#Rethinking the boundaries between economic life and coronavirus death

“#Rethinking the boundaries between economic life and coronavirus death” by Carolyn Prouse, Beverley Mullings, Dairon Luis Morejon Perez, Shannon Clarke, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/capitalism.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/capitalism.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”capitalism” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/capitalism.jpg” title=”Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain” width=”800″></img><figcaption> Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain </figcaption></figure></div> As governments around the world begin to reopen their borders,…

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#Researchers construct dynamic landscape of medaka embryogenesis

“#Researchers construct dynamic landscape of medaka embryogenesis” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Medaka, a fish, has become an important vertebrate model widely used in genetics, developmental biology, environmental sciences, and many other fields. A high-quality genome sequence and a variety of genetic tools are available for this model organism. However, existing genome annotation is still rudimentary,…

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#Australian reptile research needs to move beyond university backyards

“#Australian reptile research needs to move beyond university backyards” Juvenile marbled gecko. Credit: Guy Castley A team of Griffith University researchers found the strongest predictor of study sites for reptile research in Australia is proximity to universities. Published in Nature Scientific Reports, the study is the first continent-wide investigation of factors that influenced the location…

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#Sulphur dioxide concentrations drop over India during COVID-19

“#Sulphur dioxide concentrations drop over India during COVID-19” Credit: Pixabay Concentrations of sulfur dioxide in polluted areas in India have decreased by around 40% between April 2019 and April 2020. Using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, from the European Union Copernicus program, scientists have produced new maps which show the drop in concentrations across…

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#Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls

“#Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls” A combined sewer overflow outfall. Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even…

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#Divers uncover mysteries of earliest inhabitants of Americas deep inside Yucatan caves

“#Divers uncover mysteries of earliest inhabitants of Americas deep inside Yucatan caves” A diver from Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Q Roo (CINDAQ A.C.) collects charcoal samples in the oldest ochre mine ever found in the Americas, used 10,000-12,000 years ago by the earliest inhabitants of the Western hemisphere to procure the ancient commodity….

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#Rain hampers rescue efforts after deadly Japan floods

“#Rain hampers rescue efforts after deadly Japan floods” Dozens are feared dead in the floods and landslides that have hit parts of Japan Driving rain hampered the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan on Monday as they searched for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more torrential downpours forecast….

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#Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could speed up screening of drug candidates for COVID-19

“#Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could speed up screening of drug candidates for COVID-19” Researchers have developed a human cell ‘membrane on a chip’ that allows continuous monitoring of how drugs and infectious agents interact with our cells, and may soon be used to test potential drug candidates for COVID-19. Credit: Susan Daniel/Cornell University Researchers…

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