Tracking the Tinderbox: Mapping Dry Wildfire Fuels With AI and New Satellite Data
Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions….
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Scientists Test Best Fabric Choices for Making a Homemade COVID Mask
UIUC Editor’s note: Health authorities believe COVID-19 spreads by the transmission of respiratory droplets, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends homemade cloth…
Compelling Evidence Shows Electroceutical Fabric Eradicates Coronaviruses on Contact
Research findings exist to apply for PPE use in fight against COVID-19. With the number of novel coronavirus infections over 5 million and growing as…
Scientists Warn Against High Doses of Vitamin D Supplementation for Preventing or Treating COVID-19
Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high…
New Portable Analyzer Can Detect Antivirus Antibody in Just 20 Minutes
Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza virus antibody in blood serum within 20 minutes, using a portable analyzer they have developed to conduct rapid…
Deactivating Coronavirus on N95 Respirators so They Can Be Reused
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are studying ways to safely and rapidly remove viral threats from N95 respirators, without compromising the device’s fit and…
Remdesivir Improves Time to Recovery for COVID-19 in New England Journal of Medicine Study
The investigational antiviral remdesivir is superior to the standard of care for the treatment of COVID-19, according to a report published today in the New…
Large Observational Study: No Evidence of Benefit for Chloroquine or Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients
Retraction: This article has been retracted by 3 of its 4 authors after they were unable to independently verify their data. A large observational study…
How to Balance Using Contact Tracing for COVID-19 and Privacy
University of Chicago computer scientist Blase Ur examines smartphone tracking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific experts agree that widespread testing, contract tracing, and isolation of…
Researchers Develop a Replaceable, More Efficient Filter for N95 Masks
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones worn by health care workers. Although these…
Antibody Neutralizes SARS and COVID-19 Coronaviruses – On Accelerated Path Toward Clinical Trials
The coronavirus neutralizing antibody, called S309, is on an accelerated path toward clinical trials. An antibody first identified in a blood sample from a patient…
Heat Now More Lethal Than Cold for People With Respiratory Diseases in Spanish Study
Women and older adults are the populations most vulnerable to high temperatures. A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center…
Yikes! Saliva Droplets From Mild Cough Travel Up to 18 Feet
Current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient, because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of 4-15 kph can propel saliva…
Incredible Innovation: How NASA-JPL Engineers Persevered to Develop a Ventilator in Just 37 Days
As coronavirus hit, JPL engineers teamed up to make a ventilator prototype that could be mass produced to fill a massive need. It’s not rocket…
Single Dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against COVID-19 Pneumonia
Study provided data for clinical testing to commence. A single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, has protected six rhesus macaques from…
Warning: “Dr. Google” Is Almost Always Wrong
Online symptom checkers are only accurate about a third of the time, according to new Edith Cowan University research published in the Medical Journal of…
NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to Treat COVID-19
Study enrolling adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 in the United States. A clinical trial has begun to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given…
Improved Tracking of Salmonella Food-Poisoning Outbreaks With New DNA Test
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. Researchers report the development of a sensitive and specific…
