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Daily briefing: COVID protections eliminated a strain of flu

Wearing a mask, social distancing and better ventilation during the COVID-19 outbreak means we can remove one lineage of influenza from our vaccines. Plus, China updates its list of untrustworthy journals and five tips for digitizing handwritten data.

Flora Graham
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Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception in a rising star's physics lab

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Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception in a rising star's physics lab

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