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Super-Resolution Microscopy Lets Scientists Pinpoint the Location of Coronavirus Particles in the CellScientists are pretty knowledgeable on the viral life cycle and the active molecules in each step of the said cycle. However, they always found it difficult to pinpoint the location of viral molecules inside the infected human cell. That is, until now.Thanks to the efforts of these scientists from Stanford, it is now possible to determine where viral molecules lie. The method — super-resolution fluorescence microscopy — gives scientists a nanoscale view of the cell. Through this method, they can sift through the crowd and find certain pieces of the virus. The scientists used this method on the HCoV-229E, a coronavirus with a structure similar to the SARS-CoV-2. With this, scientists will be able to better understand how the coronavirus infects cells, and hopefully identify vulnerabilities, which could lead to better treatments.(Image Credit: Jiarui Wang, Moerner Laboratory)#Biotechnology #Coronavirus #Virology #Viruses

Watch Covid-19 Spread Across the United States (Jan 2020 to Oct 2021)Watch as COVID-19 swept across the United States from January 2020 to October 2021 in this short video clip by Nicholas Bauer(@bioturbonick)Bauer, a computational biologist and postdoctoral  research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, used data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center for the striking visualization.In the video clip below, you can see the various individual counties of the United States change color as cases spike during the pandemic. The brighter colors indicate closer to the maximum number of cases seen in that county.#covid19 #coronavirus #visualization #NicholasBauer #USA #USAMapRelated: We Don't Talk About Covid, No no no

Watch How COVID-19 Virus Cause Cell Death in Bat Brain CellsSophie-Marie Aicher and Delphine Planas of the Department of Virology of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, captured footage of the COVID-19 virus infection causing cell fusion and cell death in the brains of bats (Myotis myotis).In the video clip, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is shown to infect bat brain cells engineered to express human ACE2 enzyme on its cell membrane, which is the entry point of the coronavirus into the cell. The COVID-19 virus infection triggered syncytia, or cell fusion, as part of the virus' evasion of the immune system response, and led to cell death (the red spots) in just 48 hours.This video won Honorable Mention in the 2021 Nikon Small World In Motion competition.Related:We Don't Talk About Covid, No no noView the full clip below.#COVID19 #coronavirus #braincell #syncytia #cellfusion #celldeath #Nikon #NikonSmallWorldinMotion #InstitutPasteur #photomicrography #microscopySee also: Video of Microorganisms Found in the Gut of a Termite Won the Nikon Small World in Motion 2021 Competition

Eurovision Winner Mr Lordi Got a COVID-19 Vaccine in Full CostumeMr. Lordi looks like he doesn't need any help fighting any virus, but here he is getting the second jab of his COVID-19 vaccination in Rovaniemi, Finland.The lead singer of the heavy metal band Lordi, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, showed up in full costume. "They put a big needle in my arm, and that's exactly why I came here. This was my second vaccine dose," he said to Finnish news site Yle.Mr. Lordi, whose real name is Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, added that the coronavirus pandemic had postponed his band's tours, but he managed to put all the extra time to good use."There's also good sides to all of this. It's given us an opportunity to be creative. We've recorded seven albums [during the epidemic]," he added.Image:Jouni Porsanger#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #vaccination #Lordi #MrLordi #Eurovision #FinlandRelated: We Don't Talk About Covid, No no no

Kaleidoscopic COVID-19 Art by Laura SplanIn her art series, "Unraveling," Brooklyn artist Laura Splan took the COVID-19 coronavirus spike protein models and animated them into a series of mesmerizing kaleidoscopic art.From Fast Company:Splan exclusively used the spike protein found on the surface of the coronavirus, the part of the virus that attaches itself to human cells, which is represented in the software as alpha helices, (the ribbony spirals), and beta sheets (the arrows).“Ultimately, these are amino-acid sequences, and because of the biochemistry of that sequence, the protein folds in a certain way through propulsion and attraction,” Splan said. “When you’re watching these animations, you can see these individual ribbon structures folding and unfolding and coming together and falling apart. That coming apart is what I did manually in the software. I unraveled the protein, and I animated it coming back together.”#COVID19 #coronavirus #kaleidoscope #protein #LauraSplan #animationRelated: We Don't Talk About Covid, No No No

If Only More Covid-19 Vaccine PSAs are As Funny As This One by Rudy WillinghamSeattle-based artist Rudy Willingham created a series of fantastic public service announcements encouraging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Willingham use simple cutout image of Dr. Anthony Fauci placed at the right position next to the Seattle's Space Needle to create an image of the physician holding a giant syringe.Related: We Don't Talk About Covid, No no noIn other clips, Willingham put a giant syringe into the hand of the statue of Ken Griffey Jr. and a bandage on the arm of Rosie the Riveter. Take a look:

World's Tallest Sandcastle is a Covid-Themed Sculpture by Wilfred StijgerStanding at 21.16 meter (69.4 ft) Dutch designer Wilfred Stijger's new sandcastle creation smashed the previous record holder to claim the new title of world's tallest sandcastle.Stijger was assisted by 30 of the world's best sand sculptors to create the sandcastle in the annual Sand Sculpture Festival in the seaside town of Blokhus, Denmark. It took nearly 5,000 tonnes of sand, mixed with some clay and an extra layer of glue to make the sculpture last through most of the Danish winter.To commemorate the current COVID-19 pandemic, Stijger put a sculpture of the coronavirus on top of the sandcastle. "It's ruling our lives everywhere," Stijger said, "It tells you what to do ... It tells you to stay away from your family and not go to nice places. Don't do activities, stay home."#sandcastle #SandSculpture #worldrecord #WilfredStijger #Covid19 #coronavirus #pandemicRelated: We Don't Talk About Covid, No No No