Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial for an Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine candidate. But Dr. Luis Schang, a virologist at Cornell University, says while it makes sense to develop a specific vaccine against Omicron, we should not lose sight of what is already available.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

science

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OpenAI launched the newest version of its language software, GPT-4, an advanced tool for analyzing images and mimicking human speech. 

Cornell Tech

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Cornell University expert available to discuss the future of commercial space travel. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Elizabeth Buckles, an expert on emerging diseases in avian and non-domestic animals, comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move to reclassify northern long-eared bats as endangered.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Veterinary Medicine

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experienced an extended outage yesterday. Nate Foster is a professor of computer science who works to develop languages and tools that make it easy for programmers to build secure and reliable systems. 

Computing & Information Sciences

Engineering

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Gennady Schvets, an expert on fusion and plasma physics, comments on the first ever fusion reaction to generate more energy than used to start the reaction.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Richard T. Clark is a political scientist who studies policymaking at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Given the IMF’s prior hesitance to give to countries at war, he says the question at hand, is why the agreement came now rather than earlier in the crisis.

International Reach

International

Arts and Sciences

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Laura Harrington, professor of entomology specializing in vector-borne diseases, says she is closely monitoring the invasive Asian longhorned tick as it pushes into New York state. She also shares tips on keeping yourself safe while outdoors.

New York State

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Geoff Abers, chair of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, comments on an 8.2-magnitude earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Alaska.

Engineering

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Omicron, a new coronavirus strain designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization, has been confirmed on five continents while global health experts anticipate further spread.

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