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Environmental Conditions Found To Affect Stability Of Virus That Causes COVID-19
A new study led by Marshall University researcher M. Jeremiah Matson found that environmental conditions affect the stability of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human nasal mucus and sputum.
Matching-Commitment Agreements to Incentivize Climate Action
Many countries are failing to comply with the non-binding commitments of the Paris Agreement, making it increasingly clear that we have to reconsider how to ensure collective action to limit global warming to less than 2°C above preindustrial levels.
Engineers Design A Device That Operates Like A Brain Synapse
Teams around the world are building ever more sophisticated artificial intelligence systems of a type called neural networks, designed in some ways to mimic the wiring of the brain, for carrying out tasks such as computer vision and natural language processing.
Heat May Kill More People Than Previously Reported
Even moderately hot weather may actually be killing thousands, not hundreds as previously reported.
Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? It’s Likely, NASA Scientists Find
Several years ago, planetary scientist Lynnae Quick began to wonder whether any of the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system, might resemble some of the watery moons around Jupiter and Saturn.


