[ad_1] In the Atacama desert in northern Chile, one of the driest places on Earth, microorganisms can make a living by drawing water from the rocks they colonize.Through field work and laboratory experiments, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Johns Hopkins University and UC Riverside, gained …
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[ad_1] This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news comes out. Global cases: more than 3.5 million Global deaths: more than 251,000 Most reported cases: United States (over 1.18 million), Spain (over 218,000), …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MOH) preliminarily confirmed 632 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore starting at noon Tuesday (May 5), bringing the total count to 19,410. Among the new cases are nine Singaporeans and permanent residents, while migrant workers living in dormitories make up the majority of …
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[ad_1] TAIPEI: Only Taiwan’s democratically elected government can represent its people on the world stage, not China, the island’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday (May 5), calling on the World Health Organization ( WHO) to “remove” control of China during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Taiwan’s exclusion from WHO membership, due to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Retail sales in almost all categories plummeted in March, but some sectors remained unscathed, especially supermarkets and hypermarkets. Figures released by the Department of Statistics (SingStat) on Tuesday (May 5) showed that overall retail sales in March decreased by 13.3 percent, compared to the same period last year. …
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[ad_1] The artist and influencer already had a lot of followers on Instagram. And like many other friends, the 31-year-old had dismissed TikTok as an app for tweens. But the spread of the virus in New York City forced Tsui to wait for the pandemic indoors, and he found himself …
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[ad_1] Whatever happens from now on, it has been a season that Curtis Jones will never forget. The 2019/20 campaign was the one that catapulted him into the collective conscience of football fans beyond the limits of the Kirkby Academy. After taking over the 23-year-old captaincy at the beginning of …
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[ad_1] A schematic and electron microscope cross section shows the structure of an integrated catalyst powered by solar energy to divide water into hydrogen and oxygen fuel. The module developed at Rice University can be directly immersed in water to produce fuel when exposed to sunlight. Credit: Illustration by Jia …
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[ad_1] Challenge trials in humans are being promoted to develop a coronavirus vaccine By Benjamin Mateus May 5, 2020 Without much fanfare, news reports on coronavirus vaccines have focused on ways to accelerate vaccine development through challenging human trials. Simply put, such trials would deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: China has donated more than half a million face masks to Singapore to help with the Government’s efforts in managing the COVID-19 situation. On Tuesday (May 5), the Minister of State for Health, Lam Pin Min, received a donation from the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, …
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