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  • Apple Music expands to 52 new countries in global services push

    Apple Music expands to 52 new countries in global services push

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    Apple Music is being expanded to 52 additional countries and territories in a push to broaden service revenue streams for the iPhone maker, the company said Tuesday. The move, part of the biggest expansion of Apple services in a decade, brings Apple Music to a total of 167 markets, including 25 new African countries added…

  • Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effects

    Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effects

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    Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief. University of Queensland researchers have designed a novel tarantula venom mini-protein that can potentially relieve severe pain without addiction. Dr. Christina Schroeder from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience said the current opioid crisis around the…

  • 5 ways parents can motivate children at home during the pandemic – without nagging or tantrums

    5 ways parents can motivate children at home during the pandemic – without nagging or tantrums

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    Parents have always helped with homework and made sure their children fulfil responsibilities like chores, but the extended and often unstructured time families are spending together during the current crisis creates new challenges. After a disaster like a hurricane or fire, establishing structure is important to keep consistency and maintain a sense of control for…

  • Plants control microbiome diversity inside leaves to promote health

    Plants control microbiome diversity inside leaves to promote health

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    Scientists show how plant genes select which microbes get to live inside their leaves in order to stay healthy. In a new study, published in the journal Nature, Michigan State University scientists show how plant genes select which microbes get to live inside their leaves in order to stay healthy. This is the first study…

  • Illuminating the future of renewable energy

    Illuminating the future of renewable energy

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    A new chemical compound is lighting the way for renewable energy.           A new chemical compound created by researchers at West Virginia University is lighting the way for renewable energy. The compound is a photosensitizer, meaning it promotes chemical reactions in the presence of light. It has many potential applications for improving the efficiency of…

  • Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden

    Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden

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    There is a long history of looking to one’s own garden or small farm when the weight of economic and political chaos becomes too much to bear. Since the first major depression that hit Australia in 1892-93, there have been calls to get back to the garden as a material response to potential food shortages,…

  • Flamingos form firm friendships

    Flamingos form firm friendships

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    Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows. The five-year study reveals that, despite being highly social as part of large flocks, flamingos consistently spend time with specific close “friends”. They also avoid certain individuals, suggesting some flamingos just don’t get on. The University of Exeter study examined four flamingo species at WWT…

  • Air quality improves by up to 40% in cities that acted on COVID-19, researcher finds

    Air quality improves by up to 40% in cities that acted on COVID-19, researcher finds

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    Cities that declared a state of emergency in February due to outbreaks of COVID-19 saw air pollution decrease by up to 40% as businesses close their doors and residents stayed home, a University of Toronto researcher has found. Marc Cadotte, a professor in the department of biological sciences at U of T Scarborough, looked at…

  • Nanostructures could safely deliver a notoriously fragile drug to coronavirus

    Nanostructures could safely deliver a notoriously fragile drug to coronavirus

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    Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins.” Spike proteins—the crown of bulbous projections that give the coronavirus its signature halo effect—attach to and infect healthy cells, causing COVID-19. Led by Northwestern University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the research team is engineering a new nanostructured therapy…

  • Vitamin D could help fight off COVID-19

    Vitamin D could help fight off COVID-19

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    Researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin have released a crucial report today in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, “Vitamin D deficiency in Ireland—implications for COVID-19. Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA),” finds that Vitamin D plays a critical role in preventing respiratory infections,…