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A version of the coronavirus known as D614G has hit headlines in recent days, after a Malaysian official said it was linked to two outbreaks and claimed it could affect vaccine development. This was followed by a disease expert claiming that D614G may be more infected, but less deadly, potentially …

The first day of the NBA playoffs was limestone. The second? Yes, not so much. The no. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks started the day by losing to the Orlando Magic, and the no. 1 seeded Los Angeles Lakers ended the day by losing to the No. 8 seeded Portland Trail …

Scientists have crawled to unpick the mechanism that the new coronavirus (green) uses to enter a human cell (orange).Credit: NIAID / National Institutes of Health / Science Photo Library In the space of eight months, the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the disease that causes it, COVID-19, has dominated the work …

Other reports rolled in – a death in France, a cluster in Italy – and in the US, the CDC put together what was observed of the unusual condition and asked doctors to report cases that were consistent with departments of state health. Coming up with a definition of the …

The Trump administration has taken another small step toward its larger leap to commercialize space laboratory activities, even as NASA struggles to put current commercialization plans in place. A new White House memo released (August 14) said research with low-Earth orbit “on new platforms” – commercial facilities that could succeed …