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Dec 12 2024HEALTH

Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Boost COVID-19 Detection

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global search for effective ways to detect the virus, SARS-CoV-2, beyond vaccines and therapies. One promising method is surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which boosts the signals of molecular probes using special nanomaterials. Gold and silver nanoparticle

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Dec 12 2024EDUCATION

Sparks Fly: A New Fieldhouse Coming to Oak Lawn High School!

Get ready for big changes at Oak Lawn Community High School! A $40 million fieldhouse is on its way, set to be built by 2025. This massive project will gather all the school's sports, fitness, and community programs under one roof. The fieldhouse will include multiple gymnasiums, a pool, locker room

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Dec 11 2024ENTERTAINMENT

J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Strikes New Deal with Warner Bros.

After 18 years at Warner Bros. Television, J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot has signed a new two-year, non-exclusive deal with Warner Bros. This deal gives Bad Robot a first look at both films and TV shows. This comes after a previous five-year exclusive deal worth $250 million ended in 2022. The TV market h

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Dec 11 2024POLITICS

Winning Hearts, Losing Numbers: A Congressman's Healthcare Mistake

Representative Ro Khanna from California made a big blunder on a social media platform, wrongly claiming that top health insurance companies made over $1. 3 trillion in profits in 2023. The real figure? A much smaller $70. 7 billion. This mix-up happened during a time when talks about healthcare ref

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Dec 11 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Streaming Giants Up Their Sports Game

Imagine this: Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, two big names in the streaming world but newcomers in the TV industry, are making waves in the sports-content scene. According to Luminate, these platforms have been boosting their original sports programming over the past four years. Netflix alone now m

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Dec 11 2024FINANCE

Small Businesses: COVID Loans Gone Wrong

Imagine you're a small business owner who received a federal COVID loan to keep your doors open. Now, you're in a mess because the loan has been sent to collections, even though you've been trying to pay it back. Sounds unfair, right? Well, this is happening to many small business owners. The Small

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Dec 10 2024WEATHER

Quakes in Nevada: What Californians Felt

Did you know that earthquakes can be felt hundreds of miles away? Well, that's what happened on Monday afternoon when a magnitude 5. 5 earthquake hit Nevada. The epicenter was about 48 miles southeast of Reno, but people in Central California felt the shaking too. In Sacramento, a person saw their C

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Dec 10 2024HEALTH

Boosting Enzyme Efficiency with ZIF-90 for Better Glucose Detection

In the world of biosensing, enzymes often struggle with stability and efficiency. They can easily break down, and the substances they work on may decompose before the job is done. Scientists have found a clever way to fix this by trapping two essential enzymes, glucose oxidase and horseradish peroxi

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Dec 10 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Short and Sweet: Best 30-Minute Shows on Netflix

Are you looking for some quick entertainment without the long-term commitment? Netflix has a bunch of 30-minute shows that pack a punch. You can't go wrong with classics like 'Seinfeld' and 'How I Met Your Mother'. But if you're in the mood for something different, check out 'Loudermilk', which foll

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Dec 10 2024ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon MGM Studios Teams Up with EICOP to Boost Diversity in Entertainment

Imagine if you could walk onto a real-life movie set, meet top industry leaders, and gain hands-on experience in the entertainment business. That's exactly what the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (EICOP) is making possible. This summer, EICOP is partnering with Amazon MGM Studios to

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