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COVID-19 agravó papel de las mujeres en manejo del agua

Fuente: SciDev     A pesar de que la gestión del agua para uso doméstico suele recaer en mayor medida en las mujeres, su rol en la gestión hídrica es poco valorado y, con la llegada de COVID-19, se...

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The James Webb Space Telescope finishes unfolding its primary mirror, concluding major deployments

Source: The Verge The James Webb Telescope (JWST) has finished unfolding its primary mirror, ending a series of major deployments that took place over the span of two weeks. All of those deployments...

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The COVID generation: how is the pandemic affecting kids’ brains?

Source: Nature   Like many paediatricians, Dani Dumitriu braced herself for the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus when it first surged in her wards. She was relieved when most newborn babies at...

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Omicron becomes dominant strain worldwide, WHO says

Source: MercoPress     The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday admitted Omicron variant of the coronavirus was already the dominant one worldwide, accounting for almost 60% of the cases. The new...

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Omicron leads to fresh wave of scientific meeting cancellations

Source: Science Magazine In a near rerun of early 2020, when dozens of meetings were canceled on short notice because of the pandemic, a handful of scientific societies are once again canceling their...

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Japan approves new restrictions for areas hard hit by COVID

Source: NPR     TOKYO (AP) — Japan approved new restrictions on Friday to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the three most affected southwestern regions of Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima....

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2021 was the year clean energy finally faced its mining problem

Source: The Verge   A drill rig at Controlled Thermal Resources’ (CTR) Hells Kitchen Lithium and Power project in Calipatria, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Demand for electric...

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Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

Source: The Royal Society Abstract Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national samples from the UK (n= 1050 and n= 1150), Ireland (n = 700), the USA (n =...

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Encierro aumentó riesgo de mujeres con problemas cardiovasculares

Fuente: SciDev   El encierro provocado por la pandemia de COVID-19 afectó de distinta manera a los pacientes con problemas cardiovasculares de América Latina. Específicamente, las mujeres se...

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Webb telescope blasts off successfully — launching a new era in astronomy

Source: Nature   The James Webb Space Telescope — humanity’s biggest gamble yet in its quest to probe the Universe — soared into space on 25 December, marking the culmination of decades of work by...

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Daily cases hit new record as France set to ban UK tourists and Ireland moves to shut pubs early

Source: Eventing Standard   Long queues formed at the Port of Dover on Friday as thousands of travellers tried to get to France ahead of the country’s ban on UK tourists, which comes into force at...

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Waning COVID super-immunity raises questions about Omicron

Source: Nature   ‘Super-immunity’ might not be so super after all. New research1 suggests that protection against the SARS-CoV-2 virus slides over time even in people who have experienced both...

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Scientists call omicron ‘most mutated virus we’d ever seen.’ Why does that matter?

Source: KTLA News (Los Angeles, CA) There’s a lot we don’t yet know about the omicron variant of COVID-19, which is starting to spread around the world and has been detected multiple times here in...

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How bad is Omicron? What scientists know so far

Source: Nature Barely a week has elapsed since scientists in Botswana and South Africa alerted the world to a fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant now known as Omicron. Researchers worldwide are racing...

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América Latina debe prepararse para el coronavirus tras el primer caso en Brasil

Fuente: Tendencia DigitalLa Organización Panamericana de la Salud pide a los países estar preparados, y dar recomendaciones a los ciudadanos de cómo protegerse.La directora de la Organización...

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These are the countries that trust scientists the most—and the least

Source: Science MagazineNearly three-quarters of people worldwide solidly trust scientists: That’s one of the main findings of the Wellcome Global Monitor, a new survey that asked 140,000-plus people...

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‘No one is allowed to go out’: your stories from the coronavirus outbreak

Source: NatureThe outbreak of a new coronavirus is wreaking havoc worldwide. In China, the epicentre of the epidemic, the virus has infected tens of thousands of people and killed more than 2,100....

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China again changes the method of counting COVID-19 patients

Source: MercoPress It is the second time in eight days that the country has revised its criteria - a move that could muddle statistics and complicate efforts to track the spread of the illness.It is...

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Swiss Court Finds That Clicking 'Like' to Spread Hateful or Defamatory Content May Be a Crime

Source: GizmodoMashing the Facebook share or like buttons on defamatory content as well as anti-Semitic propaganda or other far-right drivel could amount to a crime in Switzerland as a result of a...

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Los organizadores del Mobile mantienen por ahora la celebración de la feria pese a la oleada de deserciones

Source: El PaisEl consejo de la GSMA, organizadores del Mobile World Congress (MWC) de Barcelona, se reúne este miércoles por la tarde con carácter de urgencia y ha decidido de momento mantener el...

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Coronavirus, COVID-19, “Public Enemy Number 1”

Source: MercoPressChina's coronavirus outbreak poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world” and should be viewed as “Public Enemy Number 1”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

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Los organizadores del MWC se reunirán el viernes para decidir si se suspende

Fuente: El PaisEl Mobile World de Barcelona se tambalea por el coronavirusEl consejo de la GSMA, la asociación de operadores y fabricantes que organiza el Mobile World Congress de Barcelona, se...

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Germany reports outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus

Source: MercoPressGermany has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in a backyard in the southwestern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)...

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La coreana LG no irá al Mobile World Congress por el coronavirus de Wuhan

Fuente: El PaisEl coronavirus de Wuhan ha causado la primera baja en el Mobile World Congress 2020 (MWC). La compañía coreana LG ha anunciado este martes en un comunicado que no acudirá al congreso...

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US will screen travelers from Chinese city of Wuhan for symptoms of new respiratory virus

Source: MercoPressThe United States will begin screening efforts at three U.S. airports to detect travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan who may have symptoms of a new respiratory virus that...

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