Scientists have shown for the first time how two proteins provide a tunnel for so-called bad cholesterol to enter our body cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2020
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Policymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty caused by the virus, economic activity has contracted, hitting firms and workers whose activities ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2020
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Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: "There is a density level in NYC that is destructive ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2020
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In November of 2019—likely, even earlier—a tiny entity measuring just a few hundred billionths of a meter in diameter began to tear apart human society on a global scale. Within a few months, the relentless voyager known ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2020
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While many religious communities have embraced physical distancing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, some still encourage gatherings despite strong public health messages that large groups run a significant ...
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2020
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The delayed response of U.S. policymakers to the COVID-19 pandemic comes as no surprise to University of Wyoming Professor Jason Shogren and several of his economist colleagues at other institutions.
Economics & Business
Apr 15, 2020
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Wildlife conservation is a type of work without end. It's ongoing. It revolves around time—while racing against it. Pausing amid a global pandemic isn't an option, because that could mean the difference between saving endangered ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2020
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Gabon on Friday banned the sale and eating of bats and pangolins, which are suspected of sparking the novel coronavirus in China where they are highly prized in traditional medicine.
Ecology
Apr 3, 2020
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It was recently reported that the number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 1,000, making it the second-worst outbreak in history after the 2014 outbreak in West Africa in which 29,000 people ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 26, 2019
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The ability to read the genome—all the DNA of an organism—has vast potential to understand human health and disease.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2019
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