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Scientists have been scrambling to create an injection that can be one-and-done without the hassle of having to revaccinate the population on a yearly basis.
Source: Experts are homing in on an influenza vaccine that could last a lifetime
That would be awesome.
What started as a random act of kindness from one man paying for the car behind him in a Dairy Queen drive-thru resulted in over 900 cars also taking part in the pay it forward chain.
Source: Over 900 cars paid for each other’s meals at a Dairy Queen drive-thru in Minnesota
Nice.
Hayley Orlinsky has sold more than $20,000 worth of loom bracelets to help buy personal protective equipment for staff and visitors at a children’s hospital.
Source: Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital’s pandemic gear
Very cool.
Three years after losing Lola in a Chicago suburb, the Mejeur family received a call that her microchip was detected.
Source: Kalamazoo woman reunited with her lost service dog after three years
Pretty amazing. Chip your pets!
Binish Desai has developed ways to recycle multiple types of industrial waste into useful products, and thereby diverted 1996 metric tonnes of trash from entering landfills.
Source: This 26-year-old is making value out of waste and paving way for a greener environment
While the linked article is from earlier this year, I stumbled on to this via a report he’s now using this technique on massive accumulations of used PPE (might be paywalled) resulting from the pandemic. Nice!
“This evening our hotline operator took a call. At first she thought she was the victim of a prank call,” wrote the organization in a Facebook post Wednesday.
Source: Curious koala sneaks into Australian home and climbs Christmas tree
Can I be jealous? I think I’m jealous.
Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists.
Source: ‘It will change everything’: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures
Everything I’ve been reading would indicate this is a very big deal.
The owner of a Toronto bar says her business will be able to weather the worst of the COVID-19 lockdown after customers bought up their beer stock to help keep them in business.
Source: ‘We’ve been saved’: Thirsty drinkers buy bar’s entire beer stock to keep them in business
Local communities, coming together.
“Regardless of the poor choices that people make, most people want to take part in something good,” said Jason Bryant, a former inmate who was instrumental in launching the scholarship. “Guys were eager to do it.”
Source: How California prisoners raised $30,000 for a high school student in need
Just a few doses of an experimental drug can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists.
Source: Drug reverses age-related cognitive decline within days
This feels like a “too good to be true” story, but very exciting if true.