I see the light! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Treating disease can be like a shot in the dark. If only we could see better. How can we brighten things up? Enter, Lila Halpers and team at the University of California, Irvine. They looked
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COVID detection is literally going down the toilet! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When health officials see new COVID-19 cases in a community, too late—it’s ALREADY been circulating. Is there an “organic” way to predict rising case numbers? Enter Haley Kappus-Kron and team from
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Chilly… frozen fresh… octopodes?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Octopuses experience drastic temperature changes in the ocean. But they can’t regulate their body temperature like mammals. So, how do they stay warm? Matthew Birk and team from the Marine Biological Laboratory
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Oh no! Dead crops. Could it be a CEREAL killer? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with The Loh Down on Science. Viruses often attack our crops, acting like Trojan horses. They take over the plant, killing it. To protect our wheat crops, we need to understand how these viruses
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Men are from Mars. Women, from Venus. Really? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying not exactly. But check out this intriguing new cosmic discovery from the University of Nice. Researchers there were simulating conditions commonly found in comets. Why? To see if life might
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How do YOU spell “alien D-N-A?” This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You probably know about DNA. It’s the genetic recipe book for all of life – at least, here on Earth! And it uses just four simple ingredients: the bases guanine, cytosine, adenine and
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