An Experimental Peptide Could Block Covid-19
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells.
Coronavirus, Iran Conflict Among Biggest Threats to the Economy in 2020
U.S. conflicts with Iran and Europe and the threat of an uncontained coronavirus top a list of threats to the global economy this year.
As ‘Fury of Virus Illustrates Folly of War,’ UN Chief Calls for Global Ceasefire
“End the sickness of war and fight the disease that is ravaging our world.”
‘Little Foot’ Skull Reveals How This Human Ancestor Lived More Than 3 Million Years Ago
Micro-CT scanning of “Little Foot” skull reveals new aspects of the life of this more than 3-million year-old-human ancestor.
US Paper Hypes Fake News On Coronavirus ‘Burial Pits’ In Iran
The Washington Post has turned to publishing fake news about Iran’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, claiming that Iran has dug mass “burial pits” for victims of the disease and was covering the true number of deaths.
Iran Warns US Over ‘Dangerous’ Claims After Iraq Base Attack
Iran says US President Donald Trump must reconsider behavior of occupying American forces in the region instead of leveling groundless accusations against other countries.
An Experimental Peptide Could Block Covid-19
MIT chemists are testing a protein fragment that may inhibit coronaviruses’ ability to enter human lung cells.
In Earth’s Largest Extinction, Land Animal Die-offs Began Long Before Marine Extinction
The mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period 252 million years ago — one of the great turnovers of life on Earth — appears to have played out differently and at different times on land and in the sea, according to newly redated fossils beds from South Africa and Australia.
New Feathered Dinosaur Was One Of The Last Surviving Raptors
Dineobellator notohesperus lived 67 million years ago.
MIT-Based Team Works to Rapidly Deploy Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator For As Little As $400 In Parts
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
Worldwide Scientific Collaboration Unveils Genetic Architecture Of Gray Matter
For the first time, more 360 scientists from 184 different institutions have contributed to a global effort to find more than 200 regions of the genome and more than 300 specific genetic variations that affect the structure of the cerebral cortex and likely play important roles in psychiatric and neurological conditions.
