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Count – and I know who you are

Nov 22, 2020

“We want to better understand what makes humans unique and being able to count is one of the key characteristics in this,” says Bender. Photo: Eivind Senneset, UiB“We use number...

Call for applications: Master's stipends on the politics of pandemics

Nov 21, 2020

Call for applications: Master's stipends on the politics of pandemicsAre you a University of Oslo master's student interested in the politics of pandemics? We might have a stipend for you....

The University of Tokyo

Nov 21, 2020

Analysis showed these meteorites are new types of Martian meteorites and are mixtures of different rock fragments. But recently 50 grams of NWA 7533 were acquired for analysis by the...

Weighing space dust with radar

Nov 21, 2020

It is thought that over 1,000 kilograms of so-called interplanetary dust falls to Earth every day. Two ways to study faint meteors are radar and optical observations, each with advantages...

Rise of the relationship herbivore - Japanese increasingly single, disinterested in dates

Nov 21, 2020

By 2015, there were 2.2 million more single women and 1.7 million more single men in Japan aged 18 to 39 compared to 1992. The numbers of single men are...

Outrage in Black community over claims of voter fraud

Nov 21, 2020

Johnson, who is Black, reflected deepening outrage over the president's push for a recount, which some characterized as an attempt to disenfranchise Black voters in a desperate and chaotic bid...

Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on US vote are from Trump

Nov 21, 2020

Loudest attacks on US vote are from TrumpPresident Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference in the briefing room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20,...

People in prison should be prioritised for any COVID-19 vaccine

Nov 21, 2020

Prisons can easily become a reservoir for COVID-19 infection to the community as turnover is high and transmission can occur at multiple points including via staff. In addition, people in...

Prior COVID-19 infection offers protection from re-infection for at least six months

Nov 21, 2020

However, up until now there have not been any large-scale studies of how much protection from re-infection people get after COVID-19. The health care workers were tested for antibodies to...

Small molecule, big potential for treating prostate cancer

Nov 21, 2020

There is no known small molecule drug that can inhibit androgen receptor variants, leaving few effective therapeutic options for CRPC patients. “Our lead compound, KI-ARv-03, was particularly exciting to us...