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Cholesterol Open the Door Into Our Cells for COVID To Slip In

A recent study unveiled the doorway that SARS-CoV2 uses to slip inside cells undetected.
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Why Do Some People Frequently Get Ill Compared to Others?

Do you feel as if you or perhaps your family members are constantly coming down with illnesses that drag on longer than they should? Or, maybe you’re one of those lucky people who rarely becomes ill and, if you do, recovers faster than others.
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Groundwater Pumping Is Beginning To Affect the Earth’s Rotation

Groundwater pumping nudged the Earth nearly 80 centimeters east of its normal rotation axis between 1993 and 2010, a new study has found.
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Brain Data Analysis Predicts Chart Hit Songs With Near-Perfect Accuracy

Anticipating chart-topping songs has always been challenging. However, scientists have leveraged machine learning (ML) coupled with high-frequency neurophysiological data to significantly enhance the accuracy of hit song predictions.
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RNA Therapy Switches Off Cancer Cells’ “Chemical GPS”

A new study shows that an RNA nanoparticle can prevent the spread of multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer, in mice.
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Gene Modification Will Boost Disease-Resistant Rice

Rice that is resistant to some of the worst crop-destroying diseases but can still produce large yields could soon become a reality for farmers worldwide.
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The Effect of Irrigation Around the World

Trajectory of irrigation water use in many regions is unsustainable, but practice is vital in managing climate change and future agricultural development, researchers conclude.
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A Tool for Mapping Complex, 3D Interactions in the Genome

Genome Architecture Mapping captures complex, multi-way interactions in the genome. This is different than the workhorse technique of 3D genomics, which sees mostly two-way contacts, finds a new study by a team at the Max Delbrück Center, published in “Nature Methods”.
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Gut Microbes Can Be Harnessed To Block Absorption of Toxic Metals

New research suggests that microbes in the human gut could be harnessed to block the absorption of toxic metals and help the body absorb useful nutritional ones.
Human cells with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) in the pericardial fluid, shown with an esterase stain at 400x.
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Messenger Particles Fuel Leukemia Spread

Tiny packets of molecular cargo shed by cancer cells seed the foundations for metastasis at distant sites in the body. These findings, from experiments in mice and cells, may help explain one of the drivers of cancer metastasis.
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