the head of the World Health Organization unveiled the name of a new disease.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2020
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Joshua trees face the risk of extinction after decades of development, drought and more frequent wildfires due to climate change in their Mojave Desert stronghold, according to California wildlife authorities who are recommending ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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Research shows that even fish farmers have doubts as to whether using cleaner fish is an effective delousing method. "Fish farmers tell us that they want a ban on the use of certain species. They're also very critical of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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