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Population Waits With Bated Breath as Coronavirus Continues Its Global March

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Whilst WHO officials are yet to declare the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan a global health emergency, China are taking preventative steps in the face of a growing and spreading caseload.

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Global Alarm Over Spread of Novel Coronavirus

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Today an emergency committee convened in Geneva to discuss whether or not the current outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China should be declared a “public health emergency of international concern.”

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Chemistry Life Hacks: Food Edition

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Our latest episode brings chemistry to the kitchen, and features science-backed tips to cook rice with fewer calories, get extra juicy chicken (when you don't have time to marinate) and keep sliced fruit from browning too quickly.

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Cervical Cancer Could Be Eliminated Within 100 Years

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Two new studies outline strategies which will make it possible to eliminate cervical cancer within one hundred years.

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Stressed-out Cells Are Risk to 'Mini-brains'’ Modeling Potential
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Far from being the “brains-in-a-dish” touted by some sections of the media, cerebral organoids, hunks of neural tissue designed to act as in vitro models of neural processes, might actually fail to replicate even basic tenets of neuronal development, suggests a new study.

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Warring Microglia and Macrophages Could Be Key to Neurological Disorders
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Scientists have found that immune cells in our brain and central nervous system interfere with blood immune cells.

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Neuron Patterns Help Reveal the Secrets of Brain Communication
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According to a new study, the patterns created by neurons in the brain can be used to shine a light on how the brain functions, and take us a step closer to creating intelligent robots.

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Understanding the Weather That Keeps NASA Flying High

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely known for its space exploration activities. But NASA also has a deep interest in looking towards our own planet. In this article, we explore how NASA's weather monitoring systems use powerful supercomputers to understand our planet's climate.

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Latest on Coronavirus Outbreak
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As the novel coronavirus, that originated in Wuhan, China continues its global march, the first two cases have been confirmed in the UK. This brings the number of affected countries to 24, although all 213 deaths have thus far been isolated to China.

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Assay Development: An Overview
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Assays are investigative procedures that qualitatively assess a compound or examine a compound’s effects on identified molecular, cellular, or biochemical targets. This guide explores the essential steps involved in assay development.

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Weighing-Up the Pros and Cons: Is There Proteomic Life Without Quantitative LCMS?
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The technological developments and widespread acceptance of quantitative LCMS have become integral to the daily research of scientists – particularly to proteomics.

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