What is the Omicron BA.2 variant and is it more dangerous?

You may have heard there is a new variant in town. Labeled everything from "son of Omicron" to "stealth Omicron," its real scientific label at the moment is simply BA.2. So what is BA.2 and should you be worried about this newly emerging variant?

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Targeting “boot camp” enzyme could fight autoimmune diseases and cancer

A new understanding of the way the body teaches immune cells to fight off threats has raised hopes of advanced treatments for autoimmune conditions such as multiple sclerosis, along with other diseases such as cancer.

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Bowlus updates its striking $215K+ polished-zeppelin camper

Bowlus doesn't have to regularly update its trailers to attract attention, but it seems to have a new package or update every year. For MY2022, it retouches its unmistakable styling, redesigns a few key features, and adds standard equipment.

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Glazed office rises out of the ground with a dramatic tilting form

Rising out of the ground with a dramatic tilting overall form, the recently completed Turbosealtech New Incubator and Office building, by New Wave Architecture, serves as a light-filled office space and business incubator in Iran.

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Cake’s ultra-modular electric bush bike takes aim at poachers

Cake has gotten more serious about stopping African poachers. It has followed up its Kalk AP electric bush bike with an even more versatile, stealthy ebike, the Ösa AP. The new bike is part workbench, part cargo hauler and part off-grid power supply.

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Study suggests that most fishes communicate with sound

We generally don't think of fish as being a vocal bunch – after all, anglers don't typically use "fish calls" to lure them in. According to a new study, however, approximately two-thirds of all fish species probably use sound to communicate.

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InfraredTags embed “invisible” info within 3D-printed objects

Barcode stickers may provide valuable information on products, but they're rather unsightly, and they peel off over time. An experimental new alternative, however, is 3D-printed right into the item, and is invisible to the naked eye.

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The Boulder 2.5 offers a tiny house that’s actually tiny

A lot of so-called tiny houses we see nowadays are anything but, with huge towable apartments quite common. However, with its recently completed Boulder 2.5, Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses has created a tiny house that's actually worthy of the name.

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New technique illuminates micro-cracks in ordinary concrete

Although concrete can be altered in order to help tiny cracks show up before they become catastrophic, scientists have now discovered that regular concrete does the job pretty well itself. It just needs a coat of ordinary paint, and a light source.

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Two new studies join debate over presence of liquid water lake on Mars

Recent studies reported the discovery of lakes of liquid water below the polar ice caps on Mars, but others later refuted the find. Fueling the debate are two new independent studies, which have reached opposite conclusions.

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