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Antivirals, Some Antibodies, Work Well Against BA.2 Omicron Variant Of COVID-19 Virus

The antiviral therapies remdesivir, molnupiravir, and the active ingredient in Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill (nirmatrelvir), remain effective in laboratory tests against the BA.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Nationwide Maps Of Bird Species Can Help Protect Biodiversity

New, highly detailed and rigorous maps of bird biodiversity could help protect rare or threatened species.

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Altered Gene Helps Plants Absorb More Carbon Dioxide, Produce More Useful Compounds

Every day, plants around the world perform an invisible miracle. They take carbon dioxide from the air and, with the help of sunlight, turn it into countless chemicals essential to both plants and humans.

Two UW–Madison Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Science communication expert Dietram Scheufele and chemist Shannon Stahl have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

New technique, effective in mice, could help advance the use of probiotics

Scientists studying probiotics, beneficial bacteria that show promise for their ability to treat inflammatory bowel disease and other intestinal disorders, continue to face a problem: how to keep probiotics from getting obliterated in the gut before they can be helpful.

Ocean life helps produce clouds, but existing clouds keep new ones at bay

Stand on the ocean’s shore and take a big whiff of the salt spray and you’ll smell the unmistakably pungent scent of the sea. That ripe, almost rotting smell? That’s sulfur.