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High-Tech Images Show How Viruses Infect Cells At the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Jun Liu uses a powerful electron microscope to examine E. coli bacteria and the tiny T-7 virus that infects them. Liu says until now, scientists coul

VOA标准英语2012--Slow Progress on Curbing Deforestation Expected at Climate Conference

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Todd: So, Shifani, you are an expert in urban planning, and more specifically, in transport. What do you envision in the future, let's say, in fifty years from now? Shifani: Fifty years from now is quite a long time to project, but future cities woul

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By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

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by Jill Moss Broadcast: July 23, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. A medical company in Australia, PanBio, has developed a new test for West Nile 1)virus. The test ex

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CANBERRA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A rare virus that can be contracted by humans has killed a large number of Victorian pigeons after being detected in the Australian state for the first time, Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday. According to the

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By Noel King Kigali 08 September 2007 Humanitarian aid groups are sounding the alarm as fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forces tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in North Kivu Province. Noel King has more in this rep

2006年VOA标准英语-EU, FAO Launch Project to Curb Bird Flu in Nige

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 September 2006 The European Union is providing nearly $700,000 to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) to look for cases of avian influenza in Nigeria. The surveillance program aims to help eradicate the disease

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 19 February 2007 watch Norovirus report It can be called stomach flu, food poisoning or acute gastroenteritis. Medical experts call it the Norovirus, and this family of viruses causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and

VOA标准英语2011--Dengue Severity Depends on Prior Infection, Genetic Variation

Dengue Severity Depends on Prior Infection, Genetic Variation American and Nicaraguan scientists have discovered the reason why a second infection with dengue can often be much more serious, even fatal, than the first. Dengue is a viral disease sprea

VOA标准英语2011--Split Tribal Allegiances Deepen Yemen's

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 August 2007 The World Health Organization says all countries, with the exception of Indonesia, are sharing their avian influenza viruses. WHO says the failure to share virus samples could retard the development of an effecti