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'Smart saddle' could help equestrians hit their stride January 26, 2022
Researchers have developed a prototype 'smart saddle' that could help equestrians improve their biomechanics. Moreover, the self-powered saddle can alert others when a rider takes a fall.
Urban greening 'not a panacea' for dealing with extreme weather January 26, 2022
Urban greening is unlikely to provide a single fix for tackling extreme weather events brought on by climate change, scientists have suggested.
New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value January 25, 2022
Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping our drinking water sources clean and helping to mitigate harmful and nuisance algal blooms in our lakes and rivers.
Scientists discover new avian immunological pathway January 25, 2022
Biomedical scientists have discovered a new immune pathway in chickens that viruses may be targeting. The discovery, which has implications also for diseases affecting other birds, sheds greater light on birds' immune responses to zoonotic viruses -- specifically, how those may differ from responses seen in humans.
Hungry yeast are tiny, living thermometers January 25, 2022
Researchers report that a yeast cells can actively regulate a process called phase separation in one of their membranes. During phase separation, the membrane remains intact but partitions into multiple, distinct zones or domains that segregate lipids and proteins. The new findings show for the first time that, in response to environmental conditions, yeast cells […]
Lead lurking in your soil? New Chicago project maps distribution January 25, 2022
Lead haunts old homes in chipping paint and pipes, but it also lurks outside, in soil. It's the stuff of mud pies and garden plots, crumbling from boot treads to join household dust in forgotten corners. It's easily overlooked, but soil can be an important source of lead where children live and play.
Sediments a likely culprit in spread of deadly disease on Florida coral reefs, study finds January 25, 2022
A new study found that seafloor sediments have the potential to transmit a deadly pathogen to local corals and hypothesizes that sediments have played a role in the persistence of a devastating coral disease outbreak throughout Florida and the Caribbean.

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Covid-19 Origins: China Rejects WHO Proposal To Return For Second Wuhan Probe

Covid-19 Origins: China Rejects WHO Proposal To Return For Second Wuhan Probe

By Cowry News on July 22, 2021

China on Thursday rejected the World Health Organization’s (WHO) plan to return to Wuhan for the second phase of the Covid-19 origin study, saying it is “shocked” by the proposal…

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