Monthly Archives: August 2020

First U.S. cases of coronavirus in mink found at two farms in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Service Laboratory has released the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) in mink, and all five cases were found at two mink farms in Utah. The Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory conducted necropsies on several dead mink from the two farms …

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Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, using photosynthesis

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but supporting energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have reached record efficiency for conversion from solar to fuel, and now they want to incorporate photosynthesis machines to push it further. The researchers will present their results …

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