Much of the effort to develop remedies and vaccines to combat COVID-19 has focused on the spike protein that the culprit virus, SARS-CoV-2, uses to invade healthy cells. Scientists at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute believe they have found a way to block the ability of the spike protein to infect …
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Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you watch one? It is more difficult than most people think. As the technology to produce realistic deepfakes becomes more readily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only become more challenging. A new digital storytelling project at MIT’s Advanced Virtuality Center aims …
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Some deep-sea fish species have developed a skin that is blacker than black to protect them from being eaten, or to help them sneak up on the fish they want to eat. A study, published last week in the journal Current Biology, documents “ultra blackness” in 16 deep-sea fish species …
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Modern Pharmaceutical (MRNA) – Get report, one of the leading candidates to produce a viable coronavirus vaccine, fell on Monday after Oxford University and AstraZeneca (AZN) – Get report published promising data from an early-stage trial of a key coronavirus vaccine study, and the population received a downgrade from JP …
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Twenty-seven inches of monitor goodness for just $ 100. AOC Tired of hunched over the relatively small screen of your laptop? Connect an external monitor for proper desktop setup. And, hey, if you’re going to do that, you could go big, too, especially when there’s a deal like this. For …
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