#Widespread facemask use is vital to suppress the pandemic as lockdown lifts, say scientists

#Widespread facemask use is vital to suppress the pandemic as lockdown lifts, say scientists

A new mathematical model suggests that the easing of lockdown must be accompanied by wider and more effective use of control measures such as facemasks even with vaccination, in order to suppress COVID-19 more quickly and reduce the likelihood of another lockdown. The model, developed by scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Liverpool, is published…

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#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin

“#Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin” GENEVA — A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a pandemic after it was first detected in China over a year ago — with four theories being considered and one the clear frontrunner,…

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#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century

#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century

“#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century” German researchers have uncovered marine life along the Antarctic seafloor for the first time in decades after a massive iceberg calved from the continent’s ice sheet last month.  The iceberg, dubbed A-74, detached about two weeks ago and began to drift through the Weddell Sea.  As the only research vessel nearby, the research…

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#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

“#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins” WASHINGTON – About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using curiously elongated wing-like fins that rendered its body wider than it was long. Scientists on Thursday announced…

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#Researchers identify 50 additional genes for eye color

#Researchers identify 50 additional genes for eye color

“#Researchers identify 50 additional genes for eye color” An international team of scientists has identified 50 more genes for eye color. In a 12-page study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, researchers led by King’s College London and Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam examined the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people from 10 populations across both Europe and Asia. “We knew of all these people whether they had brown,…

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#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

“#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole” Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of a particle jet coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe. The source of the X-ray jet is a quasar, or a fast-growing supermassive black hole, named PSO J352.4034-15.3373 or PJ352-15. The quasar sits at the center of a young galaxy and is…

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#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica

#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica

“#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica” A massive iceberg, larger than New York City, has broken off from an ice shelf in Antarctica, according to researchers on Friday.  The 490-square mile iceberg broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf about a decade after scientists started detecting cracks in the ice, wrote the British Antarctic…

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