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A Quick New Way to Screen Virus Proteins for Antibiotic Properties

A digital illustration showing red virus particles each with a geometrically shaped capsule, stalk, and leg-like appendages attached to the surface of a green bacterium.

Machine Learning Tackles Long COVID

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How to Edit the Genes of Nature’s Master Manipulators

A digital illustration of an hourglass filled with pieces of virus capsules and DNA strands. The pieces at the top of the hourglass are purple, and they are flowing downward into viral pieces that are orange.

Indoor Air-Cleaning Strategies Are Key to Minimizing Virus Spread

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Q&A: We’ve Been Underestimating Heat Waves. Here’s How to Fix It

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Thirdhand Smoke Exposures Surpass Health Risk Guideline Levels

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First ‘Telomere to Telomere’ Human Genome Reveals Secrets of the Centromere

A chromosome (blue) imaged during cell replication. The chromosome is duplicated, and protein strands called spindle fibers (red) are attached to the chromosome copies to pull them apart, so that each ‘daughter cell’ gets one copy.

Efficient and Healthy Schools Campaign Focuses On Indoor Air Quality

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Scientist at Berkeley Lab Played a Hand in ‘Inescapable’ COVID-19 Antibody Discovery

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What if We Could Give Viruses a One-Two Punch?

Michael Connolly (left) and Natalia Molchanova (right) preparing antiviral peptoid samples at the Molecular Foundry. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab)

Empowering a Neighborhood to Breathe Easy

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The Odd Structure of ORF8: Scientists Map the Coronavirus Protein Linked to Immune Evasion and Disease Severity