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Residents and local businesses in a community in Germany’s most populous state that has been forced to return to strict confinement after a coronavirus outbreak at a local slaughterhouse are holding those responsible to account. The Gütersloh district of North Rhine-Westphalia, which has more than 360,000 inhabitants, had its first …

Neutrinos are released during nuclear fusion reactions in the Sun’s core.Credit: Detlev Van Ravenswaay / Science Photo Library Physicists have filled in the last missing detail of how nuclear fusion powers the Sun by trapping neutrinos emanating from the star’s core. The detection confirms decades-long theoretical predictions that some of …

Credit: Pixabay / CC0 Public Domain Professors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Technological University through the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering have developed a new epidemiological model to predict the spread of COVID-19 (which can be applied to any jurisdiction) and have made predictions for …

Factors such as age and underlying health conditions, such as diabetes, may increase the risk of contracting coronavirus, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA But one more factor that could affect your chances of getting coronavirus is your blood type, at least according to a …