Public funding for science relies on a social contract: in return for support, science demonstrates its value to society. Until now, the scientific community has enjoyed a great deal of autonomy in deciding where to focus its research. But some governments are intruding on that self-regulation and narrowing how science budgets are spent — away
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Explanation: Which of these is not a comet? You guessed it – the one on the right is a globular star cluster. The diffuse greenish coma of periodic comet 10P/Tempel 2 is at left in the frame. In fact the globular star cluster is Messier 30, also known as M30, or the 30th entry in
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Epstein–Barr virus (coloured electron microscope image) is among several viruses in the body that can be reactivated by severe bouts of COVID-19.Credit: James Cavallini/Science Photo Library A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body. That’s according to a study of more than 1,000 people hospitalized with
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Lee, H. G., Lee, J. H., Flausino, L. E. & Quintana, F. J. Neuroinflammation: an astrocyte perspective. Sci. Transl. Med. 15, eadi7828 (2023). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Clark, I. C. et al. Barcoded viral tracing of single-cell interactions in central nervous system inflammation. Science 372, eabf1230 (2021). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar
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