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  • Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreads

    Hantavirus outbreak exposes uncertainty about how disease spreads0

    Passengers disembarked from the MV Hondius at the Canary Islands wearing personal protective equipment.Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Close to 150 passengers and crew members on the cruise ship MV Hondius struck by an outbreak of a deadly hantavirus have disembarked and are returning to their home countries, where they will quarantine. The way that will happen,

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  • How fertilizer shortages caused by the energy crisis threaten food security

    How fertilizer shortages caused by the energy crisis threaten food security0

    Since March, war in the Middle East has disrupted global fertilizer markets. Urea prices jumped by nearly 46% in a month, as geopolitical and energy shocks hit nitrogen supply chains1. The disruptions caused by blocked maritime bottlenecks, including the Strait of Hormuz, limiting tanker movements and flows of oil and liquefied natural gas, underscore the

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  • This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself

    This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself0

    Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can regenerate like the endometrium, the lining of the uterus that sheds and re-forms during the menstrual cycle. The team used the miniature 3D structures to simulate rarely seen repair processes, which could inform future therapeutic strategies for

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