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A Quick Virus Test? Sure, If You Can Afford It – The New York Times
September 2, 2020report on Yale NSF audit
September 2, 2020Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event – Wikipedia
August 31, 2020Permian–Triassic extinction event – Wikipedia
August 31, 2020Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Immunogenicity in Older Patients
August 31, 2020mRNA-1273 is their candidate
https://www.genengnews.com/news/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-shows-immunogenicity-in-older-patients
Cell Biology by the Numbers
August 30, 2020Over 15K Still Without Electricity: Latest CT Power Outage Info | Across Connecticut, CT Patch
August 28, 2020https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/ct-power-outages-town-town-985-without-electricity
2nd extended power outage of the summer.
Hope electricity returns on Saturday
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Immunogenicity in Older Patients
August 28, 2020Very encouraging results on this vaccine so far. The antibody response is better than the best convalescent plasma antibody titers. The vaccine also elicits T cell response that bodes well for durability of protection. But they still need to complete the randomized,
placebo-controlled trial to see if the vaccine actually is both safe and effective (latter is defined as lower number of symptomatic Covid infections in vaccinated vs placebo subjects.
Math related games
August 28, 2020Here are the links to the math games.
Geometry game: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/area-builder/latest/area-builder_en.html Geoboard: https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/geoboard/
