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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
How art helps cops do a better job, a 101-year-old artist's first solo show and more in this week's look around the web
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Nigeria’s New Malaria Test Will Save Thousands of Lives
The world’s first urine malaria test will soon be available in Nigeria, marking a major advancement in the battle against the disease. Like pregnancy tests, the malaria test uses a dipstick to …
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Vaccinations Through Painless Patches
Trypanophobics (people who are afraid of needles) are rejoicing thanks to a new way to receive vaccinations. Georgia Tech’s Mark Prusnitz has developed a band-aid-like patch that will employ 100 microneedles to …
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Icelandic DNA Sheds Light on Disease
A group of scientists in Iceland have successfully sequenced the full DNA of over 2,600 Icelandic citizens. Using this information, they were then able to infer the genomes of more than 100,000 …