Tag: coronavirus
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Posted on August 2, 2022
Just Like a Trip to Japan
In a span of 20 minutes, a dozen UW students visited a Japanese pastry shop and a high-tech sushi restaurant, and then they got […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
Virus Research Recast
It was a quiet evening in 2012, and Robert Kirchdoerfer BS’06 was missing yet another dramatic sunset over the Pacific Ocean. But it didn’t […]
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Coronavirus Education in Classrooms and Communities
After a long but valuable diversion, researchers in the Department of Biochemistry are just now getting back to studies they were working on before […]
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Was ‘Flatten the Curve’ Effective?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, one message became ubiquitous: “Flatten the curve.” Tied to a simple yet compelling chart of infections over time, with […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
The Tree of Life Is Rooted in Math
Claudia Solís-Lemus has always loved numbers. Throughout her schooling in Mexico City, she found mathematics classes to be the easiest and most interesting — […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
How to Neutralize a Virus
In the fight against COVID-19, public attention has largely focused on vaccines. But researchers around the world have been racing to find treatments, too. […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020
Eight Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Coronaviruses
Coronaviruses come from a large family. It includes four genera and many species that infect a variety of mammals and birds — and sometimes […]