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Tag: vaccines

Citizen Science COVID-19 Health SciStarter Blog 

A Game Playing App May Have Just Helped Create COVID Vaccines for the Developing World

August 13, 2021June 22, 2022 Science ConnectedCOVID-19, vaccines

Thanks to volunteers playing a citizen science game, researchers have identified better mRNA for vaccines, possibly unlocking COVID vaccines for the developing world.

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colleges need vaccine mandates COVID-19 Health Opinions and Editorials 

Colleges need vaccine mandates

July 26, 2021August 20, 2021 Science ConnectedCOVID-19, vaccines

H. Holdent Thorp, Editor-in-Chief of AAAS Science journals explains why college communities will benefit from vaccine mandates in the school year to come.

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Health 

Vaccine Misinformation and Social Media

March 3, 2021August 20, 2021 Science Connectedhealth, social media, vaccine misinformation, vaccines

Where do you get your information? Research shows that people who rely on social media for health information are more likely to have inaccurate beliefs about vaccine safety.

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UK Variant of COVID-19 COVID-19 Health 

BioNTech-Pfizer mRNA vaccine effective against UK variant of COVID-19

February 1, 2021April 1, 2021 Science ConnectedCOVID-19, healthcare, vaccinations, vaccines

Researchers find that the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine is able to neutralize the UK variant of COVID-19 and provide people with immune protection.

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vaccine misinformation Health 

Social Media and Vaccine Misinformation

March 10, 2020February 24, 2021 Science Connectedhealthcare, social media, vaccine misinformation, vaccines

The type of media people use to inform their health decisions has an effect on vaccine misinformation spread and trust in medical expertise.

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New Ebola Vaccine in Development Biology Health 

Ebola Prevention in Development

May 8, 2018April 17, 2022 Science Connectedvaccines

The Ebola outbreak spanning from 2014 until 2016 was one of the longest and largest outbreaks in recent history. Have researchers finally found a vaccine?

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Spotlight: Environment

A stream filling a glass of water. Water quality may be headed for a rise as scientists work to develop new technology that uses bacteria to detect harmful heavy metals in water. Biology Ecology Environment Water Pollution 

Water Quality Monitoring by Bacterial Biosensors

March 20, 2023March 14, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, heavy metals, water contamination, water pollution, water testing
Water quality may be headed for a rise as scientists work to develop new technology that uses bacteria to detect harmful...
People putting plastic bottles in recycling bin. Biology Environment Sustainable Living 

Bacteria Has Natural Capacity to Recycle Plastics

March 10, 2023March 9, 2023 Science Connectedbacteria, plastic pollution, recycling
A common bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, might hold the key to breaking down and recycling plastic waste on a large scale.
Researchers have developed a recycling system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products–using just the energy from the sun. Image credit: University of Cambridge

Sunlight Powers Recycling of Carbon Dioxide and Plastic

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedbiofuel, carbon dioxide, plastic pollution, recycling, solar power
Brown algae are particularly widespread on rocky shores in temperate and cold latitudes and there absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air worldwide. Credit: Hagen Buck-Wiese/Max Planck Institute For Marine Microbiology

How Brown Algae Mucus Combats Carbon Dioxide

February 10, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedalgae, carbon dioxide, carbon fixing, climate change, seawater
A field of sorghum. Bioenergy sorghum hybrids can restore carbon levels in soil, improve soil fertility, provide biomass for biofuel production, and combat climate change. Credit: K-State Research and Extension; license CC by 2.0

Bioenergy Sorghum: The Green Crop of the Future

February 8, 2023February 14, 2023 Science Connectedagriculture, environmental protection, green energy, soil health
A single family home made of cardboard sits on a red furniture dolly. Human migration trends toward areas affected by wildfires.

Human Migration Trends Toward Wildfire Hot Spots

January 27, 2023January 24, 2023 Science Connectedclimate change, extreme weather, heat wave, heat waves, migration, wildfires
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