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Electrified Fabric Could Zap the Coronavirus on Masks and Clothing

Wearing masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) can slow the spread of COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

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An Audacious Explanation for Fast Radio Bursts

Flashes of radio waves lasting a thousandth of a second arrive on Earth every second from all over the sky.…

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How to Evaluate Coronavirus Risks from Black Lives Matter Protests

After months of being cooped up at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus, people have taken to the streets…

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How ‘Superspreading’ Events Drive Most COVID-19 Spread

In late February about 175 executives from around the world came to the biotechnology company Biogen’s leadership conference in Boston.…

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Lyft Aims for an All-Electric Fleet by 2030–Is That Possible?

When ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. announced last week that it would transition to 100% electric vehicles by 2030, observers cheered…

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Is Coffee Flour a New Fair Trade Nutritional Powerhouse?

Coffee flour isn't really a flour. And although it is from the coffee plant, it doesn't taste or smell anything like the…

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Bored Moviegoers Want to See Real Actors

Originally published in June 1909 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Moving pictures are exhibited in about ten thousand theaters and halls in…

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Misinformation and Miscalculation in the Time of the Coronavirus

This morning I had a surprisingly lengthy discussion with my wife about whether it was Wednesday or Thursday. I'm writing…

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Is Dark Matter Made of Axions?

Last week, when scientists at an Italian laboratory announced that unexpected blips in their detector could be from long-sought subatomic…

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Inside the Coronavirus – Scientific American

For all the mysteries that remain about the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease it causes, scientists…

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