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29Jun

Systemic Perspective Needed for Effective Climate Risk Assessments and Adaptation Strategies

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The recently published Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on influences, adaptation, and vulnerability acknowledges that climate modification effects and dangers are becoming increasingly complex and more challenging to manage. Multiple weather dangers will happen together, and multiple climatic and non-climatic dangers will interact, resulting in worsening overall threats and...

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21Jun

4 Answers to Key Questions About the Monkeypox Outbreak

More than 300 people in 21 nations outside Africa have been infected with the illness. Monkeypox (orange), shown infecting monkey cells (green) in this colorized electron micrograph, has spread to multiple countries outside Africa. The large outbreak is unusual for the virus, which is transmitted by close contact. NIAID/FLICKR (CC BY 2.0) An outbreak of monkeypox...

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10Jun

Scent Dogs Detect Coronavirus Accurately from Skin Swabs

Dogs to detect COVID-19. Credit: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A current research by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital affirmed that scent detection dogs can be taught to recognize people with a coronavirus infection from skin swabs. In the experimental set-up at Finland's Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, the dogs' accuracy in...

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10Jun

Exercise and Lengthy COVID Syntoms

Research study: Signs and symptom variant, connections, and relationship to physical activity in Long Covid: an intensive longitudinal study. Credit: The Science Advisory board. In a recent study posted to the medRxiv preprint web server. Researchers reviewed associations between physical activity as well as long coronavirus disease (COVID) signs. History Post-acute sequelae of COVID 2019 (COVID-19)...

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08May

Copper and Nickel Production Struck by Covid and Regional Unrest

Copper and nickel production are lower-than-expected reported australian international mining titan BHP. The drop has been blamed on the absence due to Covid-19 and social unrest throughout Chile, leading copper and nickel production to drop by 10% and 13%, respectively.  Significant episodes of Covid-19 suppressed production in Chile, worsened by roadblocks and social discontent at its...

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29Apr

A Computer Science Technique Might Assist Determine When The Pandemic is ‘Over’

The world wants the pandemic to end and life to return to normal. When will that happen? Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto via Getty Images In early 2022, nearly 2 years after Covid was stated a pandemic by the World Health Organization, experts are mulling a big concern: when is a pandemic "over"? So, what's the response? What standards should...

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25Apr

Isolation Guidelines for Close Contacts are Changing. What’s Next?

Close contacts of individuals with COVID in New South Wales and Victoria will soon no longer need to isolate for seven days. Other states and territories, including Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory Area, are taking into consideration. Or will likely reveal comparable moves. In NSW from 6 pm tomorrow and in Victoria from before...

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29Mar

Top Motoring Leader Requests Transportation to Lead Australia’s Financial Recovery

Credit: whichcar. According to one of the industry's top leaders, the transportation sector has been praised as one of the largest parts of Australia's regional economy to lead us through our post-COVID-19 recuperation period. The Australian Automobile Association The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has called for transportation to become among the leading sectors in Australia's financial restoration...

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23Feb

Credit Suisse Under Scrutiny Over Culture After Client Data Leaks

The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland March 24, 2021. Credit: Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Credit Suisse faces fresh scrutiny from Swiss regulators and the European Parliament after leaked data purported to reveal the bank had served human rights abusers, corrupt politicians, and businessmen under sanctions for...

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16Feb

Biologists Discover New Insect Species

Neuroterus valhalla is a newly described species of cynipid gall wasp discovered in the branches of a live oak tree near the Rice University graduate student pub Valhalla. Credit: Miles Zhang/Smithsonian NMNH Its name sounds legendary, but the newly uncovered insect Neuroterus (noo-ROH'- teh-rus) Valhalla does not look or act the part. It is barely...

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