Engineers at UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering have received a $600,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a test kit that can rapidly identify body fluids at crime scenes. Existing tests to detect body fluids are not very sensitive and consume relatively large amounts of the sample. They…
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Computed tomography scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates, but they can also lead to overtreatment when suspicious nodules turn out to be benign. A study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine indicates that an artificial intelligence strategy can correctly assess and…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageClosed businesses along Hillside Avenue in Queens, New York.Credit…Desiree Rios for The New York Times A $484 billion coronavirus aid package is headed to President Trump’s desk after the House cleared it, 388-5, on a bipartisan vote. The House on Thursday gave resounding approval to a $484 billion coronavirus…
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This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. She was Indiana Jones in a miniskirt, a celebrity archaeologist hatched out of old New York aristocracy. Iris Love, art historian, champion dog breeder and the longtime romantic partner of the gossip columnist Liz Smith,…
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One of every five New York City residents tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus, according to preliminary results described by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday that suggested that the virus had spread far more widely than known. If the pattern holds, the results from random testing of 3,000 people raised the tantalizing prospect…
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According to a new study of homeless shelters in four major American cities, it is crucial to broadly test residents and staff for the coronavirus at the detection of the first case — or sooner — and to isolate those who test positive in order to prevent a wide spread of infection. Even in two…
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Getty Images Jennifer Garner is a true style chameleon. From vibrant red carpet dresses to understated off-duty looks, Garner wears every outfit with an ease that’s all her own. Ahead of her birthday, see all the actress’s best looks. View Gallery 59 Photos 1 of 59 September 22, 2002 In a simple cream-colored strapless gown…
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In a few short months, the Covid-19 pandemic has shut down movie sets, stopped global concert tours and pushed famous names to the sidelines. And it has also disrupted the creative lives of millions of others whose names might never have appeared on a marquee. Once they spent untold hours practicing together, sometimes making a…
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This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which focuses on the challenges of online education during the coronavirus outbreak. Sometime in mid- to late March, it seemed as if the whole world suddenly shut down and moved online in a matter of days as the coronavirus crisis intensified. Luckily, institutions ranging from…
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The panic spirals up from somewhere in Connor Langan’s midsection, and so quickly that his face changes; wild in the eyes, his upper lip trembling, he sometimes punches a wall in frustration. Such episodes resulted in Connor, 17, being placed on leave from high school late last year, and in early March he agreed to…
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