What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of April 28, 2021

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Wed, 28 Apr 2021
Norovirus clusters are resistant to environmental stresses and UV disinfection, new study finds

Discovery suggests need to reconsider current disinfection, sanitation and hygiene practices

Clusters of a virus known to cause stomach flu are resistant to detergent and ultraviolet disinfection, according to new research co-led by Danmeng Shuai, a civil and environmental engineer at the George Washington University, and Nihal Altan-Bonnet, head of the Laboratory of

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Wed, 28 Apr 2021
The influence of genetic variations

Every individual has a unique set of genetic variations that affect how genes function

Both people and tomatoes come in different shapes and sizes. That’s because every individual has a unique set of genetic variations — mutations — that affect how genes act and function. Added together, millions of small genetic variations make it hard to predict how a

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