Research and development

It reduced the ability of the pathogen to bind to a receptor on human cells called ACE2, which makes virus less dangerous.

SARS CoV-2 dies after heating to 92 degrees for 15 minutes.

The results of the study are published on the website of Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The discovery can be useful for vaccine development.

“We cannot allow others to want to exclusively receive the results of their researches,” German Foreign Minister stated.

According to scientists, asteroid number 52768 (1998 OR2) will be closest to our planet on April 29.

According to researchers, 30–40 % of astronomical photographs will be distorted by traces from the Sun light reflected from the satellites.

The new value (20.75°C) is almost one degree higher than the temperature registered in January of 1982.

It is a pangolin, a mammal living in Asia and Africa.

According to its report, the main difficulty in this sphere is insufficient funding.

The objects as small as 30 kilometers in size can be seen in them.

“Snake is the most probable wildlife animal reservoir for the 2019-nCoV,” the publication in the Journal of Medical Virology says.