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Graduate student Chiamaka Obianyor has lent her skills in recent months to improving COVID-19 testing technology as part of two teams at Georgia Tech. “It’s great to be able to help,” says Obianyor, a PhD candidate in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. “My expertise in molecular biology and nucleic acids has proven …
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Amid a global pandemic and nationwide protests, the W.N.B.A. is playing basketball in a bubble. Ogwumike is trying to make sure it succeeds. Nneka Ogwumike, of the Los Angeles Sparks, was named Rookie of the Year in her first season and M.V.P. in her fifth, and now serves as the president of the W.N.B.A.’s players’ …
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Factions cause chaos in the legislative branch of the Edo State government. Deputy speaker impeached, Speaker impeached, Assembly held in a non prescribed location, the House of Assembly made inaccessible, rule of law in free fall and members whose seats have been declared vacant reseat themselves and appoint a Speaker. The House of Assembly in …
PAINKILLERS such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, and aspirin can do more harm than good for chronic pain, health officials have said. New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) urged doctors not to prescribe the drugs to people suffering the condition. Nice said there was “little or no evidence” the commonly …
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