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HOW DID IT DO IT? Vietnam stuns world with not a single COVID-19 death to date May 27, 2020 HANOI--Vietnam is one of those rare countries that maintains it is largely free of the scourge of the new coronavirus pandemic, asserting it has not had a single related death to date.
POWER UP Thin material converts skin’s excess body heat into electricity May 27, 2020 A researcher in Osaka Prefecture has developed a wearable material that generates electricity from excess human body heat using tiny sensors that can be stuck on the skin like a small bandage.

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