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COVID-19 hospitalizations set 2021 record once again in Minnesota

Nov 25, 2021

As Minnesota continues to set 2021 records for the number of COVID-19 patients receiving hospital care, Gov. Compared with last year, Minnesotans can be thankful for many advances in coping...

Oldest Scottish manuscript to go on display in Aberdeen

Nov 25, 2021

The Book of Deer, possibly Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript, is set to return to the north-east of Scotland for the first time in 1,000 years when it goes on loan...

Personalized Real-time Air Quality Informatics System for Exposure – Hong Kong (PRAISE-HK)

Nov 25, 2021

The phase 2 App (PRAISE-HK-EXP) released today is an air pollution exposure tracker. PRAISE-HK stands for “Personalized Real-time Air-quality Informatics System for Exposure – Hong Kong” (http://praise.ust.hk). It aims to...

Even in Highly Vaccinated New England, Hospitals Are Suffering

Nov 25, 2021

© Bloomberg Inside A Covid-19 Ward As U.S. Cases Rise at Slower Pace(Bloomberg) -- The northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, all highly vaccinated, are suffering...

How ultracold, superdense atoms become invisible

Nov 25, 2021

Normally, when photons of light penetrate a cloud of atoms, the photons and atoms can ping off each other like billiard balls, scattering light in every direction to radiate light,...

Two-metre COVID-19 rule is ‘arbitrary measurement’ of safety

Nov 25, 2021

A team of engineers from the University of Cambridge used computer modelling to quantify how droplets spread when people cough. They found that in the absence of masks, a person...

Dopamine plays key role in songbird mating

Nov 24, 2021

A recent study from McGill University, published in Current Biology, suggests that dopamine may also play a key role in shaping what songs female songbirds enjoy, which may ultimately affect...

Hepatitis Drug Increases Antibiotic Potency, Limits Antibiotic Resistance

Nov 24, 2021

An FDA-approved drug for hepatitis C can increase bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics and reduce the likelihood of antibiotic resistance, according to a new study led by New York University researchers...

McGill University celebrates graduates and honorary doctorate recipients at fall convocation

Nov 24, 2021

This fall, 700 graduating students, who completed their programs at the end of Summer 2021 at McGill University, will cross the stage for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic...

Covid Rebound in U.S. Is as Bad as Last November’s in Some Spots

Nov 24, 2021

Most Read from BloombergIn 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected Covid are taking up more ICU beds than a year earlier, according to Department of Health and Human Services...