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A confocal microscopy image of villi in the small intestine shows cell nuclei in blue and absorbed dietary fat in red. (John Rawls Lab)

Microbes Help Orchestrate How the Gut Uses its Genes

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Categories Health
Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide. A new study published May 5 in Science by a team of Dutch, American and German scientists shows that it’s not too late to reverse the losses.

Land-Building Marsh Plants are Champions of Carbon Capture

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Categories Earth, Energy & Environment
Covid vaccine illustration.

Mucosal COVID Vaccine Protects Against Disease and Transmission

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Categories Health
Fluorescent microscopy image showing robust uptake of SARS-CoV-2 by human stem cell-derived kidney podocytes. The infected cells express viral nucleocapsid protein (Red) and the podocyte cell lineage identification marker, nephrin (Cyan).

COVID-19 Can Infect and Damage Human Kidney Cells

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Categories Health
Older People Who Feel Close to God Have a Sense of Well-being — and the More They Pray, the Better They Feel

Thinking About God Lowers Consumer Interest in Self-Improvement Products

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Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Researchers say a microwave network connecting the 120 largest U.S. cities could make it possible to share and interact with people over vast distances online in near real-time.

Web surfing that feels instantaneous, even though it’s not

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Categories Social Sciences, Technology
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