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Have Your Browser Do All the Work

Jul 07, 2009

To make your browsing experience even better, Bitesize Bio's Nick Oswald names the top 10 Firefox add-ons for scientists that have surfaced since his original 2007 list. On it are the Wired marker which acts as a highlighter for Web pages; TimerFox, which lets you set an alarm in your browser window; and i-cite, which "mashes up content from PubMed, EBI, and Google Scholar," among other handy tools.

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The Scan

Tens of Millions Saved

The Associated Press writes that vaccines against COVID-19 saved an estimated 20 million lives in their first year.

Supersized Bacterium

NPR reports that researchers have found and characterized a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye.

Also Subvariants

Moderna says its bivalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine leads to a strong immune response against Omicron subvariants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Science Papers Present Gene-Edited Mouse Models of Liver Cancer, Hürthle Cell Carcinoma Analysis

In Science this week: a collection of mouse models of primary liver cancer, and more.