Why is scientific collaboration key? 4 experts explain
Pressing global challenges including the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and future global health crises will require collaboration.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from lingering antibodies to life-saving steroids
A new study shows that small droplets can easily move around the sides of plastic visors, raising the question of their effectiveness compared to cloth masks.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from mutant viruses to 3-D mapping of spike proteins
Mutation causes deletion of two genes - and an apparently weaker form of the disease; and electron microscopy helps us understand the virus's spikes.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from single shot vaccine results to asymptomatic spread
A seventh vaccine enters Phase III trials; and clues on why some infected people people show no symptoms - a roundup of the latest COVID science news.
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Top science stories of the week – from short-lived immunity to experts ‘cautiously optimistic’about vaccine results
There are promising initial results from a Moderna vaccine trial and mounting evidence that air pollution worsens coronavirus.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from a life-saving drug to one billion at risk
Drug found that prevents 1 in 8 deaths for patients severely ill with COVID-19 and over 1 billion people are at increased risk of severe infection globally.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from testosterone to the latest on hydroxychloroquine
New evidence is pointing to androgens – male hormones such as testosterone – which seem to be helping the virus get inside cells.
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La ciencia lidera la respuesta a COVID-19. Estos 25 científicos están abordando los otros desafíos globales
Los científicos tienen la máxima visibilidad en la respuesta a COVID-19, al tiempo que proponen soluciones a otros desafíos mundiales, desde el cambio climático hasta la ciberseguridad, d...
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Science leads the response to COVID-19. These 25 scientists are tackling the other global challenges
Scientists have maximum visibility in the COVID-19 response, while proposing solutions to other global challenges, from climate change to cybersecurity, poverty to pandemics, and food tec...
COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from old antibodies to new vaccines
A round-up of the most significant stories, as scientists battle to better understand and treat the coronavirus.
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'Millions facing starvation' - Global political and business leaders on the economic impact of COVID-19
The economic impact of COVID-19 on developing economies like Pakistan could ignite a severe humanitarian crisis if the international community does not step up support, the country's Prim...
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from genetics to herd immunity
A round-up of the most significant science stories as scientists battle to better understand and treat the coronavirus.
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COVID-19: Top science stories of the week, from twins to pollution
A round-up of the most significant science stories as scientists battle to better understand and treat the coronavirus.
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COVID-19: top four science stories of the week
The latest scientific developments relating to COVID-19 and what they can tell us about the virus, its transmission, its symptoms and treatment options.
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How to read the news like a scientist and avoid the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
As COVID-19 has spread around the globe, conspiracy theories and fake news have gone viral on social media and news outlets. Here's how to avoid them.