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I have a strong affinity for the sciences which led me to create my sites. My compulsion for the past decade has been reviewing literally every peer-reviewed research article. Which can easily be validated by following my posts. To me, science is where the real news is, as it will mold our destiny beyond that of politics or economics. ;-)
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‘Immune imprinting’ by different SARS-CoV-2 spike sequences from variants and vaccines means we now have diverse patterns of protection against new variants
New research shows that the first SARS-CoV-2 spike protein a person encounters, be it by vaccination or infection, shapes their subsequent immune response against current and future variants. That is, it imparts different properties that have an impact on the… Read More ›
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COVID-19 infection can be inhibited by elements of the human microbiome
Washington, D.C. – December 1, 2021– Researchers have identified metabolites, intermediate or end products of metabolism, in the human microbiome that inhibit COVID-19 infection in cell-based models of the virus. The finding, reported this week in the journal mSphere, an open-access journal of… Read More ›
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Toys prove to be better investment than gold, art, and financial securities
Unusual ways of investment, such as collecting toys, can generate high returns. For example, secondary market prices of retired LEGO sets grow by 11% annually, which is faster than gold, stocks, and bonds, HSE University economists say. Their paper was published in… Read More ›
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How far is Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water from us?
On 26 August 2021, the Japanese Cabinet passed a bill to discharge treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean to alleviate the problem of nuclear wastewater storage. However, large amounts of radionuclides can affect marine biological chains… Read More ›
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College students in declining mental, physical health one year into COVID-19, study shows
Following research about college students from before COVID-19 with a survey at the pandemic’s Year I mark, an international team of scientists detected no improvement in the students’ mental well-being even after the introduction of vaccines and the easing of… Read More ›
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US autism rate is one in 44, New Jersey rate is one in 35 among 8-year-old children
The autism rate among 8-year-old children in the United States is one in 44 and one in 35 in New Jersey, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that included researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School…. Read More ›
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Study finds new pollutants associated with an altered ratio of baby boys to girls
Changes in the human sex ratio at birth—defined as the percentage of newborns that are boys—are associated with the presence of air and water pollutants, but are not predictably associated with seasonality or weather, according to a new study of… Read More ›
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Allergic conditions linked to lower COVID-19 infection risk
People with allergic conditions such as hay fever, rhinitis, and atopic eczema, may have a lower risk of COVID-19 infection, especially if they also have asthma, finds a large, population-based study of UK adults, published online in the respiratory journal Thorax…. Read More ›
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Study links high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease to plastics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Plastics, part of modern life, are useful but can pose a significant challenge to the environment and may also constitute a health concern. Indeed, exposure to plastic-associated chemicals, such as base chemical bisphenol A and phthalate plasticizers,… Read More ›
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Pandemic worriers shown to have impaired general cognitive abilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our psychological limits. Some have been more affected than others by the stress of potential illness and the confusion of constantly changing health information and new restrictions. A new study finds the pandemic may have… Read More ›
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COVID-19 mobile robot could detect and tackle social distancing breaches
A new strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 employs a mobile robot that detects people in crowds who are not observing social-distancing rules, navigates to them, and encourages them to move apart. Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy of the University of… Read More ›
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How to download Variants of Concern Data, using python
How to download Variants of Concern Data, using python Pretty Easy, once you can link it. No saving files necessary #variants #gisaid #python import pandas as pd import plotly.express as px variants=pd.read_csv(‘https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/blob/master/public/data/variants/covid-variants.csv?raw=true’,parse_dates = [‘date’]) variants[variants[‘location’]==”Hungary”].tail(50) omi = variants[variants[‘variant’]==’Omicron’] mix =… Read More ›
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Potent neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 human antibodies cure infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamster model
Abstract Treatment with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contributes to COVID-19 management. Unfortunately, SARS-CoV-2 variants can escape several of these recently approved mAbs, highlighting the need for additional discovery and development. In a… Read More ›
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Better Eyesight with Red-light, Once a Week
In summary, researchers found there was, on average, a 17% improvement in participants’ colour contrast vision when exposed to three minutes of 670 nanometre (long wavelength) deep red light in the morning and the effects of this single exposure lasted… Read More ›
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Team builds first living robots that can reproduce
Scientists at UVM, Tufts, and Harvard discovered a new form of biological reproduction—and created self-replicating living robots. Made from frog cells, these computer-designed organisms gather single cells inside a Pac-Man-shaped “mouth”—and release Xenobot “babies” that look and move like themselves…. Read More ›
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£1.6 million study aims to understand why COVID-19 vaccines can lead to rare instances of blood clotting with low platelets
A new programme of work led by the University of Liverpool is seeking to understand the very rare, but very serious, condition of blood clotting with low platelets in the general population, in COVID-19 infection, and potentially following vaccination. The… Read More ›
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COVID-19 during pregnancy doesn’t harm baby’s brain
CHICAGO – COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing fetus, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North… Read More ›
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ComCor study: New results on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and analysis of the efficacy of messenger RNA vaccines against the Delta variant
From May 23 to August 13, 2021, the Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos institute, conducted the fourth part of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances and places… Read More ›
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Time crystal in a quantum computer
There is a huge global effort to engineer a computer capable of harnessing the power of quantum physics to carry out computations of unprecedented complexity. While formidable technological obstacles still stand in the way of creating such a quantum computer,… Read More ›
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Ubiquitous food additive alters human microbiota and intestinal environment
ATLANTA—New clinical research indicates that a widely used food additive, carboxymethylcellulose, alters the intestinal environment of healthy persons, perturbing levels of beneficial bacteria and nutrients. These findings, published in Gastroenterology, demonstrate the need for further study of the long-term impacts of… Read More ›
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