All covid-19 articles – Page 10
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Podcast
Chlorine dioxide
Katrina Krämer investigates how industrial-strength bleach became promoted as ‘miracle mineral supplement’ – a supposed ‘cure’ for autism, cancer and even Covid-19.
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Jose Mascareñas
As Spain begins lifting its lockdown, a key chemist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia worries about the future
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News
Covid-19 wreaks havoc on US universities leaving their finances in disarray
The pandemic has led to S&P Global slashing the outlook for 127 US colleges and universities
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News
Efforts to combat Covid-19 in India hit by imported reagent shortages
Low testing rates and supply problems have led to a search for alternatives
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Mélissa Nehme, Lucía Gallego and Joe Woods
Researchers are returning to labs in Switzerland with social distancing measures in place
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: James Canary
The chair of NYU’s chemistry department says research is ‘completely interrupted’ in his lab and his senior graduate student is stuck in China
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Opinion
Hopes and fears for remdesivir
Available resources for testing coronavirus treatments need to be used wisely
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Opinion
Does the drug work, or not?
Coronavirus trials reveal the murky reality of disentangling compounds’ effects on human biology
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News
US funder ends coronavirus research with Wuhan lab amid political pressure
National Institutes of Health cancels joint grant with Wuhan Institute of Virology
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: James Keeler
The head of Cambridge’s chemistry department says its research has been ‘mothballed’, and he worries about lost productivity
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News
Scholarly publishers join forces to fast-track Covid-19 studies
Researchers asked to volunteer as ‘rapid reviewers’ for coronavirus manuscripts, and over 1000 have already answered the call
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Podcast
Interferon beta
An immune-modulating compound used to reduce the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and now showing potential against coronaviruses
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Opinion
Plastics and pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority but the plastic problem isn’t going away
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News
Pandemic is a looming disaster for UK universities with 30,000 jobs threatened
Higher education sector faces potential funding black hole of £2.5 billion
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Solomon Derese
With a curfew in place across Kenya, one senior lecturer is spending his nights recording online classes
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Sarah Reisman
Work hasn’t slowed for the head of a Caltech synthetic organic chemistry lab, but now she’s doing it from home with her two young children
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Boon Mian Teo
The pandemic is hitting university budgets and costing researchers their jobs
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Zahra Jamshidi
Lockdown measures are easing in Iran, but there’s still no indication of when universities will reopen